S2022 • 2025

Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs

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Sponsor: Jeremy Cooney
Last action: 2026-04-27
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs

Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs Exempts aid 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 from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.

What This Bill Does

Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs Exempts aid 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 from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.

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Bill History

2026-04-27 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-04-27 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-04-27 Assembly
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
2026-04-22 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-04-21 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-04-20 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.709
2026-01-07 Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
2025-05-14 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2025-05-14 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-05-14 Assembly
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
2025-01-28 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-01-27 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-01-22 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.138
2025-01-15 Senate
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES

Official Summary Text

Exempts certain income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs
Exempts aid 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 from income for the purpose of determining aid provided pursuant to public assistance programs.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2022

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services

        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

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8  of  section  131-a  of  the
     2  social  services  law  is  amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to
     3  read as follows:
     4    (XIV) ALL OF THE INCOME OF A HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD OR ANY  PERSON  IN  THE
     5  HOUSEHOLD, WHO IS RECEIVING SUCH AID OR FOR WHOM AN APPLICATION FOR SUCH
     6  AID HAS BEEN MADE, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM FUNDING FROM CHILDCARE STABILI-
     7  ZATION GRANTS, CHILDCARE DESERT FUNDING, OR OTHER NON-RECURRING FUNDING,
     8  ISSUED  BY  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY SERVICES TO CHILDCARE
     9  PROVIDERS.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  be  deemed  to
    11  have been in full force and effect on and after January 1, 2025.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02632-01-5