STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4099--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 9, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, AUBRY, LUNSFORD, REYES, SIMON, GLICK, RAGA, ROZIC, DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on Children and Families 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 the use of child care block grant funds for the statewide presumptive eligibility peri- od for the receipt of child care assistance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 410-w of the social services 2 law, as added by section 1 of part DD of chapter 56 of the laws of 2023, 3 is amended to read as follows: 4 3-a. A local social services district [may, upon notification to the 5 office,] shall utilize a presumptive eligibility standard to provide 6 child care assistance, in accordance with this subdivision. The office 7 of children and family services shall issue guidance regarding the 8 preliminary eligibility criteria to be used by local social services 9 districts utilizing a presumptive eligibility standard. 10 (a) A local social services district [opting to utilize a presumptive 11 eligibility standard,] shall, upon receipt of an application for child 12 care assistance, including all completed documentation required by the 13 district, complete a preliminary eligibility determination. 14 (b) If the family meets the preliminary eligibility criteria, the 15 family shall be presumed eligible for child care assistance for the 16 period from the date of the application to the date of the final eligi- 17 bility determination. 18 (c) [If, upon final determination, a family is determined to be eligi- 19 ble for child care assistance under subdivision one or four of this EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04768-02-4
A. 4099--A 2 1 section, the social services district may utilize child care block grant 2 funds for the presumptive eligibility period. 3 (d) If, upon final determination, a family is determined to be ineli- 4 gible for child care assistance under subdivision one or four of this 5 section, the social services district must utilize local funds for the 6 presumptive eligibility period. 7 (e)] A local social services district may utilize child care block 8 grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period. 9 (d) If, upon final determination, the application for child care 10 services is denied, the social services district shall send written 11 notice to the applicant of the determination of ineligibility and of the 12 applicant's right to a fair hearing in accordance with the regulations 13 of the office. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 15 have been in full force and effect on and after May 3, 2024.