S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6846
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 19, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. BOYLAND -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing child
care services to families where one parent is attending post secondary
educational program full-time while the other parent is employed full-
time
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 3 of section
410-w of the social services law, as amended by chapter 569 of the laws
of 2001, are amended to read as follows:
(a) families receiving public assistance when such child care assist-
ance is necessary: to enable a parent or caretaker relative to engage in
work, participate in work activities or perform a community service
pursuant to title nine-B of article five of this chapter; to enable a
teenage parent to attend high school or other equivalent training
program; because the parent or caretaker relative is physically or
mentally incapacitated; [or] because family duties away from home neces-
sitate the parent or caretaker relative's absence; OR BECAUSE A PARENT
IS ATTENDING A POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FULL-TIME WHILE THE
OTHER PARENT IS EMPLOYED FULL-TIME child day care shall be provided
during breaks in activities, for a period of up to two weeks. Such child
day care may be authorized for a period of up to one month if child care
arrangements shall be lost if not continued, and the program or employ-
ment is scheduled to begin within such period;
3. A social services district shall guarantee child care assistance to
families in receipt of public assistance with children under thirteen
years of age when such child care assistance is necessary for a parent
or caretaker relative to engage in work or participate in work activ-
ities pursuant to the provisions of title nine-B of article five of this
chapter OR BECAUSE A PARENT IS ATTENDING A POST SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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PROGRAM FULL-TIME WHILE THE OTHER PARENT IS EMPLOYED FULL-TIME. Child
care assistance shall continue to be guaranteed for such a family for a
period of twelve months after the month in which the family's eligibil-
ity for public assistance has terminated or ended when such child care
is necessary in order to enable the parent or caretaker relative to
engage in work, provided that the family's public assistance has been
terminated as a result of an increase in the hours of or income from
employment or increased income from child support payments or because
the family voluntarily ended assistance; that the family received public
assistance in at least three of the six months preceding the month in
which eligibility for such assistance terminated or ended or provided
that such family has received child care assistance under subdivision
four of this section; and that the family's income does not exceed two
hundred percent of the state income standard. Such child day care shall
recognize the need for continuity of care for the child and a district
shall not move a child from an existing provider unless the participant
consents to such move.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.