What's happening
This bill defines an infant as a child under age two for payment rate purposes in group and family day care homes.
Why it matters
Redefining “infant” as under age two for child care reimbursement could increase the payment rates group and family day care homes receive for a larger group of children, as infants usually command higher rates due to their greater care needs.
The change could improve access and availability of infant (0–2) care, as providers may be more financially able and willing to accept younger children if reimbursement rates are more reflective of the costs involved.
Families with children between 12 and 24 months might benefit from more options and potentially higher-quality care, since providers would no longer be disincentivized from enrolling those just over age one (who previously may have been classified in a lower reimbursement bracket).
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Update Infant Child Care Rules
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- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
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Update Infant Child Care Definition
In Senate Committee · Children And Families · Sponsor Kemp Hannon
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2721
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 23, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, COLTON, M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to age of infant and reimbursement
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 410-x of the social services law, as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
4. The amount to be paid or allowed for child care assistance funded under the block grant shall be the actual cost of care but no more than the applicable market-related payment rate established by the department in regulations. The payment rates established by the department shall be sufficient to ensure equal access for eligible children to comparable child care assistance in the substate area that are provided to children whose parents are not eligible to receive assistance under any federal or state programs. Such payment rates shall take into account the variations in the costs of providing child care in different settings and to children of different age groups, and the additional costs of providing child care for children with special needs. For the purpose of determining such payment rates for group family day care homes and family day care homes as defined in section three hundred ninety of this article, an infant shall be considered a child under the age of two.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04545-01-7
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