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- Referred to children and families
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1779
- Reported and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to children and families
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to creating the child care regulatory review task force
Purpose
To relieve unnecessary burdens on child day care providers so that they are better able to maintain a stable, quality program.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends the social services law by adding a new section 390-j creating the Child Care Regulatory Review Task Force to review statutory and regulatory requirements for child day care providers. The new section delineates the members of the Task Force: the Commissioner of the Office for Children and Family Services, the Commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, the Commissioner of the Department of Health, the Commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services and the Commissioner of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, or their designees. This section also specifies the duties of the Task Force, including holding one public hearing, reviewing regulatory and statutory requirements and issuing a report with recommendations to the Legislature three years from the effective date.
Section 2 provides the effective date.
Justification
Child care providers experience administrative burdens as they work to maintain compliance with the various federal and state regulatory, licensing, and quality enhancement program requirements. Sometimes a provider may have to submit duplicative or very similar paperwork to multiple agencies. This can be time consuming and costly especially for small providers without the financial or personnel resources to dedicate to administrative activities. Depending on the circumstance, these obstacles may impose an unnecessary deterrent to maintaining a childcare business. Therefore, this bill would create a task force of relevant State agencies to identify ways to streamline and reduce the existing requirements.
Prior legislative history
2015: A.7135/S.5091 Veto Memo 236 2013-14: A.8924-A/S.7192 Veto Memo 500
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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