STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6575 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to home visiting programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 483-h of the social services law, as amended by 2 chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 483-h. Internet mapping resource of school age child care providers 4 and afterschool and home visiting programs. 1. The council, in accord- 5 ance with information made available to it by the office of children and 6 family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter [~~and~~]; 7 information provided to [it] the council by the state education depart- 8 ment pursuant to section three hundred five of the education law; and 9 information provided by the department of health pursuant to section two 10 hundred one of the public health law, shall develop and make available 11 through a link on its website an internet mapping resource of: 12 (a) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by 13 the state office of children and family services or the state education 14 department for the purpose of providing: afterschool programs or 15 extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for such 16 purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the 17 education law; [~~and~~] 18 (b) all registered school age child care providers registered by the 19 office of children and family services except for those who in accord- 20 ance with [~~paragraph~~] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred nine- 21 ty of this chapter have opted out of providing information online; and 22 (c) all home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by 23 section four hundred twenty-nine of this chapter regardless of whether 24 they have a contract with or receive funding from the state, which 25 provide the necessary information to the office of children and family EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09879-03-9

A. 6575 2 1 services required pursuant to subdivision (i) of section seventeen of 2 this chapter, or the department of health as required by paragraph (w) 3 of subdivision one of section two hundred one of the public health law. 4 2. The internet mapping resource shall include the following informa- 5 tion for each grant recipient [or], provider or program: (a) the recipi- 6 ent's, or provider's or program's name; (b), the address at which the 7 recipient, provider or program is offered except for those who in 8 accordance with [~~paragraph~~] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred 9 ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online, 10 [~~and~~]; (c) the phone number for the recipient, provider or program; and 11 (d) a general description of eligible individuals and families served by 12 the particular recipient, provider or program. 13 3. The internet mapping resource described in subdivision one of this 14 section shall be updated no less than once a year. 15 4. The council may include locations and information for additional 16 relevant programs as it sees fit. 17 § 2. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social services law, as 18 amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as 19 follows: 20 (i) make available to the council on children and families information 21 regarding: (1) all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the 22 office of children and family services for the purposes of providing 23 afterschool programs; [~~and~~] (2) registered school age child care provid- 24 ers registered by the office of children and family services[~~. For each~~ 25 ~~grant recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, and the~~ 26 ~~address at which the program is offered except for those who in accord-~~ 27 ~~ance with paragraph eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this~~ 28 ~~chapter have opted out of providing information online, and the phone~~ 29 ~~number for the program will~~]; and (3) home visiting programs that meet 30 the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of this 31 chapter regardless of whether they have a contract with or receive fund- 32 ing from the state. Such information shall be provided in accordance 33 with the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section four 34 hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter. Such information shall be made 35 available no less than once a year; and 36 § 3. Section 429 of the social services law is amended by adding a new 37 subdivision 8 to read as follows: 38 8. Any home visiting program that meets the criteria delineated in 39 this section as determined by factors set by the office of children and 40 family services and the department of health, regardless of whether such 41 program contracts with or receives funding from the state, may provide 42 the necessary information to such offices as is required by subdivision 43 (i) of section seventeen of this chapter or paragraph (w) of subdivision 44 one of section two hundred one of the public health law in order for 45 their program to be made available on the internet mapping resource 46 maintained by the council on children and families pursuant to section 47 four hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter. 48 § 4. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended 49 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: 50 (w) make available to the council on children and families informa- 51 tion, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting 52 programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred 53 twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such 54 program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such 55 information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set 56 forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the

A. 6575 3 1 social services law. Such information shall be made available no less 2 than once a year. 3 § 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.

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