Assembly Bill A5272

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence

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Current Bill Status - Stricken

  • 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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2023-A5272 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-w, Soc Serv L

2023-A5272 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes child care assistance to be made available to certain victims of domestic violence who are in need of assistance in order for a parent or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activities.

2023-A5272 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5272
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  child  care
   assistance for victims of domestic violence
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subdivision 1 of section 410-w of
 the social services law, as amended by section 2 of part L of chapter 56
 of the laws of 2022, are amended and a new paragraph  (f)  is  added  to
 read as follows:
   (d)  families  with  incomes  up  to  two hundred percent of the state
 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state  income  standard
 effective  August  first,  two  thousand twenty-two, who are attending a
 post secondary educational program; provided, the family income does not
 exceed eighty-five percent of the state median income; [and]
   (e) other families with incomes up to two hundred percent of the state
 income standard, or three hundred percent of the state  income  standard
 effective  August  first,  two  thousand  twenty-two,  which  the social
 services district designates in its consolidated services plan as eligi-
 ble for child care assistance in accordance with criteria established by
 the department; provided, the family income does not exceed  eighty-five
 percent of the state median income[.]; AND
   (F)  VICTIMS  OF  DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR HUNDRED
 EIGHTY-ONE-C OF THIS CHAPTER WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN ORDER  FOR
 A  PARENT OR CARETAKER RELATIVE TO ENGAGE IN WORK OR PARTICIPATE IN WORK
 ACTIVITIES PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE NINE-B OF ARTICLE FIVE OF
 THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09736-01-3

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