Assembly Bill A1978

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to limiting co-payments for child care subsidies

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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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2013-A1978 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-x, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5460
2011-2012: A3612
2015-2016: A4207
2017-2018: A4576
2019-2020: A6158

2013-A1978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits co-payments for child care subsidies based upon the family's ability to pay; co-payments shall not exceed ten percent of any given family's household income.

2013-A1978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1978

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TITUS, GOTTFRIED, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, SCARBOR-
  OUGH, ROBINSON, GLICK, ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON, HOOPER, V. LOPEZ, PERRY, WRIGHT  --
  read once and referred 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 subsidies

  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.
NO CO-PAYMENT SHALL BE ASSESSED TO A FAMILY WHOSE INCOME IS AT OR  BELOW
THE  STATE INCOME STANDARD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FOUR
HUNDRED TEN-W OF THIS TITLE. CO-PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF
THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing 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.
                                                           LBD01752-01-3

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