STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1086--B 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. PERSAUD, BOYLE, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowances for the costs of diapers The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) In accordance with the regulations of the department approved by 4 the director of the budget, allowances granted under the provisions of 5 this title may include the costs of diapers for an eligible child, two 6 years of age or younger. Said allowances shall not exceed eighty 7 dollars, every three months, per eligible child. For the purposes of 8 this paragraph, an eligible child shall be any child with a parent, 9 guardian, or custodian who qualifies for assistance from the federal 10 temporary assistance for needy families block grant. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00913-04-9