Bill Text: NY S05034 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that sliding scale co-payments for child care assistance funded by block grants for child care assistance made to social service districts shall not exceed ten percent of a family's household income.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S05034 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05034-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5034
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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 limiting co-pay-
         ments  for  child care funded by block grants to ten percent of house-
         hold income
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 410-x of the social services law,
    2  as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    6.  Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be
    5  provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to  pay.
    6  CO-PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED TEN PERCENT OF A FAMILY'S HOUSEHOLD INCOME.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    8  it  shall  have  become a law. Effective immediately the commissioner of
    9  children and family services is authorized to  promulgate  any  and  all
   10  rules and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement
   11  this act on its effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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