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                                  4829--A
                                                         Cal. No. 341
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. TITUS, NOLAN, LUPARDO, MOSLEY, BRONSON, WALKER,
   OTIS, BARRON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  BRAUNSTEIN,  DAVILA,
   FAHY,  JAFFEE,  LAVINE,  PERRY, SOLAGES, STECK, WEINSTEIN -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Social Services -- ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  on  the
   order of third reading
 
 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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01047-02-8

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   (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
 EXEMPTION  PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO OF THIS CHAPTER, TO ALL PARENTS OR OTHER RELATIVES IN
 RECEIPT OF PUBLIC ASSISTANCE WHO ARE PERSONALLY  PROVIDING  CARE  FOR  A
 CHILD  UNDER  ONE YEAR OF AGE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH PARENT OR OTHER
 RELATIVE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN OFFERED AN  EXEMPTION  UNDER  SUCH  SECTION
 THREE  HUNDRED  THIRTY-TWO.  THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS
 WHO:
   (I) SOLELY PARTICIPATE IN WORK ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE EARNED  INCOME;
 OR
   (II)  PARTICIPATE IN A COMBINATION OF WORK ACTIVITIES; FOR THE PORTION
 OF WORK ACTIVITIES THAT PROVIDE EARNED INCOME.
   (E) IN THE EVENT THAT A  SOCIAL  SERVICES  DISTRICT  MUST  DISCONTINUE
 FUNDING  TO  A PRIORITY GROUP IT SHALL NOTIFY THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH ACTION, IDENTIFYING THE  PARTIC-
 ULAR  GROUP  AFFECTED. IN THE EVENT THAT FUNDING IS RESTORED, THE SOCIAL
 SERVICES DISTRICT  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH RESTORATION.
   (F)  Each  social  services  district  shall collect and submit to the
 commissioner of the office of children and family services in  a  manner
 to be specified by the commissioner of the office of children and family
 services  information  concerning the disbursement of child care assist-
 ance funds showing geographic distribution of children receiving assist-
 ance within the district, THE NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILIES WHO WERE OTHER-
 WISE ELIGIBLE FOR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE BUT WHO WERE DENIED BECAUSE  THE
 DISTRICT  LACKED  SUFFICIENT  FUNDING TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND
 THE NUMBER AND AGE OF CHILDREN WHO COULD NOT BE SERVED AS A RESULT.
   [(e)] (G) The commissioner  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services  shall  submit a report to the governor, temporary president of
 the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before  August  thirty-
 first[, two thousand one] OF EVERY YEAR concerning the implementation of
 this  section.  This  report  shall  include  information concerning the
 disbursement of child care assistance funds showing geographic  distrib-
 ution  of  children  receiving  assistance  within  the state. BEGINNING
 AUGUST THIRTY-FIRST, ONE YEAR AFTER THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOU-
 SAND EIGHTEEN THAT AMENDED THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT, AND  EACH
 SUBSEQUENT REPORT THEREAFTER, SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO:
   (I)  IDENTIFY  THE COUNTIES THAT HAVE DISCONTINUED OR RESTORED FUNDING
 TO PRIORITY GROUPS, AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION;
   (II) LIST THE PRIORITY GROUPS AFFECTED;
   (III) PROVIDE FOR EACH COUNTY FOR EACH OF THE TWELVE MONTHS COVERED BY
 THIS REPORT THE NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILIES WHO WERE  OTHERWISE  ELIGIBLE
 FOR  CHILD  CARE  ASSISTANCE  BUT  WHO  WERE DENIED BECAUSE THE DISTRICT
 LACKED SUFFICIENT FUNDING TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES; AND
   (IV) THE NUMBER AND AGE OF CHILDREN WHO  COULD  NOT  BE  SERVED  AS  A
 RESULT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.