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Home/Bills/S 2022New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
Senate BillPassed first house

S 2022: 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.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified April 30, 2026

What S 2022 does, verified April 30, 2026

The bill aims to exempt certain income from public assistance programs. It specifically targets income derived from non-recurring funding issued by the Office of Children and Family Services to childcare providers, such as childcare stabilization grants and childcare desert funding. This exemption applies to households with a head of household or individuals in the household who are receiving aid or have applied for aid. The exemption will take effect immediately, starting from January 1, 2025.

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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to social services (2026-04-27)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Apr. 27, 2026referred to social services
Apr. 27, 2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Apr. 27, 2026PASSED SENATE
Apr. 22, 2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Apr. 21, 20262ND REPORT CAL.
Full action history, 11 earlier actionsConnect Plus
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 15, 2025 · 232 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2022 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE 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 
Text of S 2022 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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