Bill Text: NY A06974 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to reimbursement criteria for child care absences.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-19 - REFERRED TO RULES [A06974 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06974-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6974
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 28, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Children and Families
        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to reimbursement
          for child care absences
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  410-x  of  the social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Reimbursement for payment on behalf of children who are temporarily
     4  absent from child care is required for a minimum of twelve days in a six
     5  month period.  A maximum number of absences, which shall be no less than
     6  twenty-four days in a six month period shall be determined by the office
     7  of children and family services pursuant  to  regulation.  Reimbursement
     8  for  additional  absences  shall be allowable in the case of extenuating
     9  circumstances, as determined  by  the  office  of  children  and  family
    10  services pursuant to regulation.
    11    §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
    12  the date on which it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07564-01-7
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