Senate Bill S5034

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that sliding scale co-payments for child care assistance funded by block grants shall not exceed ten percent of a family's household income

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5034 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2048
Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง410-x, Soc Serv L

2009-S5034 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that sliding scale co-payments for child care assistance funded by block grants for child care assistance made to social service districts shall not exceed ten percent of a family's household income.

2009-S5034 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5034 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5034

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 limiting co-pay-
  ments  for  child care funded by block grants to ten percent of house-
  hold income

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services law,
as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
amended to read as follows:
  6.  Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be
provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to  pay.
CO-PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF A FAMILY'S HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of
children and family services is authorized to  promulgate  any  and  all
rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
this act on its effective date on or before such date.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04153-01-9

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