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A00870 Summary:

BILL NO	A00870
SAME AS	SAME AS S01517
SPONSOR	Peoples-Stokes
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd SS34-a & 410-w, rpld S34-a sub 9, Soc Serv L
Relates to notification to families receiving child care assistance.

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A00870 Actions:

BILL NO	A00870
01/07/2015	referred to children and families
03/03/2015	reported
03/05/2015	advanced to third reading cal.59
03/09/2015	substituted by s1517
	S01517 AMEND= FELDER
	01/13/2015	REFERRED TO RULES
	01/21/2015	ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
	02/02/2015	PASSED SENATE
	02/02/2015	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
	02/02/2015	referred to children and families
	03/09/2015	substituted for a870
	03/09/2015	ordered to third reading cal.59
	03/19/2015	passed assembly
	03/19/2015	returned to senate
	08/03/2015	DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
	08/13/2015	SIGNED CHAP.144

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A00870 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           870
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Children and Families
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notification  to
          families  receiving  child  care  assistance,  and  to  repeal certain
          provisions of such law relating thereto
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 34-a of the social services law is
     2  REPEALED and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows:
     3    9.  (a)  If  a  social  services district proposes an amendment to the
     4  child care portion of its child and family services  plan  that  reduces
     5  eligibility  or  increases  the  family  share percentage for child care
     6  services such district must: (i) no later than the first day the  public
     7  notice  appears  in  a  newspaper  pursuant to subdivision three of this
     8  section or  the  regulations  of  the  office  of  children  and  family
     9  services,  as  applicable,  prominently post on the district's website a
    10  notice of the proposed amendment describing the categories  of  families
    11  whose  cases will be impacted; and (ii) at the time the public notice is
    12  submitted to the newspaper for publication in accordance  with  subdivi-
    13  sion  three of this section or the regulations of the office of children
    14  and family services, as applicable, provide a copy of such notice to the
    15  office of children and family services.
    16    (b) If a social services district implements its process  for  closing
    17  child care cases, as set forth in its approved child and family services
    18  plan,  due  to  the  district  determining  that  it cannot maintain its
    19  current caseload because all of the available funds are projected to  be
    20  needed  for open cases, the district must: (i) no later than the day the
    21  social services district begins to send individual notices  to  impacted
    22  families  in  accordance  with subdivision eight of section four hundred
    23  ten-w of this chapter, prominently post a notice on their  website  that
    24  states  that  such  district is implementing the child care case closing
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07383-01-5
        A. 870                              2
 
     1  process set forth in its approved child and  family  services  plan  and
     2  that  describes  the  categories of families whose cases will be closed;
     3  and (ii) immediately provide a copy of such  notice  to  the  office  of
     4  children and family services.
     5    (c)  The office of children and family services shall prominently post
     6  notices received pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) of  this  subdivision
     7  on its website.
     8    §  2.  Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by adding a
     9  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    10    8. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulations  to
    11  the  contrary,  a social services district that implements a plan amend-
    12  ment to the child care portion of its child and  family  services  plan,
    13  either  as  part  of  an  annual plan update, or through a separate plan
    14  amendment process, where such  amendment  reduces  eligibility  for,  or
    15  increases  the family share percentage of, families receiving child care
    16  services, or that implements the process for closing child care cases as
    17  set forth in the district's approved child and family services plan, due
    18  to the district determining that it cannot maintain its current caseload
    19  because all of the available funds are projected to be needed  for  open
    20  cases,  shall  provide  all  families  whose  eligibility for child care
    21  assistance or family share percentage will be impacted  by  such  action
    22  with at least thirty days prior written notice of the action.
    23    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one
    24  of this act shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on the
    25  same  date as chapter 495 of the laws of 2014 took effect; and provided,
    26  further, that section two of this act shall take effect July 1, 2015.

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