| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to children and families |
| Jun 01, 2011 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Mar 18, 2011 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S4115
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
2011-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain eight hours of sleep.
2011-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4115
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the social services law, in relation to parents and caretakers
who work a late shift
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to
provide for parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible, a
child care subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to get an
adequate night's rest.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends Section 410-W of the social
services law to allow parents and caretakers who are otherwise
eligible for a child care subsidy to receive a subsidy when care is
necessary to enable them to sleep (for eight hours) because they work
a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not
in school for a full day.
JUSTIFICATION:
Parents who work nights often need child care so that
they can sleep during the day if their children are young and not in
school. Regulations currently permit, but do not require social
services districts to provide a child care subsidy to financially
2011-S4115 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4115
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 18, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- 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 parents and
caretakers who work a late shift
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
7. PARENTS AND CARETAKERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHILD CARE
SUBSIDY SHALL RECEIVE A SUBSIDY WHEN CARE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO
SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WORK A LATE SHIFT AND HAVE A CHILD WHO IS UNDER THE
AGE OF SIX AND NOT IN SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY. THE AUTHORIZATION
FOR A SUBSIDY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PARENT TO OBTAIN EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10020-01-1
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