S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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405
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, SAYEGH, CRUZ, SIMON, LAVINE, TAYLOR,
ROSENTHAL, GLICK, EPSTEIN, HEVESI, RAGA, FORREST, MAHER -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowances for
the costs of diapers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
(C) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT APPROVED BY
THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, ALLOWANCES GRANTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS TITLE MAY INCLUDE THE COSTS OF DIAPERS FOR AN ELIGIBLE CHILD, TWO
YEARS OF AGE OR YOUNGER. SAID ALLOWANCES SHALL NOT EXCEED EIGHTY
DOLLARS, EVERY THREE MONTHS, PER ELIGIBLE CHILD.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
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.
LBD00836-01-5
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