Bill Text: NY A02567 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to allowances for the costs, up to eighty dollars, of diapers for an eligible child, two years of age or younger.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to social services [A02567 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02567-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                         2567--B
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 23, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, BARRON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Social Services -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to amend the social services law, in relation to allowances for
          the costs of diapers
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 350 of the social services law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c) In accordance with the regulations of the department  approved  by
     4  the  director  of the budget, allowances granted under the provisions of
     5  this title may include the costs of diapers for an eligible  child,  two
     6  years  of  age  or  younger.  Said  allowances  shall  not exceed eighty
     7  dollars, every three months, per eligible child.   For the  purposes  of
     8  this  paragraph,  an  eligible  child  shall be any child with a parent,
     9  guardian, or custodian who qualifies for  assistance  from  the  federal
    10  temporary assistance for needy families block grant.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00913-05-9
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