Bill Text: NY S01086 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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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: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-02-04 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S01086 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01086-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1086--B
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 10, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sens.  PERSAUD, BOYLE, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY -- read twice
          and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
          on Children  and  Families  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
          ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
          committee discharged, bill amended, 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.
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