The New York State Senate

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                                 2581--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT, COOK, RIVERA, TITUS, ARROYO,
  ROBINSON,  PERRY,  MILLMAN,  ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, CLARK, AUBRY -- Multi-
  Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.   BOYLAND,   BRENNAN,   CAMARA,   GLICK,
  PEOPLES-STOKES,  SWEENEY,  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee  on
  Children  and  Families  in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social
  services  districts  to  maintain  a  waiting list of certain families
  applying for child care assistance

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

  Section  1.  Section  410-z  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:
  S  410-z.  Reporting  requirements.  1.  Each social services district
shall collect and submit to the  [department]  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
FAMILY  SERVICES,  in  such  form and at such times as  specified by the
[department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  such  data  and
information  regarding  child   care assistance provided under the block
grant as the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  may
need to comply with federal reporting requirements.
  2.  (A) EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL MAINTAIN A WAITING LIST OF
ELIGIBLE FAMILIES WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
THIS  TITLE AND WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED SUCH ASSISTANCE. SUCH WAITING LIST
SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
  (I) THE DATE THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED;
  (II) THE DATE THE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE WAS RECEIVED;
  (III) THE AGE OF THE CHILD OR CHILDREN THE ASSISTANCE WAS REQUESTED ON
BEHALF OF; AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (IV) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF FAMILIES ON SUCH WAITING LIST AS OF THE FIRST
DAY OF EACH MONTH.
  (B)  EACH  DISTRICT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES BY OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER DETAILING MONTH-TO-MONTH  INFORMATION  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR  THE  PRECEDING  PERIOD  OF OCTOBER FIRST THROUGH
SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
  (I) THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF TIME FOR FAMILIES ON THE WAITING LIST;
  (II) THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES ON  THE  WAITING  LIST  FOR  EACH  OF  THE
FOLLOWING TIME PERIODS:
  (A) LESS THAN TWO WEEKS,
  (B) TWO WEEKS TO LESS THAN A MONTH,
  (C) ONE MONTH TO LESS THAN THREE MONTHS,
  (D) THREE MONTHS TO LESS THAN SIX MONTHS,
  (E) SIX MONTHS TO LESS THAN A YEAR, AND
  (F) ONE YEAR OR MORE;
  (III) THE AVERAGE AGE OF CHILDREN REPRESENTED ON THE WAITING LIST;
  (IV)  THE  NUMBER OF CHILDREN REPRESENTED ON THE WAITING LIST ELIGIBLE
FOR EACH:
  (A) INFANT,
  (B) TODDLER,
  (C) PRE-SCHOOL, AND
  (D) SCHOOL-AGED SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE SLOTS; AND
  (V) THE NUMBER OF EXISTING INFANT, TODDLER, PRE-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL-AGED
SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE SLOTS;
  (VI) THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO WOULD RECEIVE  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE
EXCEPT  THAT  THEY ARE WAITING FOR AVAILABLE SLOTS IN A PARTICULAR CHILD
CARE PROGRAM; AND
  (VII) OTHER INFORMATION AS THE DISTRICT DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
  3. (A) EACH SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT SHALL COLLECT DATA REGARDING  THE
INCOME  OF  FAMILIES  WHO  APPLIED FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO
THIS TITLE, SPECIFYING:
  (I) THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO WERE DENIED;
  (II) THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO RECEIVED SUCH ASSISTANCE; AND
  (III) A LISTING OF THE INCOMES  PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION OF THE FAMILIES WHO APPLIED FOR SUCH ASSISTANCE.
  (B)  EACH  DISTRICT SHALL ISSUE A REPORT TO THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
FAMILY SERVICES BY OCTOBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND ANNUALLY
THEREAFTER, DETAILING MONTH-TO-MONTH INFORMATION COLLECTED  PURSUANT  TO
THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR  THE  PRECEDING  PERIOD  OF OCTOBER FIRST THROUGH
SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH, AND SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
  (I) THE NUMBER OF ALL FAMILIES WHO APPLIED FOR AND RECEIVED CHILD CARE
ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE WHOSE:
  (A) INCOMES WERE UNDER ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL  POVERTY
LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE,
  (B) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE, AND
  (C) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE PERCENT AND TWO HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE; AND
  (II)  THE NUMBER OF ALL FAMILIES WHO APPLIED FOR AND WERE DENIED CHILD
CARE ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE WHOSE:
  (A) INCOMES WERE UNDER ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL  POVERTY
LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE,
  (B) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE, AND

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  (C) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE PERCENT AND TWO HUNDRED
PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE.
  4.  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY SERVICES SHALL COMPILE SUCH
REPORTS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO, AND PARAGRAPH  (B)
OF  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION, INTO ONE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT
CONTAINING ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION ON A COUNTY BY  COUNTY  BASIS.  SUCH
REPORT  SHALL  BE PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIRPERSON OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE  ON  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILIES,  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES,  THE  CHAIRPERSON  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY
COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
SOCIAL  SERVICES, THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE ASSEMBLY WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT-
TEE AND THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE  NO  LATER  THAN
DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
  S  2.  Nothing  in this act shall be construed to require local social
services districts to maintain waiting lists  for  dates  preceding  the
effective date of this act, or to collect data pursuant to subdivision 3
of  section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section one of
this act, for persons who applied for subsidized child care prior to the
effective date of this act.
  S 3. This act shall take effect October 1,  2015;  provided,  however,
that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized and directed to be made and  completed  on
or before such effective date.