Bill Text: NY S06819 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-13 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S06819 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06819-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6819
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 13, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sen. STAVISKY -- 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  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    S 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14187-02-4
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