Bill Text: NY S01086 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to allowances for the costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child, two years of age or younger.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-04 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01086 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01086-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1086--A
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and  Families  --
          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 support from the federal tempo-
    10  rary 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.
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