New YorkA 95062025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Requires social services districts to maintain a waiting list of families who have applied for child care assistance and data regarding the income of such families

Sponsored By: Latrice Walker (Democratic)

Became Law

CHILDREN AND FAMILIESRULES

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Bill Overview

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3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Child care waitlists and public data

Districts must keep a waitlist for families denied child care help only because funds ran out. The list records when you asked for help, when a decision was made, your child’s age, and whether you are new or recertifying. Districts also collect yearly counts of denied, waitlisted, and served families, with family size, child age, and income when available, and send it to the state. The state posts each district’s total number of families on the waitlist each year. These steps add transparency and tracking. They do not change who qualifies or how much help you get.

More child care data reporting

Districts must collect and send child care assistance data to the state Office of Children and Family Services, in the form and on the schedule the Office sets. The state uses the data to meet federal reporting rules. This is administrative and does not change who gets help or how much families receive.

When waitlist rules start, no backdating

This law takes effect on the same date as a related 2025 child care waitlist law. It gives clear notice of when the new rules start. Districts do not have to keep waitlists or collect the new applicant data for people who applied before that start date. This sets timing and limits backdated records. It does not change who gets help or money.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Latrice Walker
Democratic • House

Cosponsors

Noah Burroughs
Democratic • House
Paula Kay
Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 54 • No: 2

House vote • 1/29/2026

FLOOR Vote