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                                  3710

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the  social  services  law,  in  relation  to  day  care
  services and making an appropriation therefor

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 410 of the social services law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
  3-A. DAY CARE UNDER THIS TITLE SHALL ALSO MEAN AND  INCLUDE  DAY  CARE
PROGRAMS PROVIDING CARE FOR THE CHILDREN OF PERSONS TWENTY-FOUR YEARS OF
AGE  OR  YOUNGER,  TO  ENABLE  SUCH  PERSONS  TO  CONTINUE SECONDARY AND
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE CRITERIA FOR  SUCH  DAY  CARE  ELIGIBILITY
SHALL  BE  DETERMINED  ACCORDING  TO  THE FINANCIAL CRITERIA PROMULGATED
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO OF  THE  EDUCATION  LAW
GOVERNING   FINANCIAL   AID  TO  EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITY  PROGRAMS  AND
STUDENTS.
  S  2.  The  sum  of  five  million  six   hundred   thousand   dollars
($5,600,000), or so much thereof as shall be necessary, is hereby appro-
priated to the office of children and family services from any moneys in
the  general  fund  to  the  credit of the local assistance account, not
otherwise appropriated, to be used for reimbursement of  start-up  funds
and operating expenses, including personal service, of day care programs
providing  care  for the children of persons twenty-four years of age or
younger, to enable such persons to continue secondary and post-secondary
education. Such moneys shall  be  distributed,  upon  request  therefor,
through  local  social services districts as provided in subdivision 3-a
of section 410 of the social services law, and shall be payable upon the
audit and warrant of the state  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or
approved  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office  of children and family
services or his or her duly designated  representative  as  provided  by
law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.