Assembly Bill A6545

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-A6545 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4115
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §410-w, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1196, S2517
2015-2016: A775, S5184
2017-2018: A318, S3977
2019-2020: A413, S3420

2011-A6545 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain eight hours of sleep.

2011-A6545 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6545

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  social services law, in relation to parents and
  caretakers who work a late shift

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

  Section  1.  Section  410-w  of  the social services law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. PARENTS AND CARETAKERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHILD  CARE
SUBSIDY SHALL RECEIVE A SUBSIDY WHEN CARE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO
SLEEP  BECAUSE  THEY WORK A LATE SHIFT AND HAVE A CHILD WHO IS UNDER THE
AGE OF SIX AND NOT IN SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL  DAY.  THE  AUTHORIZATION
FOR  A  SUBSIDY  SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PARENT TO OBTAIN EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10020-01-1

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