NY State Senate Bill 2021-S5162

Senate Bill S5162

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires local social services districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed

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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 01, 2021	approval memo.54 signed chap.650
Nov 19, 2021	delivered to governor
May 25, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.126 substituted for a5840a
Mar 23, 2021	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 11, 2021	advanced to third reading
Mar 10, 2021	2nd report cal. amended (t) 5162a
Mar 09, 2021	1st report cal.554
Feb 25, 2021	referred to children and families

Votes

- Mar 23, 2021 - Floor Vote
  S5162
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Mar 23, 2021
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  Mar 9, 2021 - Children And Families Committee Vote
  S5162
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Children And Families Committee Vote: Mar 9, 2021
      
      aye (7)
      
      Bailey
      
      Brisport
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Persaud
      
      Salazar
      
      Stec

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

co-Sponsors

2021-S5162 - Details

Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §390-c, Soc Serv L

2021-S5162 - Summary

Requires local social service districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed; requires the local services offices to provide forms to request such payments.

2021-S5162 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5162

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring local
social service districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a
direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 390-c of the social services law to
authorize and direct the Commissioner of the Office of Children and
Family Services to issue a regulation within one year of the effective
date of this section to require that local social service districts
create an option for child care providers to be paid for any child care
subsidy funding owed via a direct deposit.

Section 2 of the bill sets forth the effective date. Click here to enter
text.

JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation will give child care providers who receive subsidy
payments from a local social services district the option to be paid by
a direct deposit. This will create a more streamlined system for both
the provider and the district.

Under the current system, a provider submits documentation to the county
in order to get paid for care provided to children in their program that
are eligible for a child care subsidy. They then wait, sometimes more
than four weeks, for their payment from the county. In addition, the
delivery of their mail is delayed during high volume mail periods, lost
mail, or having mail stolen from a mailbox. They then have to wait even
longer for a new check to be issued, which is hard for a provider who is
already living paycheck to paycheck.  Many of the providers who receive
subsidy funds from local social services districts live in communities
that are traditionally underserved by banks. The lack of access to
financial institutions creates a burden for these individuals to deposit
their checks.  Instead, they may turn to other entities that are in
their neighborhood, such as check cashing centers, that charges higher
rates and fees.

Lastly, this legislation will create savings for local social service
districts by eliminating the need to issue paper checks and the time
associated with such tasks.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S5162 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5162
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- 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 requiring  local
   social  service  districts  to  offer to pay childcare providers via a
   direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 390-c of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 460 of the laws of 2000, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to
 read as follows:
   4.  THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED AND
 DIRECTED, NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION, TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE THAT LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICE  DISTRICTS OFFER CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE, THE OPTION TO  BE  PAID  ANY  MONIES
 OWED  FOR  PROVIDING  SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE BY A DEPOSIT DIRECTLY INTO A
 BANK ACCOUNT OF THE CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER. SUCH DIRECT  DEPOSIT  SHALL
 ONLY BE MADE AT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE PROVIDER AND SHALL BE
 REQUESTED  ON  FORMS  PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND
 DULY FILLED IN BY THE PROVIDER. SUCH WRITTEN CONSENT CAN BE  REVOKED  AT
 ANY  TIME  BY  THE  PROVIDER  IN  WRITING ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effective immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10115-01-1

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2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §390-c, Soc Serv L

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S5162A

SPONSOR: BRISPORT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring local
social services districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a
direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends section 390-c of the social services law to
authorize and direct the Commissioner of the Office of Children and
Family Services to issue a regulation within one year of the effective
date of this section to require that local social service districts
create an option for child care providers to be paid for any child care
subsidy funding owed via a direct deposit.

Section 2 of the bill sets forth the effective date. Click here to enter
text.

JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation will give child care providers who receive subsidy
payments from a local social services district the option to be paid by
a direct deposit. This will create a more streamlined system for both
the provider and the district.

Under the current system, a provider submits documentation to the county
in order to get paid for care provided to children in their program that
are eligible for a child care subsidy. They then wait, sometimes more
than four weeks, for their payment from the county. In addition, the
delivery of their mail is delayed during high volume mail periods, lost
mail, or having mail stolen from a mailbox. They then have to wait even
longer for a new check to be issued, which is hard for a provider who is
already living paycheck to paycheck. Many of the providers who receive
subsidy funds from local social services districts live in communities
that are traditionally underserved by banks. The lack of access to
financial institutions creates a burden for these individuals to deposit
their checks. Instead, they may turn to other entities that are in their
neighborhood, such as check cashing centers, that charges higher rates
and fees.  Lastly, this legislation will create savings for local social
service districts by eliminating the need to issue paper checks and the
time associated with such tasks.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5162--A
     Cal. No. 554
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BRISPORT,  HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, MANNION, SKOUFIS --
   read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to
   the Committee on Children and Families -- reported favorably from said
   committee,  ordered  to first report, amended on first report, ordered
   to a second report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the
   order of second report
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring local
   social services districts to offer to pay childcare  providers  via  a
   direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 390-c of the social services law, as added by chap-
 ter 460 of the laws of 2000, is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to
 read as follows:
   4. THE COMMISSIONER OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED  AND
 DIRECTED,  NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE THAT LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICTS OFFER CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS TITLE, THE OPTION TO  BE  PAID  ANY  MONIES
 OWED  FOR  PROVIDING  SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE BY A DEPOSIT DIRECTLY INTO A
 BANK ACCOUNT OF THE CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER. SUCH DIRECT  DEPOSIT  SHALL
 ONLY BE MADE AT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE PROVIDER AND SHALL BE
 REQUESTED  ON  FORMS  PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT AND
 DULY FILLED IN BY THE PROVIDER. SUCH WRITTEN CONSENT CAN BE  REVOKED  AT
 ANY  TIME  BY  THE  PROVIDER  IN  WRITING ON FORMS PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL
 SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10115-02-1

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2021-S5162 - Details

2021-S5162 - Summary

2021-S5162 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5162 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5162A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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