Senate Standing Committee on Children and Families Meeting - 02/04/20

State Senator Velmanette Montgomery will convene a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Children and Families on February 4, 2020. 

On the committee's agenda:

• S.1086 introduced by Senator Persaud (D-Brooklyn), relates to allowances for the costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child, two years of age or younger.
• S.4004 introduced by Senator Carlucci (D-Rockland), would require agencies to provide potential adoptive parents with information concerning state-funded benefits or services available once the foster child is adopted as well as those that expire upon adoption.
• S.5493 introduced by Senator Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), would eliminate co-payments for any family receiving child care assistance whose income is at or below the state income standard responsible for at ten percent of their household income.
• S.6533 introduced by Senator Montgomery (D-Brooklyn), would require the video recording of interrogations of juveniles in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court.

To live stream the meeting, visit www.nysenate.gov