Bill Text: NY S04522 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the state shall make reasonable efforts to obtain federal funding for child care expenses; prohibits limiting authorized child care services based on proof of immigration status; authorizes self-attestation as an approved form of verification of employment status and income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S04522 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04522-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4522

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sens. BRISPORT, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Children  and
          Families

        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to removing unnec-
          essary barriers to child care  subsidies  for  eligible  children  and
          families

          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 410 of the social services law, as
     2  amended by chapter 694 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1. A public welfare official of a county, city or town [is authorized]
     5  shall,  provided  funds have been made available therefor[, to] and with
     6  the state making all reasonable efforts to obtain  federal  funding  and
     7  supplementing  such  funding  with additional state funding, provide day
     8  care at public expense for children residing in his or her territory who
     9  are eligible therefor pursuant to provisions of this  title.  Such  care
    10  [may]  shall  be  provided [only in cases where it is determined,] under
    11  criteria established by the office of  children  and  family  services[,
    12  that  there  is a need and that such care is in the best interest of the
    13  child and parent]; provided however that  the  public  welfare  official
    14  shall  not  be required to limit authorized child care services strictly
    15  based on the work, training, or educational schedule of the  parents  or
    16  the  number of hours the parents spend in work, training, or educational
    17  activities; provided further, however, that the public welfare  official
    18  shall  not  limit authorized child care services based on proof of immi-
    19  gration status. Where the family is able to pay part or all of the costs
    20  of such care, payment of such fees as may be reasonable in the light  of
    21  such ability shall be required.
    22    §  2.  Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by adding a
    23  new subdivision 11 to read as follows:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07708-01-3
        S. 4522                             2

     1    11. For purposes of determining employment status  and  income,  local
     2  social  services districts shall accept self-attestation from parents or
     3  guardians as an approved form of verification of employment  status  and
     4  income.
     5    §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     6  if chapter 694 of the laws of 2022 shall not have  taken  effect  on  or
     7  before  such  date then section one of this act shall take effect on the
     8  same date and in the same manner as such chapter of the  laws  of  2022,
     9  takes effect.