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

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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-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3451--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SOLAGES,  BARRON, EICHENSTEIN, SAYEGH, CRUZ,
          SIMON,  LAVINE,  TAYLOR,  FRONTUS,  L. ROSENTHAL,  GLICK,   GOTTFRIED,
          EPSTEIN,  FERNANDEZ,  RICHARDSON  --  read  once  and  referred to the
          Committee on Social Services -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        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 on the first of April next succeeding
    12  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.
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