What's happening
This bill allows eligible parents and caretakers working non-traditional hours to use child care assistance so they can sleep.
Why it matters
Recognizes the health and safety needs of parents. By allowing eligible parents and caretakers who work non-traditional hours to use child care assistance for sleep, the bill acknowledges the risks of sleep deprivation, which can affect workplace performance, parenting, and overall well-being.
Addresses gaps in current child care policy. Traditional child care assistance often only covers work or education hours, not the rest and recovery needed by parents working nights or irregular shifts. This amendment fills that gap, making support more practical and relevant for shift workers.
Targets a vulnerable population. The bill specifically helps parents of young children (under age six, not in school full-time), who are especially likely to struggle with balancing child care and adequate rest, reducing the likelihood of unsafe or lower-quality care due to parental exhaustion.
May improve outcomes for children and families. By ensuring caregivers can get enough sleep, the legislation could lead to better developmental outcomes for children and reduce stress and burnout among low-income or shift-working families, promoting family stability and child safety.
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Let Parents Sleep with Aid
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.344
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.469
- Substituted for A413A
- Referred to ways and means
- Returned to assembly
- Repassed senate
- Amended on third reading (t) 3420a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to senate
Show 8 earlier actions
- Recalled from assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1002
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to children and families
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Child Care Aid for Sleep
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Ellen C. Jaffee
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3420--A Cal. No. 1002
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2019
Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to parents and caretakers who work non-traditional hours
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 410-w of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. Parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for child care assistance, and provided with such assistance, shall be able to utilize the assistance when care is necessary to enable them to sleep because they work non-traditional hours and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full school day. The authorization for child care assistance shall be sufficient to allow the parent to obtain up to eight hours of sleep, as needed.
§ 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2020.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02785-05-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to parents and caretakers who work non-traditional hours
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to provide for parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible, a childcare subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to get an adequate night's rest.
Summary of specific provisions
Amends Section 410-W of the social services law to allow parents and caretakers who are otherwise eligible for a child care subsidy to receive a subsidy when care is necessary to enable them to sleep (for eight hours) because they work a late shift and have a child who is under the age of six and not in school for a full day.
Justification
Parents who work nights often need childcare so that they can sleep during the day if their children are young and not in school. Regu- lations currently permit, but do not require social services districts to provide a childcare subsidy to financially eligible parents and care- takers who work second or third shifts and need childcare for their young children in order to sleep.
Most social services districts (47) do exercise this option and provide subsidized daytime childcare for parents who need to sleep. For those living in the eleven social services districts that do not provide this option, life can be very difficult as sleep deprived patents juggle their need to sleep with caring for a young child.
This bill will assure that low income parents with young children who work the night shift and need childcare to get adequate sleep will be able to do so regardless of where they live.
Prior legislative history
2011-12 Session - new legislation -S.4115 referred to Children and Fami- lies Committee and reported to Finance 2013-14 Session - s2517 2015-16 session - S5184 2017-18 Session - S3977
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
April 1, 2020
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