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- Signed chap.513
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.547
- Substituted for A8182A
- Referred to children and families
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1256
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Print number 5676a
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- Amend (t) and recommit to children and families
- Referred to children and families
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to children and families
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1383
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to children and families
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Requires the department of health and mental hygiene in New York city to issue a performance summary card to each child care service
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Michele Titus
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the establishment of a performance summary card for child care services in a city having a population of one million or more
Purpose
This bill requires that permitted child care services inside the City of New York must post a performance summary card which contains information regarding the results of their previous inspections from the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH).
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Defines the performance summary card and states that it shall summarize recent inspection violations and programs suspensions as required by rules issued by DOHMH. Also states that the cards may include additional information, such as the capacity of the child care service, the length of time the service operated, a comparison of the child care service to other child care services in the same social services district, and any other information DOHMH may specify in its rules.
Requires DOHMH to issue a new performance summary card at least once every twelve months. The child care service must display this card conspicuously at or near the entrance of its facility.
Section 2: Establishes an effective date.
Existing law
Under current law, child care services inside New York City are not required to post their inspection reports at their facilities. Outside of New York City, regulated child care providers are required to do so under statutory requirements and regulations promulgated by the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
Justification
Parents deserve comprehensive, easily-understandable, and readily-available information about the day care centers where they plan to send their children. Currently, information detailing the inspection histories of day cares is available online, but many parents don't know how or where to access this information. Providing this information in an easy to understand performance summary card posted prominently at child care services' facilities will tell parents that facilities are licensed and regulated, operating legally under the laws of New York City; that a facility is registered demonstrates that the facility is being inspected and is applying a rigorous set of health and safety standards mandated by New York City. The posting will also inform parents as to whether the facility is consistently complying with the health and safety regulations placed upon it via statute and regulation. Finally, it will help parents to compare the record of the facility they're visiting against the records of other facilities in the same social services district.
While OCFS may require day care centers to post their recent inspection reports outside New York City, no such requirement exists for day care centers regulated by New York City.
Legislative history
This is a new bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
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