Bill Text: NY S09029 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Extends the length of time that child care assistance is available to eligible families.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-12-30 - APPROVAL MEMO.111 [S09029 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09029-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9029--A IN SENATE May 4, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE -- 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 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the duration of child care assistance for eligible families The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 410-w of the social services law, 2 as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to 5 families in receipt of public assistance with children under thirteen 6 years of age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent 7 or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activ- 8 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this 9 chapter. Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such 10 a family for a period of twelve months or may be provided by a social 11 service district for a period up to twenty-four months, after the month 12 in which the family's eligibility for public assistance has terminated 13 or ended when such child care is necessary in order to enable the parent 14 or caretaker relative to engage in work, provided that the family's 15 public assistance has been terminated as a result of an increase in the 16 hours of or income from employment or increased income from child 17 support payments or because the family voluntarily ended assistance; 18 that the family received public assistance in at least three of the six 19 months preceding the month in which eligibility for such assistance 20 terminated or ended or provided that such family has received child care 21 assistance under subdivision four of this section; and that the family's 22 income does not exceed two hundred percent of the state income standard. 23 Such child day care shall recognize the need for continuity of care for 24 the child and a district shall not move a child from an existing provid- 25 er unless the participant consents to such move. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13451-04-2S. 9029--A 2 1 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 410-w of the social services law, as 2 amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to 5 families in receipt of public assistance with children under thirteen 6 years of age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent 7 or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activ- 8 ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this 9 chapter. Child care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such 10 a family for a period of twelve months or may be provided by a social 11 service district for a period up to twenty-four months, after the month 12 in which the family's eligibility for public assistance has terminated 13 or ended when such child care is necessary in order to enable the parent 14 or caretaker relative to engage in work, provided that the family's 15 public assistance has been terminated as a result of an increase in the 16 hours of or income from employment or increased income from child 17 support payments or because the family voluntarily ended assistance; 18 that the family received public assistance in at least three of the six 19 months preceding the month in which eligibility for such assistance 20 terminated or ended or provided that such family has received child care 21 assistance under subdivision four of this section; that the family's 22 income does not exceed two hundred percent of the state income standard, 23 or three hundred percent of the state income standard effective August 24 first, two thousand twenty-two; and that the family income does not 25 exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income. Such child day 26 care shall recognize the need for continuity of care for the child and a 27 district shall not move a child from an existing provider unless the 28 participant consents to such move. 29 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 410-w of the social services law, as 30 added by chapter 569 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 31 5. a. A family eligible for child care assistance pursuant to subdivi- 32 sion one of this section, unless such family voluntarily ends such 33 assistance, shall be deemed eligible for a period of no less than twelve 34 months from the date of the eligibility determination for such assist- 35 ance and a social services district may elect to extend this period up 36 to twenty-four months. 37 (b) A family eligible for child care assistance under paragraph (a) of 38 subdivision one of this section shall suffer no break in child care 39 services and shall not be required to reapply for such assistance so 40 long as eligibility under subdivision three of this section continues. 41 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 42 if section 2 of part L of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 shall not have 43 taken effect on or before such date, then section two of this act shall 44 take effect on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 56 of the 45 laws of 2022 takes effect.
