S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
July 6, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Clark) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to implementing
automatic market rate increases for child care assistance
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 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:
4. The amount to be paid or allowed for child care assistance funded
under the block grant shall be the actual cost of care [but no more
than] AND EQUAL TO ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF the applicable market-related
payment rate established by the department in regulations. The payment
rates established by the department shall be sufficient to ensure equal
access for eligible children to comparable child care assistance in the
substate area that are provided to children whose parents are not eligi-
ble to receive assistance under any federal or state programs. Such
payment rates shall take into account the variations in the costs of
providing child care in different settings and to children of different
age groups, and the additional costs of providing child care for chil-
dren with special needs.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15850-01-2