Senate Bill S4667

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard for the receipt of child care assistance

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Current Bill Status Via A4099 - Passed Senate


  • 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-S4667 - Details

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

2023-S4667 - Summary

Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard; authorizes local social services districts to utilize child care block grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period.

2023-S4667 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4667 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4667
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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  establishing  a
   statewide  presumptive  eligibility  standard for the receipt of child
   care assistance

   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) FAMILIES RECEIVING  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  UNDER  A  PRESUMPTIVE
 ELIGIBILITY STANDARD, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE-A OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3-a to read as follows:
   3-A. (A) A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL UTILIZE A PRESUMPTIVE ELIGI-
 BILITY STANDARD TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES IN NEED.
   (B) UPON APPLICATION FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE, WITH INCLUDED DOCUMEN-
 TATION REQUIRED BY A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT, A FAMILY  SHALL  BE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04768-01-3
              

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2023-S4667A (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2023-S4667A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard; authorizes local social services districts to utilize child care block grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period.

2023-S4667A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4667A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4667--A
     Cal. No. 146
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BROUK, CHU, COONEY, JACKSON, MAY, SALAZAR -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee  on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on
   Children and Families in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
   report, ordered to a third reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted,
   retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the use of child
   care block grant funds for the statewide presumptive eligibility peri-
   od for the receipt of child care assistance
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Subdivision 3-a of section 410-w of  the  social  services
 law, as added by section 1 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023,
 is amended to read as follows:
   3-a.  A  local social services district [may, upon notification to the
 office,] SHALL utilize a presumptive  eligibility  standard  to  provide
 child  care  assistance, in accordance with this subdivision. The office
 of children and family  services  shall  issue  guidance  regarding  the
 preliminary  eligibility  criteria  to  be used by local social services
 districts utilizing a presumptive eligibility standard.
   (a) A local social services district [opting to utilize a  presumptive
 eligibility  standard,]  shall, upon receipt of an application for child
 care assistance, including all completed documentation required  by  the
 district, complete a preliminary eligibility determination.
   (b)  If  the  family  meets  the preliminary eligibility criteria, the
 family shall be presumed eligible for  child  care  assistance  for  the
 period  from the date of the application to the date of the final eligi-
 bility determination.
   (c) [If, upon final determination, a family is determined to be eligi-
 ble for child care assistance under subdivision  one  or  four  of  this

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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