STATE OF NEW YORK
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1994
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. RAMOS, CLEARE, COONEY, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, MAY,
SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
committed to the Committee on Social Services
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting
requiring parents or caretakers to earn a minimum wage to be eligible
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-w of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
3 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to
4 the contrary, there shall be no minimum earnings requirement for parents
5 and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for child care assistance
6 pursuant to this section to receive such assistance.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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