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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8918
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 28, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, SILVER, NOLAN, HEASTIE, TITUS,
          GUNTHER, LUPARDO, MAYER, CLARK, ROZIC, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by  --
          M.  of  A.  DAVILA,  FAHY,  GALEF, JAFFEE, LAVINE, McDONALD, ROBINSON,
          SOLAGES, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Children
          and Families
 
        AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice require-

          ments to families and providers when funding cuts are made
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  34-a  of  the  social services law is amended by
     2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
     3    9. (a) In order to allow families time  to  properly  plan  for  their
     4  financial  needs and for the safety, social and emotional needs of their
     5  children, in the event that a social services district proposes to amend
     6  its consolidated services plan, submits an annual plan update, or  takes
     7  any  other  action  that would lower the financial eligibility level for
     8  child care assistance so that families receiving  subsidies  would  lose

     9  eligibility  therefore,  the local social services district shall notify
    10  the office of children and family services of that fact at  least  sixty
    11  days  before  the  effective  date of the proposed change in eligibility
    12  level. The office of children and family services shall post  notice  of
    13  the  proposed change on the office's website within five days of receiv-
    14  ing said notice, and within twenty days of receiving said  notice  shall
    15  notify  all licensed, registered and legally-exempt child care providers
    16  in the affected district, the state child  care  resource  and  referral
    17  agency,  the  local  child care resource and referral agency, as well as
    18  all certified employee organizations representing  licensed,  registered

    19  and  legally-exempt  child care providers in the affected district. Said
    20  notice may be made by e-mail or regular mail in the form of a letter  or
    21  postcard,  and  shall  inform  the recipient of the date of the proposed
    22  change and a description of the proposed change. The notice  shall  also
    23  require  that  child  care providers that receive the notice immediately
    24  post the notice in a place which is likely to be seen  by  the  families
    25  who  have  children  in  the provider's care and that certified employee
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14202-02-4

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     1  organizations representing licensed, registered and legally-exempt child
     2  care providers in the affected district post the notice on  their  offi-
     3  cial  website.   This notice shall not be considered as a substitute for
     4  any notice to parents which is required by law.
     5    (b)  In order to allow families time to properly plan for their finan-
     6  cial needs and for the safety, social and emotional needs of their chil-
     7  dren, in the event that a social services district proposes to amend its
     8  consolidated services plan or to  submit  an  annual  plan  update  that
     9  increases  the  parental co-payment multiplier for child care assistance
    10  so that families receiving subsidies would pay an  increased  percentage

    11  of  their  income  as a child care co-payment, the local social services
    12  district shall notify the office of children and family services of that
    13  fact at least sixty days before  the  effective  date  of  the  proposed
    14  change  in eligibility level. The office of children and family services
    15  shall post notice of the proposed change on the office's website  within
    16  five  days of receiving said notice, and within twenty days of receiving
    17  said notice shall notify all  licensed,  registered  and  legally-exempt
    18  child  care  providers  in  the  affected district, the state child care
    19  resource and referral agency, the local child care resource and referral
    20  agency, as well as all  certified  employee  organizations  representing

    21  licensed,  registered  and  legally-exempt  child  care providers in the
    22  affected district.  Said notice may be made by e-mail or regular mail in
    23  the form of a letter or postcard, and shall inform the recipient of  the
    24  date  of  the  proposed change and a description of the proposed change.
    25  The notice shall also require that child care providers that receive the
    26  notice immediately post the notice in a place which is likely to be seen
    27  by the families who have children in the provider's care and that certi-
    28  fied employee organizations representing licensed, registered and legal-
    29  ly-exempt child care providers in the affected district post the  notice
    30  on  their  official  website.   This notice shall not be considered as a

    31  substitute for any notice to parents which is required by law.
    32    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    33  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.