Assembly Bill A405

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to allowances for the costs of diapers

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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
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2025-A405 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S179
Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §350, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7809
2017-2018: A5973, S1318
2019-2020: A2567, S1086
2021-2022: A3451, S63
2023-2024: A2872, S1210

2025-A405 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing the payment of costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child two years of age or younger for children receiving safety net assistance.

2025-A405 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    405
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SOLAGES, SAYEGH, CRUZ, SIMON, LAVINE, TAYLOR,
   ROSENTHAL, GLICK, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, RAGA, FORREST, MAHER --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Social Services
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to allowances for
   the costs of diapers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT  APPROVED  BY
 THE  DIRECTOR  OF THE BUDGET, ALLOWANCES GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS TITLE MAY INCLUDE THE COSTS OF DIAPERS FOR AN ELIGIBLE  CHILD,  TWO
 YEARS  OF  AGE  OR  YOUNGER.  SAID  ALLOWANCES  SHALL  NOT EXCEED EIGHTY
 DOLLARS, EVERY THREE MONTHS, PER ELIGIBLE CHILD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00836-01-5

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