Bill Text: NY A03451 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the payment of costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child two years of age or younger for children receiving safety net assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-10 - reported referred to ways and means [A03451 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A03451-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3451

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee 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:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c)  In  accordance with the regulations of the department approved by
     4  the director of the budget, allowances granted under the  provisions  of
     5  this  title  may include the costs of diapers for an eligible child, two
     6  years of age  or  younger.  Said  allowances  shall  not  exceed  eighty
     7  dollars,  every  three  months, per eligible child.  For the purposes of
     8  this paragraph, an eligible child shall be  any  child  with  a  parent,
     9  guardian,  or  custodian  who  qualifies for assistance from the federal
    10  temporary assistance for needy families block grant.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02812-01-1