Bill Text: NY S06655 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that public welfare officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educational schedule of the parents; makes technical changes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-17 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7661 [S06655 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06655-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6655--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BRISPORT, GOUNARDES, PERSAUD, SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 providing that public welfare officials shall not be required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the work, training, or educa- tional schedule of the parents and making technical changes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 2 410 of the social services law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 395 of 3 the laws of 1965 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 as amended by chap- 4 ter 875 of the laws of 1986, are amended to read as follows: 5 1. A public welfare official of a county, city or town is authorized, 6 provided funds have been made available therefor, to provide day care at 7 public expense for children residing in his territory who are eligible 8 therefor pursuant to provisions of this title. Such care may be provided 9 only in cases where it is determined, under criteria established by the 10 [department] office of children and family services, that there is a 11 need [therefor because of inability of the parents to provide care and12supervision for a substantial part of the day] and that such care is in 13 the best interest of the child and parent; provided however that the 14 public welfare official shall not be required to limit authorized child 15 care services strictly based on the work, training, or educational sche- 16 dule of the parents or the number of hours the parents spend in work, 17 training, or educational activities. Where the family is able to pay 18 part or all of the costs of such care, payment of such fees as may be 19 reasonable in the light of such ability shall be required. 20 (b) Care under this title may be provided only in group facilities, 21 family homes, group family day care homes or in a day care center EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11367-02-1S. 6655--A 2 1 project as defined in title five-a which are operated in compliance with 2 applicable regulations of the [department] office of children and family 3 services. A group facility shall include a public school which provides 4 day care pursuant to this subdivision. 5 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 6 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 7 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 8 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 9 on or before such date.
