Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 17, 2022 | returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.838 substituted for s6655a |
Mar 29, 2022 | referred to social services delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jan 05, 2022 | ordered to third reading cal.264 |
Jun 07, 2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.494 rules report cal.494 reported |
May 25, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
May 19, 2021 | referred to children and families |
Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Maritza Davila
Charles Barron
Anna Kelles
A7661 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6655
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §410, Soc Serv L
A7661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7661 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing that public welfare officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educa- tional schedule of the parents and making technical changes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 410 of the social services law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 395 of the laws of 1965 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 as amended by chap- ter 875 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: 1. A public welfare official of a county, city or town is authorized, provided funds have been made available therefor, to provide day care at public expense for children residing in his territory who are eligible therefor pursuant to provisions of this title. Such care may be provided only in cases where it is determined, under criteria established by the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, that there is a need [therefor because of inability of the parents to provide care and supervision for a substantial part of the day] and that such care is in the best interest of the child and parent; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT THE PUBLIC WELFARE OFFICIAL SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO LIMIT AUTHORIZED CHILD CARE SERVICES STRICTLY BASED ON THE WORK, TRAINING, OR EDUCATIONAL SCHE- DULE OF THE PARENTS OR THE NUMBER OF HOURS THE PARENTS SPEND IN WORK, TRAINING, OR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. Where the family is able to pay part or all of the costs of such care, payment of such fees as may be reasonable in the light of such ability shall be required. (b) Care under this title may be provided only in group facilities, family homes, group family day care homes or in a day care center project as defined in title five-a which are operated in compliance with applicable regulations of the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.