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S06424 Summary:

BILL NOS06424 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09088

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SPONSORASHBY

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Add §257, Mil L

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Establishes a weekend child day care assistance program to provide for child day care at a child care provider for New York army and air national guard members on drill weekends.

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BILL NOS06424 

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03/13/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6424

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to establishing a weekend
 child day care assistance program for New York army and air national
 guard members

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

 1 Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 257 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 257. Weekend child day care assistance program. 1. For the purposes
 4 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 5 (a) "New York national guard" means both the New York army national
 6 guard established under section forty-one of this chapter, and the New
 7 York air national guard established under section forty-two of this
 8 chapter.
 9 (b) "The program" means the weekend child day care assistance program
 10 established pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
 11 (c) "Dual-military family" means a two-parent family where both such
 12 parents are enlisted as members of the New York national guard, or any
 13 other federal military branch.
 14 (d) "Child day care" shall have the same meaning as defined by section
 15 three hundred ninety of the social services law.
 16 (e) "Child care provider" means an entity operating as a child day
 17 care center or family day care home under section three hundred ninety
 18 of the social services law.
 19 2. The division of military and naval affairs, in conjunction with the
 20 office of children and family services, shall develop and implement a
 21 "weekend child day care assistance program" to benefit members of the
 22 New York national guard, including development of an initial registra-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10851-02-5

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 1 tion process, and a monthly reservation process for New York national
 2 guard members to reserve child day care with a child care provider.
 3 3. The program shall provide free hourly child day care, at a child
 4 care provider that has opted to participate in the program, for New York
 5 national guard members during scheduled weekend drill periods, for up to
 6 twelve hours. Such child day care shall be reimbursable as provided in
 7 this section. New York national guard members seeking to enroll in the
 8 program shall make an initial application to the program, and once
 9 assisted, shall reserve child day care under the program monthly at a
 10 child care provider participating in the program.
 11 4. All child day care costs shall be processed directly to the child
 12 care provider and processed in accordance with the program policies,
 13 dependent on submission of completed attendance sheets. No payments
 14 shall be guaranteed until a final approval certificate has been sent to
 15 both the New York national guard member enrolled in the program and
 16 child care provider. It shall be the responsibility of both the New York
 17 national guard member enrolled in the program and child care provider to
 18 review all approvals for accuracy, and to report any inaccuracies as
 19 soon as possible.
 20 5. New York national guard members enrolled in the program shall:
 21 (a) Be in good standing with their unit, which shall include, at a
 22 minimum, having attended all required drills, completed