Senate Bill S5493

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Limits co-payments for child care subsidies

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5493 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-x, Soc Serv L

2019-S5493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Limits co-payments for child care subsidies for families whose income is at or below the state income standard.

2019-S5493 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5493 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5493
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- 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 limiting co-pay-
   ments for child care subsidies
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x 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:
   6.  Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be
 provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to  pay.
 NO  CO-PAYMENT SHALL BE ASSESSED TO A FAMILY WHOSE INCOME IS AT OR BELOW
 THE STATE INCOME STANDARD AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION  FOUR
 HUNDRED TEN-W OF THIS TITLE. CO-PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF
 THE HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11469-01-9



              

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