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Assembly Bill A3691

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to state reimbursement for child care resource and referral programs

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2011-A3691 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง410-s, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2416

2011-A3691 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to state reimbursement for child care resource and referral programs; provides that the formula for allocation of funds shall include amounts needed to serve areas with low population density, geographic isolation and the absence of economies of scale.

2011-A3691 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3691

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 26, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Social Services

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to state reimburse-
  ment for child care resource and referral programs

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 410-s of the social services  law,
as  added  by  chapter  441  of  the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. The commissioner shall allocate annually any state funds, including
any available federal funds, appropriated for such  purposes  among  the
agencies  approved  for funding pursuant to this title. The commissioner
shall allocate such funds pursuant to a statewide formula  developed  by
the  [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, which shall be
based upon the relative numbers of children, children in  working  fami-
lies,  and  children  in  low  income  families in each county, AND UPON
AMOUNTS NEEDED TO SERVE AREAS WITH LOW  POPULATION  DENSITY,  GEOGRAPHIC
ISOLATION  AND  THE  ABSENCE  OF  ECONOMIES  OF SCALE, as defined by the
[department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  for  this  purpose;
AND PROVIDING THAT AMOUNTS GRANTED FOR SERVICES TO EACH COUNTY SHALL NOT
BE  LESS  THAN  THE  AMOUNT GRANTED IN FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIX--TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN.  The commissioner shall notify the legislature prior  to
the implementation of any change or adjustment in the formula.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08440-01-1

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