NY State Senate Bill S5493

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 04, 2020	reported and committed to finance
Jan 08, 2020	referred to children and families
May 03, 2019	referred to children and families

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Feb 4, 2020 - Children and Families committee Vote

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S5493 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

S5493 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S5493 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S5493

SPONSOR: MONTGOMERY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to limiting co-payments for child care subsidies

 
PURPOSE:

This bill eliminates co-payments for any family receiving child care
assistance whose income is at or below the state income standard respon-
sible for at ten percent of their household income.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services
law, by eliminating co-payments for those who receive child care assist-
ance and have incomes at or below the state income standard, as well as
capping such co-payments at ten percent of the house hold income.

 
EXISTING LAW:  Currently the co-payment of a family receiving child

care assistance is set by subtracting the poverty level for the house-
hold size from their income, and then choosing a multiplier between 10
and 35 percent (determined by the locality) to apply against the
balance.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under the current system of co-payments, there are families with incomes
below the state income standard paying for child care that they cannot
afford. Further, depending on the county a family lives in, they may be
paying a significantly higher co-payment than the same size family in an
area in which the cost of living is much less.  For example, a family of
three in Yonkers at 200% of poverty, in a county where the multiplier is
33%, has a co-payment of $4,726, and will pay $2,000 a year more than a
family of the same size and income level as a family in New York: City.
This is unfair. A cap of ten percent of the household income assures
equitable treatment across the state.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2007-2008:5.3161- Diedin Committee
2006-2005:S.1298- Diedin Committee
2004-2003:S.5710- Diedin Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect the first of January next succeeding the date
on which it shall have become law.

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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

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