New York A 3174: Relates to child care assistance under the child care block grant

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A03174 Summary:

BILL NOA03174A

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SAME ASSAME AS S02001-A

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SPONSORHevesi

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COSPNSRLunsford, Bronson, Rozic, Gonzalez-Rojas, Simon, Levenberg, Clark, Colton, Burroughs

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§410-x & 410-w, Soc Serv L

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Provides that a caregiver shall be eligible for assistance for child care under the child care block grant regardless of the hours the parent actually works.

Go to top A03174 Actions:

BILL NOA03174A

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01/23/2025referred to children and families

05/20/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

06/01/2026amend and recommit to ways and means

06/01/2026print number 3174a

Go to topA03174 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Chair:Hevesi 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:14/2 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means HevesiAyeMaherAye

DavilaAyePirozzoloAye

AndersonAyeJensenAye

ClarkAyeBolognaNay

LunsfordAyeMolitorNay

MeeksAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

MitaynesAye

Chandler-WatermAye

LeeAye

LasherExcused

WiederAye

Go to topA03174 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA03174 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3174--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, LUNSFORD, BRONSON, ROZIC, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 SIMON, LEVENBERG, CLARK, COLTON, BURROUGHS -- read once and referred
 to the Committee on Children and Families -- reported and referred to
 the Committee on Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Ways and Means in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to child care
 assistance under the child care block grant

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

 1 Section 1. Section 410-x of the social services law is amended by
 2 adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
 3 11. A social services district may provide child care assistance fund-
 4 ed under the block grant for additional or different hours than a parent
 5 or caretaker spends in work, training, educational activities or other
 6 reasons for care designated by the social services district in its
 7 consolidated services plan in accordance with paragraph (e) of subdivi-
 8 sion one of section four hundred ten-w of this title, including, but not
 9 limited to, paying for full-time child care assistance regardless of the
 10 hours of the activity of the parent's or caretaker's reason for care.
 11 § 2. Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by adding a
 12 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 13 1-a. For all families eligible for child care assistance pursuant to
 14 subdivision one of this section, a social services district is not
 15 required to limit authorized child care services strictly based on the
 16 hours during which the parent or caretaker is engaged in work, education
 17 or other activity or the number of hours the parent or caretaker is
 18 engaged in any such reasons for care.
 19 § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 20 have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05861-03-6

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