Bill Text: NY A06545 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy shall receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day; further provides that the authorization for a subsidy shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain eight hours of sleep.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - reported referred to ways and means [A06545 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06545-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6545
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 21, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to parents and
caretakers who work a late shift
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. PARENTS AND CARETAKERS WHO ARE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR A CHILD CARE
4 SUBSIDY SHALL RECEIVE A SUBSIDY WHEN CARE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THEM TO
5 SLEEP BECAUSE THEY WORK A LATE SHIFT AND HAVE A CHILD WHO IS UNDER THE
6 AGE OF SIX AND NOT IN SCHOOL FOR A FULL SCHOOL DAY. THE AUTHORIZATION
7 FOR A SUBSIDY SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE PARENT TO OBTAIN EIGHT
8 HOURS OF SLEEP.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10020-01-1
