A03416 Summary:

BILL NOA03416
 
SAME ASSAME AS A07585
 
SPONSORScarborough
 
COSPNSRWright, Cook, Rivera, Titus, Arroyo, Robinson, Perry, Zebrowski, Jaffee, Clark, Aubry, Walker
 
MLTSPNSRBrennan, Glick, Peoples-Stokes
 
Amd S410-z, Soc Serv L
 
Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; further requires the local districts to report such list to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually; further requires the social services districts to collect data regarding the income of families who have applied, were denied and received child care assistance and issue a report to the office of children and family services who shall then compile such reports and issue one report to the legislature annually.
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A03416 Actions:

BILL NOA03416
 
01/22/2015referred to children and families
05/07/2015enacting clause stricken
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A03416 Committee Votes:

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A03416 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03416 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3416
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SCARBOROUGH, WRIGHT, COOK, RIVERA, TITUS, ARROYO,
          ROBINSON, PERRY, ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, CLARK, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by
          --  M.  of  A. BRENNAN, CAMARA, GLICK, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring social
          services districts to maintain a  waiting  list  of  certain  families
          applying for child care assistance
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 410-z of the  social  services  law,  as  added  by
     2  section  52  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 410-z. Reporting requirements.  1.  Each  social  services  district
     5  shall  collect  and  submit  to  the [department] office of children and
     6  family services, in such form and at such times as    specified  by  the
     7  [department]  office  of  children  and  family  services, such data and
     8  information regarding child  care assistance provided  under  the  block
     9  grant  as  the  [department]  office of children and family services may
    10  need to comply with federal reporting requirements.
    11    2.  (a) Each social services district shall maintain a waiting list of
    12  eligible families who have applied for child care assistance pursuant to
    13  this title and who have not received such assistance. Such waiting  list
    14  shall contain information including, but not limited to:
    15    (i) the date the child care assistance was requested;
    16    (ii) the date the child care assistance was received;
    17    (iii) the age of the child or children the assistance was requested on
    18  behalf of; and
    19    (iv) the total number of families on such waiting list as of the first
    20  day of each month.
    21    (b)  Each  district shall issue a report to the office of children and
    22  family services by October fifteenth, two thousand seventeen, and  annu-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03032-01-5

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     1  ally  thereafter  detailing month-to-month information required pursuant
     2  to this subdivision for the preceding period of  October  first  through
     3  September thirtieth, and shall include the following:
     4    (i) the average length of time for families on the waiting list;
     5    (ii)  the  number  of  families  on  the  waiting list for each of the
     6  following time periods:
     7    (A) less than two weeks,
     8    (B) two weeks to less than a month,
     9    (C) one month to less than three months,
    10    (D) three months to less than six months,
    11    (E) six months to less than a year, and
    12    (F) one year or more;
    13    (iii) the average age of children represented on the waiting list;
    14    (iv) the number of children represented on the waiting  list  eligible
    15  for each:
    16    (A) infant,
    17    (B) toddler,
    18    (C) pre-school, and
    19    (D) school-aged subsidized child care slots; and
    20    (v) the number of existing infant, toddler, pre-school and school-aged
    21  subsidized child care slots;
    22    (vi)  the  number  of families who would receive child care assistance
    23  except that they are waiting for available slots in a  particular  child
    24  care program; and
    25    (vii) other information as the district deems appropriate.
    26    3.  (a) Each social services district shall collect data regarding the
    27  income of families who applied for child  care  assistance  pursuant  to
    28  this title, specifying:
    29    (i) the number of families who were denied;
    30    (ii) the number of families who received such assistance; and
    31    (iii)  a  listing  of  the  incomes  pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
    32  subdivision of the families who applied for such assistance.
    33    (b) Each district shall issue a report to the office of  children  and
    34  family  services by October fifteenth, two thousand seventeen, and annu-
    35  ally thereafter, detailing month-to-month information collected pursuant
    36  to this subdivision for the preceding period of  October  first  through
    37  September thirtieth, and shall include the following:
    38    (i) the number of all families who applied for and received child care
    39  assistance pursuant to this title whose:
    40    (A)  incomes were under one hundred one percent of the federal poverty
    41  level for their family size,
    42    (B) incomes were between one hundred one percent and one hundred fifty
    43  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size, and
    44    (C) incomes were between one hundred fifty-one percent and two hundred
    45  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size; and
    46    (ii) the number of all families who applied for and were denied  child
    47  care assistance pursuant to this title whose:
    48    (A)  incomes were under one hundred one percent of the federal poverty
    49  level for their family size,
    50    (B) incomes were between one hundred one percent and one hundred fifty
    51  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size, and
    52    (C) incomes were between one hundred fifty-one percent and two hundred
    53  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size.
    54    4. The office of children  and  family  services  shall  compile  such
    55  reports  pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two, and paragraph (b)
    56  of subdivision three of this  section,  into  one  comprehensive  report

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     1  containing  all  required  information on a county by county basis. Such
     2  report shall be provided to the governor, the speaker of  the  assembly,
     3  the  temporary  president of the senate, the chairperson of the assembly
     4  committee  on  children  and  families,  the  chairperson  of the senate
     5  committee on children and families,  the  chairperson  of  the  assembly
     6  committee on social services, the chairperson of the senate committee on
     7  social  services, the chairperson of the assembly ways and means commit-
     8  tee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee  no  later  than
     9  December first, two thousand seventeen, and annually thereafter.
    10    §  2.  Nothing  in this act shall be construed to require local social
    11  services districts to maintain waiting lists  for  dates  preceding  the
    12  effective date of this act, or to collect data pursuant to subdivision 3
    13  of  section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section one of
    14  this act, for persons who applied for subsidized child care prior to the
    15  effective date of this act.
    16    § 3. This act shall take effect October 1,  2016;  provided,  however,
    17  that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    18  rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
    19  effective date are authorized and directed to be made and  completed  on
    20  or before such effective date.
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