New York A 1279: Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs

Status: REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 1279

Sponsors: Sarah Clark

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A01279 Summary:

BILL NOA01279 

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Amd §131-a, Soc Serv L

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Exempts aid derived from funding from childcare stabilization grants, childcare desert funding, or other non-recurring funding, issued by the office of children and family services to childcare providers from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.

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01/09/2025referred to social services

01/07/2026referred to social services

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1279

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Social Services

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting
 certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to
 public assistance programs

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the
 2 social services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
 3 read as follows:
 4 (xiv) all of the income of a head of household or any person in the
 5 household, who is receiving such aid or for whom an application for such
 6 aid has been made, which is derived from funding from childcare stabili-
 7 zation grants, childcare desert funding, or other non-recurring funding,
 8 issued by the office of children and family services to childcare
 9 providers.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 11 have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2025.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02632-01-5

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