Bill Text: NY A07661 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that public welfare officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educational schedule of the parents; makes technical changes.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-16 - signed chap.694 [A07661 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07661-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7661 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing that public welfare officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educa- tional schedule of the parents and making technical changes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2 410 of the social services law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 395 of 3 the laws of 1965 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 as amended by chap- 4 ter 875 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: 5 1. A public welfare official of a county, city or town is authorized, 6 provided funds have been made available therefor, to provide day care at 7 public expense for children residing in his territory who are eligible 8 therefor pursuant to provisions of this title. Such care may be provided 9 only in cases where it is determined, under criteria established by the 10 [department] office of children and family services, that there is a 11 need [therefor because of inability of the parents to provide care and12supervision for a substantial part of the day] and that such care is in 13 the best interest of the child and parent; provided however that the 14 public welfare official shall not be required to limit authorized child 15 care services strictly based on the work, training, or educational sche- 16 dule of the parents or the number of hours the parents spend in work, 17 training, or educational activities. Where the family is able to pay 18 part or all of the costs of such care, payment of such fees as may be 19 reasonable in the light of such ability shall be required. 20 (b) Care under this title may be provided only in group facilities, 21 family homes, group family day care homes or in a day care center 22 project as defined in title five-a which are operated in compliance with 23 applicable regulations of the [department] office of children and family EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11566-02-1A. 7661 2 1 services. A group facility shall include a public school which provides 2 day care pursuant to this subdivision. 3 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 5 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 6 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 7 on or before such date.