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                                   7694
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 7, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
 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:
   § 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
   (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 TWENTY-ONE, AND ANNU-
 ALLY 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;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (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.
   (C) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "ELIGIBLE FAMILY" SHALL  INCLUDE
 ALL FAMILIES WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL
 POVERTY  LEVEL,  AS  MOST RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE, BUT WHO MAY  HAVE
 BEEN  DENIED  ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT DOES
 NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO SERVE ALL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES AND  HAS  OPTED  TO
 APPLY ITS FUNDS TO LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AS A PRIORITY POPULATION.
   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 TWENTY-ONE, AND ANNU-
 ALLY 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 AND WERE IN RECEIPT OF CASH PUBLIC ASSIST-
 ANCE;
   (B) INCOMES WERE UNDER ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL  POVERTY
 LEVEL  FOR  THEIR  FAMILY  SIZE  AND  WERE NOT IN RECEIPT OF CASH PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE;
   (C) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE;
   (D) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY
 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE;
   (E) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE;
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   (F)  INCOMES  WERE  BETWEEN  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX 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,  AND WHO WERE IN RECEIPT OF CASH PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE;
   (B) INCOMES WERE UNDER ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL  POVERTY
 LEVEL  FOR  THEIR FAMILY SIZE AND WHO WERE NOT IN RECEIPT OF CASH PUBLIC
 ASSISTANCE;
   (C) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED TWEN-
 TY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE;
   (D) INCOMES WERE  BETWEEN  ONE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-SIX  PERCENT  AND  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY  PERCENT  OF  THE  FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY
 SIZE;
   (E) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE PERCENT AND ONE HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE;
 AND
   (F) INCOMES WERE BETWEEN  ONE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX  AND  TWO  HUNDRED
 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL FOR THEIR FAMILY SIZE; AND
   (III)  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  AS  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   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 TWENTY-ONE, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
   § 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.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect October 1, 2020; 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.