STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3192
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 4, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in  relation  to  reimbursement
          for child care absences
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 410-x of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. Reimbursement for payment on behalf of children who are temporarily
     4  absent from child care is required for a minimum of twelve days in a six
     5  month period.  A maximum number of absences, which shall be no less than
     6  twenty-four days in a six month period shall be determined by the office
     7  of  children  and  family services pursuant to regulation. Reimbursement
     8  for additional absences shall be allowable in the  case  of  extenuating
     9  circumstances,  as  determined  by  the  office  of  children and family
    10  services pursuant to regulation.
    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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