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S07724 Summary:

BILL NOS07724A
 
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 NOS07724A
 
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
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S07724 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7724--A
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    October 23, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sens. PERSAUD, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, 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 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
    19    (iv) the total number of families on such waiting list as of the first
    20  day of each month.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05295-02-4

        S. 7724--A                          2
 
     1    (b) Each district shall issue a report to the office of  children  and
     2  family  services  by  October  fifteenth,  two thousand twenty-five, and
     3  annually thereafter detailing month-to-month information required pursu-
     4  ant to this subdivision  for  the  preceding  period  of  October  first
     5  through September thirtieth, and shall include the following:
     6    (i) the average length of time for families on the waiting list;
     7    (ii)  the  number  of  families  on  the  waiting list for each of the
     8  following time periods:
     9    (A) less than two weeks,
    10    (B) two weeks to less than a month,
    11    (C) one month to less than three months,
    12    (D) three months to less than six months,
    13    (E) six months to less than a year, and
    14    (F) one year or more;
    15    (iii) the average age of children represented on the waiting list;
    16    (iv) the number of children represented on the waiting  list  eligible
    17  for each:
    18    (A) infant,
    19    (B) toddler,
    20    (C) pre-school, and
    21    (D) school-aged subsidized child care slots; and
    22    (v) the number of existing infant, toddler, pre-school and school-aged
    23  subsidized child care slots;
    24    (vi)  the  number  of families who would receive child care assistance
    25  except that they are waiting for available slots in a  particular  child
    26  care program; and
    27    (vii) other information as the district deems appropriate.
    28    3.  (a) Each social services district shall collect data regarding the
    29  income of families who applied for child  care  assistance  pursuant  to
    30  this title, specifying:
    31    (i) the number of families who were denied;
    32    (ii) the number of families who received such assistance; and
    33    (iii)  a  listing  of  the  incomes  pursuant to paragraph (b) of this
    34  subdivision of the families who applied for such assistance.
    35    (b) Each district shall issue a report to the office of  children  and
    36  family  services  by  October  fifteenth,  two thousand twenty-five, and
    37  annually  thereafter,  detailing  month-to-month  information  collected
    38  pursuant  to  this subdivision for the preceding period of October first
    39  through September thirtieth, and shall include the following:
    40    (i) the number of all families who applied for and received child care
    41  assistance pursuant to this title whose:
    42    (A) incomes were under one hundred one percent of the federal  poverty
    43  level for their family size,
    44    (B)  incomes  were  between  one  hundred  one percent and two hundred
    45  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size, and
    46    (C) incomes were between two hundred one  percent  and  three  hundred
    47  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size; and
    48    (ii)  the number of all families who applied for and were denied child
    49  care assistance pursuant to this title whose:
    50    (A) incomes were under one hundred one percent of the federal  poverty
    51  level for their family size,
    52    (B)  incomes  were  between  one  hundred  one percent and two hundred
    53  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size, and
    54    (C) incomes were between two hundred one  percent  and  three  hundred
    55  percent of the federal poverty level for their family size.

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