What's happening
This bill requires New York to implement a cost estimation model for child care and regularly report detailed provider cost data.
Why it matters
Creates a more transparent system for determining child care payment rates. by requiring New York to use a cost estimation model that considers actual provider expenses, such as staff wages, benefits, facility costs, and regulatory compliance, rather than relying solely on market rates.
Promotes higher quality care and equity. by mandating that cost models account for the additional expenses associated with higher-quality care (as measured by rating systems or quality indicators), and for special needs care, potentially leading to more appropriate funding for providers serving these populations.
Engages stakeholders and uses rigorous data. by requiring the Office of Children and Family Services to consult with child care providers, advisory councils, and resource agencies, and to use statistically valid methodologies—helping ensure the model reflects real-world costs and provider input.
Improves public accountability and policymaking. by mandating detailed, biennial public reports on the true costs of child care (by setting, age, quality, and special needs), and by comparing these costs to current market rates—giving lawmakers, advocates, and families clearer insight into funding gaps and system needs.
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Who cares
Office of Children and Family Services
The office would have to develop a statistically valid child care cost model and publish biennial reports comparing provider costs with market rates.
Child care providers
Providers would be consulted on a model that accounts for salaries, benefits, enrollment, facilities, regulatory compliance and costs at different quality levels.
Child care resource and referral agencies
Agency representatives would have a required consultation role in developing the cost estimation model.
Governor and legislative leaders
The governor, Assembly speaker and temporary Senate president would receive reports detailing costs by setting, age group and care for children with special needs.
Headline styles
Estimate Child Care Costs
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
13 Co-sponsors
3 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to finance
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.26
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.481
- Reported
- Reported referred to ways and means
Show 1 earlier action
- Referred to children and families
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Track Child Care Costs
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Tony Avella
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
290
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to implementing a cost estimation model for child care
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 410-x of the social services law are renumbered subdivision 6, 7, 8 and 9 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows:
5. (a) For each group for which the office of children and family services determines a separate payment rate pursuant to subdivision four of this section, and at the same frequency, such office shall utilize a cost estimation model to determine the actual cost providers incur when providing child care. The cost estimation model shall identify and take into account cost drivers including but not limited to employee salary and benefits, enrollment levels, facility costs and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Where a quality rating system or any quality indicators are being utilized, the cost estimation model shall also take into account the cost of providing services at each level of quality.
(b) In developing such model the office of children and family services shall consult with stakeholders including, but not limited to, representatives of child care resource and referral agencies, child care providers and any state advisory council established pursuant to 42 U.S.C.S. § 9831 et. seq., as amended. The cost estimation model shall be statistically valid, using complete and current data and rigorous collection methods.
§ 2. Section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section 52 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01272-01-7
A. 290 2
§ 410-z. Reporting requirements. 1. Each social services district shall collect and submit to the [department] office of children and family services, in such form and at such times as specified by the [department] office of children and family services, such data and information regarding child care assistance provided under the block grant as the [department] office of children and family services may need to comply with federal reporting requirements.
2. The office of children and family services shall prepare a report detailing the actual cost providers incur when providing child care in each setting, as determined by the cost estimation model established in paragraph (a) of subdivision five of section four hundred ten-x of this title. The report shall detail cost data for each setting, age group, care provided to children with special needs, and any other grouping for which a separate cost estimation is conducted. Such data shall include:
(a) the level of quality care as determined by a quality rating system or any quality indicators utilized by the state;
(b) a description of the major cost drivers for providing care; and
(c) a comparison of the costs of child care for each grouping to the market rate determined by the office of children and family services pursuant to subdivision four of section four hundred ten-x of this title.
The report shall be submitted to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate by June first, two thousand nineteen and June first of every other year thereafter. The office of children and family services shall post the information contained in the report on its website.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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