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- Referred to children and families
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to the availability of information regarding day care services
Purpose
To ensure that parents have access to critical information they need to make informed decisions regarding their children's care and to improve the quality of day care throughout the state.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends subdivision 1 of section 390 of the social services law by adding three new paragraphs (g), (h) and (i) defining serious injury, summary day care service inspection report (contains information such as date of most recent inspection, maximum number of children authorized to be present, any violations over the past three years and whether a license has been suspended or revoked or the day care service ordered closed) and violation.
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Section 2 amends section 390 of the social services law by adding a new subdivision 2-b providing every applicant for a new or renewal license to operate a day care service shall disclose whether a serious injury or death of a child in its care has occurred. In addition, applicants shall further disclose any civil or criminal court verdicts holding they were responsible for such serious injury or death of a child, and other relevant information regarding administrative agency decisions and legal proceedings. The department shall deny such a license unless it is satisfied the provisions of the sanitary code and other applicable law will be met. The death of a child or the occurrence of more than one incident resulting in serious injury to a child shall create a presumption to deny or revoke a license on inability to comply with the provisions of the sanitary code or other applicable law.
To the extent permissible by law, a person with responsibility for oversight and direction of a day care service who has a felony conviction for a sex offense, crime against a child or crime involving violence, or a felony conviction within the past five years for a drug-related offense, shall be denied a permit to operate such day care service.
Section 3 amends section 390 of the social services law by adding a new subdivision 3-a providing that following each inspection of a day care service, the department shall post a summary day care service inspection report on its website. Every day care service must post a clear and legible sign, whose form and content shall be provided or approved by the department, near its public entrances stating the most recent summary day care service inspection report may be accessed through the department's website, with instructions on how to gain access to the reports.
Section 4 amends subdivision 8 of section 390 of the social services law, as added by chapter 750 of the laws of 1990, providing the department shall report to an appropriate state agency any serious injury or death of a child in day care services reported to the department in accordance with applicable law, rules and regulations.
Section 5 provides this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
Existing law
New law
Justification
The State of New York has an obligation to protect the safety and well being of its children, who are among its most vulnerable residents. This includes the regulation of child day care services, which provide care for children while their parents are at work. There is an ever-increasing demand for day care services to help maintain the financial security of families. However, parents often do not have access to complete, accurate information they need to make informed decisions when they select child care facilities for their children. The purpose of this law is to ensure that parents have access to critical information they need to make informed decisions regarding their children's care and to improve the quality of day care throughout the state.
This is modeled after New York City legislation enacted in 2005.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
Minimal
Local fiscal implications
None
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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