Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 06, 2016 |
print number 5176a |
May 06, 2016 |
amend and recommit to finance |
Mar 22, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to children and families |
May 06, 2015 |
referred to children and families |
Senate Bill S5176A
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2015-S5176 - Details
2015-S5176 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5176 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the twelve month work exemption for certain parents or relatives providing child care PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this legislation is to allow commissioners in social services to modify the public assistance work requirements in order to increase access to affordable child care for eligible families. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would amend subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social services law. Currently, New York State allows certain exemptions from work activities for recipients of temporary assistance that are a single-parent head of household. The current work exemption structure allows a single-parent who is caring for a child under the age of one an exemption from work activities for no more than three months for any one child; although a social service official has the authority to extend the exemption for up to 12 months on a case by case basis. This bill would allow commissioners of social service districts the
2015-S5176 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5176 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 6, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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 the twelve month work exemption for certain parents or relatives providing child care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 2. (a) A social services district may establish priorities for the families which will be eligible to receive funding; provided that the priorities provide that eligible families will receive equitable access to child care assistance funds to the extent that these funds are avail- able. (b) A social services district shall set forth its priorities for child care assistance in the district's consolidated services plan. The commissioner of the office of children and family services shall not approve any plan that does not provide for equitable access to child care assistance funds. (c) A social services district shall be authorized to set aside portions of its block grant allocation to serve one or more of its priority groups and/or to discontinue funding to families with lower priorities in order to serve families with higher priorities; provided that the method of disbursement to priority groups provides that eligi- ble families within a priority group will receive equitable access to child care assistance funds to the extent that these funds are avail- able. (d) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE COMMISSIONER IN ANY SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT HAVE SUFFI- CIENT FUNDING TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE WORKING FAMILIES UNDER TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE STATE INCOME STANDARD, SHALL OFFER THE TWELVE MONTH WORK EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06623-01-5
2015-S5176A (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S5176A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5176A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the twelve month work exemption for certain parents or relatives providing child care PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this legislation is to allow commissioners in social services to modify the public assistance work requirements in order to increase access to affordable child care for eligible families. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill would amend subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social services law. Currently, New York State allows certain exemptions from work activities for recipients of temporary assistance that are a single-parent head of household. The current work exemption structure allows a single-parent who is caring for a child under the age, of one an exemption from work activities for no more than three months for any one child; although a social service official has the authority to extend :the exemption for up to 12 months on a case by case basis. This bill would allow commissioners of social service districts the ability to offer an 12 month for exemption if the district is unable to meet the needs of income eligible working families.
2015-S5176A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5176--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 6, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the twelve month work exemption for certain parents or relatives providing child care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 410-x of the social services law, as amended by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 2. (a) A social services district may establish priorities for the families which will be eligible to receive funding; provided that the priorities provide that eligible families will receive equitable access to child care assistance funds to the extent that these funds are avail- able. (b) A social services district shall set forth its priorities for child care assistance in the district's consolidated services plan. The commissioner of the office of children and family services shall not approve any plan that does not provide for equitable access to child care assistance funds. (c) A social services district shall be authorized to set aside portions of its block grant allocation to serve one or more of its priority groups and/or to discontinue funding to families with lower priorities in order to serve families with higher priorities; provided that the method of disbursement to priority groups provides that eligi- ble families within a priority group will receive equitable access to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06623-05-6
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