Relates to state reimbursement for child care resource and referral programs; provides that the formula for allocation of funds shall include amounts needed to serve areas with low population density, geographic isolation and the absence of economies of scale.

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A3691-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to social services
• Jan 26, 2011: referred to social services

A3691-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    3691

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              January 26, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
    on Social Services

  AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to state reimburse-
    ment for child care resource and referral programs

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 410-s of the social services  law,
  as  added  by  chapter  441  of  the laws of 1993, is amended to read as
  follows:

    1. The commissioner shall allocate annually any state funds, including
  any available federal funds, appropriated for such  purposes  among  the
  agencies  approved  for funding pursuant to this title. The commissioner
  shall allocate such funds pursuant to a statewide formula  developed  by
  the  [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, which shall be
  based upon the relative numbers of children, children in  working  fami-
  lies,  and  children  in  low  income  families in each county, AND UPON
  AMOUNTS NEEDED TO SERVE AREAS WITH LOW  POPULATION  DENSITY,  GEOGRAPHIC
  ISOLATION  AND  THE  ABSENCE  OF  ECONOMIES  OF SCALE, as defined by the
  [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES  for  this  purpose;
  AND PROVIDING THAT AMOUNTS GRANTED FOR SERVICES TO EACH COUNTY SHALL NOT
  BE  LESS  THAN  THE  AMOUNT GRANTED IN FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND SIX--TWO
  THOUSAND SEVEN.  The commissioner shall notify the legislature prior  to
  the implementation of any change or adjustment in the formula.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD08440-01-1