BILL NUMBER: S2022
SPONSOR: COONEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting
certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to
public assistance programs
 
PURPOSE:
To exempt income derived from childcare funding from an individual
childcare provider's income when determining benefits
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Adds income derived from funding from childcare stabilization
grants, childcare desert funding, or other non-recurring funding, issued
by the office of children and family services to childcare providers as
exempt income to be disregarded when determining benefits issued to
provider.
Section 2: Establishes effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Many homebased childcare providers are not set up as a corporate entity.
Due to this, funding issued by OCFS within the state budget to stabilize
providers and grow the number of providers in the state has been deemed
income for many of these providers, causing their income to artificially
increase and disqualify them from certain government programs. These
were non-recurring payments which were reinvested back in their programs
for Covid-19 supplies, staff, and other items. This legislation would
exempt these payments from being considered income when calculating
public assistance benefits.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S6430/AA6733 of 2023-2024: Passed Senate
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to state.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

Statutes affected:
S2022: 131-a social services law, 131-a(8) social services law