Assembly Bill A1438

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to standardizing child care copayments

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A1438 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6061
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-x, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8928
2015-2016: A6174
2019-2020: A3110, S1546
2021-2022: A5012, S3997

2017-A1438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Standardizes child care copayments by instructing local social services districts to not require a family receiving child care assistance to contribute more than 20% of the amount of their income exceeding the poverty level.

2017-A1438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1438
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JENNE, WALKER, MAYER -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to standardizing
   child care copayments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services law,
 as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   6.  Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be
 provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to  pay.
 THE  LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL NOT REQUIRE A FAMILY RECEIVING
 CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE  TO  CONTRIBUTE  MORE  THAN
 TWENTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  AMOUNT  OF  THEIR INCOME EXCEEDING THE POVERTY
 LEVEL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02438-01-7

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