New York A 492: Establishes the statewide childcare workforce living wage fund; appropriation

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A00492 Summary:

BILL NOA00492A

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SAME ASSAME AS S05533

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRBurroughs, Davila, Forrest, Tapia, Shimsky, McDonald, Shrestha, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simon, Carroll R,
 Gallagher, Jensen, Kelles, Meeks, Colton, Dinowitz, Sayegh

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §97-bbbbb, St Fin L; amd §153-k, Soc Serv L

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Establishes the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund and provides for the distribution thereof; makes an appropriation therefor.

Go to top A00492 Actions:

BILL NOA00492A

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01/08/2025referred to children and families

02/26/2025amend (t) and recommit to children and families

02/26/2025print number 492a

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 492--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Children and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the state finance law and the social services law, in
 relation to establishing a permanent child care workforce pay equity
 fund and the distribution of such fund; and making an appropriation
 therefor

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
 2 97-bbbbb to read as follows:
 3 § 97-bbbbb. Statewide permanent child care workforce pay equity fund.
 4 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comp-
 5 troller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known
 6 as the "permanent child care workforce pay equity fund".
 7 2. The permanent child care workforce pay equity fund shall consist of
 8 moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund
 9 or source. Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the
 10 permanent child care workforce pay equity fund at the end of a fiscal
 11 year shall remain in the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund
 12 and shall not be credited to any other fund. Any interest received by
 13 the comptroller on moneys on deposit in the fund shall be retained in
 14 and become a part of such fund.
 15 3. Moneys of the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund shall
 16 be made available to the commissioner of the office of children and
 17 family services for activities to improve workforce conditions for
 18 employees of eligible child care services and programs, and to help
 19 ensure eligible programs can operate at high quality and at maximum
 20 capacity. Allowable uses of these funds may include, but not be limited
 21 to, salary increases, workforce retention bonuses and recruitment bonus-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01350-02-5

 A. 492--A 2

 1 es, indirect costs associated with implementing salary increases and
 2 bonuses, costs associated with employee health, and fringe benefits.
 3 Moneys awarded to a program in accordance with this section shall meet
 4 the following requirements:
 5 (a) No less than seventy-five percent of moneys awarded to a program
 6 from the permanent child care workforce pay equity fund shall be used to
 7 increase compensation and/or benefits for employees in a direct caregiv-
 8 ing role with children;
 9 (b) No less than ten percent of moneys awarded to a program from the
 10 permanent child care workforce pay equity fund shall be used to increase
 11 compensation and/or benefits for employees, administrators, owner-opera-
 12 tors, who are not in a direct caregiving role with children; and
 13 (c) All remaining moneys awarded to a program from the permanent child
 14 care workforce pay equity fund shall be used at program discretion to
 15 support the workforce, expand program capacity, and improve program
 16 quality.
 17 4. The office of children and family services shall submit a report to
 18 the governor and the legislature by January thirty-first,