Committee moves bill to bar minimum-earnings requirement for childcare assistance eligibility

Senate Bill 19 94, introduced by Senator Ramos and read to the committee, proposes to prohibit requiring parents or caretakers to meet a minimum-earnings threshold to qualify for childcare assistance under the Social Services Law. The committee moved and reported the bill to the next step.

During the discussion, a member identified as Marty asked whether the bill removes an existing work requirement; Senator Kavanaugh confirmed that the work requirement remains in place. "Yes," Kavanaugh said when asked to confirm that the requirement to work was not being removed.

A motion to move the bill was made and seconded; the committee recorded the bill as reported. The transcript contains no formal roll-call tally and no additional policy text beyond the bill title and the question-and-answer about the work requirement.