S07724 Summary:

BILL NOS07724B
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPERSAUD
 
COSPNSRKAVANAGH, SEPULVEDA
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §410-z, Soc Serv L
 
Requires each social services district to maintain a waiting list of eligible families who have applied for child care assistance; 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; 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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S07724 Actions:

BILL NOS07724B
 
10/23/2023REFERRED TO RULES
01/03/2024REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
02/02/2024AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
02/02/2024PRINT NUMBER 7724A
05/30/2024AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
05/30/2024PRINT NUMBER 7724B
06/03/2024COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
06/03/2024ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1653
06/03/2024PASSED SENATE
06/03/2024DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
06/03/2024referred to children and families
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S07724 Committee Votes:

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S07724 Floor Votes:

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S07724 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7724--B
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    October 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD,  KAVANAGH,  SEPULVEDA  -- read twice and
          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
          Rules  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee on Children and Families in
          accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        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
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05295-04-4

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

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     1    (C)  incomes were between seventy-five percent and eighty-five percent
     2  of the state median income level for their family size.
     3    4.  The  office  of  children  and  family services shall compile such
     4  reports pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two, and paragraph  (b)
     5  of  subdivision  three  of  this  section, into one comprehensive report
     6  containing all required information on a county by  county  basis.  Such
     7  report  shall  be provided to the governor, the speaker of the assembly,
     8  the temporary president of the senate, the chairperson of  the  assembly
     9  committee  on  children  and  families,  the  chairperson  of the senate
    10  committee on children and families,  the  chairperson  of  the  assembly
    11  committee on social services, the chairperson of the senate committee on
    12  social  services, the chairperson of the assembly ways and means commit-
    13  tee and the chairperson of the senate finance committee  no  later  than
    14  December first, two thousand twenty-five, and annually thereafter.
    15    5.  Reports  issued  and compiled under this section shall not use the
    16  name, address, or any other identifying information of an individual who
    17  is the subject of the report and shall ensure  the  anonymity  of  those
    18  included in the reports.
    19    §  2.  Nothing  in this act shall be construed to require local social
    20  services districts to maintain waiting lists  for  dates  preceding  the
    21  effective date of this act, or to collect data pursuant to subdivision 3
    22  of  section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section one of
    23  this act, for persons who applied for subsidized child care prior to the
    24  effective date of this act.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024.  Effective immediate-
    26  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    27  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
    28  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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