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                                         1861
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MAYER, ABINANTI, AUBRY, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE,
         LAVINE,  OTIS,  SCHIMEL,  PAULIN,  LUPARDO,  ROBERTS,  PEOPLES-STOKES,
         SKOUFIS,  ZEBROWSKI  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, COOK,
         THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Social Services
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  local
         social  services districts to obtain approval by the governing body of
         such district prior to applying to the office of children  and  family
         services to amend the consolidated services plan
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 34-a of the  social  services  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
    3    9.  AN  APPLICATION  BY  A LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT TO AMEND ITS
    4  CONSOLIDATED SERVICES PLAN,  SUBMIT  AN  ANNUAL  PLAN  UPDATE,  OR  SEEK
    5  APPROVAL  FOR  ANY  ACTION  WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE AVAILABILITY OF CHILD
    6  CARE SERVICES, LOWER ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES, OR MODIFY THE
    7  CO-PAYMENT STRUCTURE SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE OFFICE  UNLESS  SUCH
    8  APPLICATION  IS  ACCOMPANIED  BY  PROOF  THAT THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH
    9  DISTRICT HAS APPROVED THE APPLICATION AFTER PUBLIC NOTICE AND HEARING.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00269-01-5