What's happening
This bill requires the Office of Children and Family Services to regularly review online ads for unlicensed or illegal child day care services.
Why it matters
Proactive Monitoring for Child Safety. By requiring monthly reviews of online ads, the bill aims to catch unlicensed or illegal child care operations before harm can occur, potentially preventing unsafe or unregulated environments from operating undetected.
Statewide Scope. The mandate for reviews to cover every county in New York ensures that oversight is not just focused on urban centers, but extends to rural and suburban areas where illegal providers might otherwise go unnoticed.
Clear Enforcement Process. The bill obligates the Office of Children and Family Services to develop a formal procedure for identifying and investigating unlicensed providers, leading to more consistent and accountable enforcement actions.
Potential Deterrent Effect. Knowing that online advertisements are regularly monitored may discourage individuals from offering illegal or unlicensed child care, thereby promoting compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
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Who cares
Office of Children and Family Services
The bill would require the agency to review online child care ads from every county at least monthly and adopt an implementation procedure within 90 days of taking effect.
Unlicensed or unregistered child care providers
Providers advertising online would face identification and further investigation if they lack required credentials and cannot take another child without violating child care law or regulations.
Parents seeking child care online
The bill would subject online child care advertisements to regular state review aimed at identifying and investigating illegally operating providers.
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Crack Down on Illegal Daycares
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Sponsors
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History
- Referred to children and families
- Referred to children and families
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
620
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to investigation of illegally operating child day care services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 390 of the social services law is amended by adding a new paragraph (g) to read as follows:
(g) "Internet advertisement" shall mean any advertising or promotion of child day care services through the medium of internet.
§ 2. Subdivisions 11, 12 and 13 of section 390 of the social services law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 12 as relettered by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, are renumbered subdivisions 12, 13 and 14 and a new subdivision 11 is added to read as follows:
11. (a) The office of children and family services shall periodically review, not less than once a month, internet advertisements offering child day care services. Such review shall include internet advertisements from each county in this state.
(b) The office of children and family services shall, no later than ninety days after the effective date of this subdivision, adopt a procedure for implementation of this subdivision, provided that such procedure includes identification and further investigation of providers who:
(i) are not registered or licensed, as required by this section or any regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(ii) cannot provide the child day care services to an additional child without violating this section or any regulations promulgated thereunder.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00102-01-9
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