---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires local social services districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed"
description: "Requires local social service districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed; requires the local services offices to provide forms to request such payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5162"
citation: "New York S 5162 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRISPORT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73553ab0-106e-4e37-9a42-10b7ee22006c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5162"
source_hash: "b36b8a4ca10738da99706078fd191f69f0c19b7aa4e8b093ef59af9a06a144e3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York S 5162 (2021-2022) — Requires local social services districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed

Requires local social service districts to offer to pay childcare providers via a direct deposit for any subsidized child care funds owed; requires the local services offices to provide forms to request such payments.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S5162** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5162&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5162A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5162A)

## Votes

- Children And Families Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BRISPORT — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-25** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.554
- **2021-03-10** AMENDED (T) 5162A
- **2021-03-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5840A
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.126
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-01** SIGNED CHAP.650 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-01** APPROVAL MEMO.54

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73553ab0-106e-4e37-9a42-10b7ee22006c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).