What's happening
The bill limits child care subsidy co-payments to no more than 10% of household income and exempts low-income families.
Why it matters
Caps on child care co-payments mean more predictable and affordable costs for families. , reducing the risk that rising fees will force parents—especially working and middle-class families—to leave the workforce or forgo needed care for their children.
Exempting families at or below the state income standard from any co-payment directly targets the lowest-income households. , helping ensure that access to child care is not blocked by even minimal financial barriers, and potentially reducing child poverty.
Limiting co-payments to no more than 10% of household income places a statutory ceiling on out-of-pocket costs for child care. , which could help families budget better, decrease financial stress, and allow parents to seek higher-quality or more stable care arrangements.
These changes may increase participation in child care subsidy programs and could improve child development outcomes. , as more families are able to access consistent, regulated care environments.
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Cap Child Care Co-Pays
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7 Co-sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4576
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, GOTTFRIED, COOK, PEOPLES-STOKES, GLICK, ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAHILL, COLTON, HOOPER, PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to limiting co-payments for child care subsidies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 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:
6. Pursuant to department regulations, child care assistance shall be provided on a sliding fee basis based upon the family's ability to pay. No co-payment shall be assessed to a family whose income is at or below the state income standard as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred ten-w of this title. Co-payments shall not exceed ten percent of the household income.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January 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.
LBD02807-01-7
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