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Assembly Bill A318A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

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2017-A318 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3977
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-w, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6545, S4115
2013-2014: A1196, S2517
2015-2016: A775, S5184
2019-2020: A413, S3420

2017-A318 - Summary

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain up to eight hours of sleep, as needed.

2017-A318 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    318
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JAFFEE, COOK, TITUS, GOTTFRIED, PERRY, PICHARDO,
   STECK, MAYER, ARROYO, JOYNER, BLAKE, BICHOTTE, SIMON, WALKER, BRONSON,
   OTIS, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,  GLICK,  HEVESI,
   LUPARDO,  RIVERA,  SOLAGES,  THIELE  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  parents  and
   caretakers who work a late shift
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 410-w of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  PARENTS AND CARETAKERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHILD CARE
 SUBSIDY SHALL RECEIVE A SUBSIDY WHEN CARE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO
 SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WORK A LATE SHIFT AND HAVE A CHILD WHO IS  UNDER  THE
 AGE  OF  SIX  AND NOT IN SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY. THE AUTHORIZATION
 FOR A SUBSIDY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PARENT  TO  OBTAIN  EIGHT
 HOURS OF SLEEP.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01763-01-7

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2017-A318A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3977
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-w, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6545, S4115
2013-2014: A1196, S2517
2015-2016: A775, S5184
2019-2020: A413, S3420

2017-A318A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain up to eight hours of sleep, as needed.

2017-A318A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  318--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. JAFFEE, COOK, TITUS, GOTTFRIED, PERRY, PICHARDO,
   STECK, MAYER, ARROYO, JOYNER, BLAKE, BICHOTTE, SIMON, WALKER, BRONSON,
   OTIS, HOOPER, ABINANTI, ORTIZ, HARRIS,  GUNTHER,  JEAN-PIERRE,  GLICK,
   HEVESI,  RIVERA,  VANEL,  SEAWRIGHT  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   BRAUNSTEIN, CROUCH, GALEF, HIKIND, LUPARDO, SOLAGES,  THIELE  --  read
   once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families -- commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  parents  and
   caretakers who work a late shift
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 410-w of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  PARENTS AND CARETAKERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHILD CARE
 SUBSIDY SHALL RECEIVE A SUBSIDY WHEN CARE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO
 SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WORK A LATE SHIFT AND HAVE A CHILD WHO IS  UNDER  THE
 AGE  OF  SIX  AND NOT IN SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY. THE AUTHORIZATION
 FOR A SUBSIDY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PARENT TO  OBTAIN  UP  TO
 EIGHT HOURS OF SLEEP, AS NEEDED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2018.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01763-02-7

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