What's happening
This bill requires home visiting programs to be included in the state's online mapping resource, regardless of state funding.
Why it matters
Expands public access to information about home visiting programs. By requiring all qualifying home visiting programs to be listed in the state's online mapping tool, families and service providers will more easily find available resources, regardless of whether those programs receive state funding.
Increases equity and visibility for non-state-funded programs. Programs that do not have state contracts or funding are often less visible to the public; this bill ensures they are included alongside state-funded services, potentially increasing their reach and impact.
Standardizes the type and frequency of information provided. The bill lays out specific requirements for the details to be made public (such as program name, address, contact information, and a description of eligible families) and mandates annual updates, improving the accuracy and usefulness of the resource.
Encourages broader collaboration and data sharing among agencies. By involving the Department of Health, Office of Children and Family Services, and the State Education Department, the bill promotes interagency coordination, which could lead to more comprehensive and user-friendly information for families seeking support.
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Who cares
Home visiting program operators
Qualifying programs could submit information for inclusion in the state's online map, whether or not they receive state funding or hold a state contract.
Families seeking home visiting services
The expanded map would list participating programs' names, addresses, phone numbers and general descriptions of whom they serve.
Council on Children and Families
The council would add qualifying home visiting programs to its internet mapping resource and update it at least annually.
Office of Children and Family Services and Department of Health
The agencies would set factors for determining which home visiting programs qualify and provide program information to the council at least annually.
Headline styles
List Home Visiting Programs Online
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
History
- Signed chap.543
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- 3rd reading cal.1405
- Substituted for S6031
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.426
- Reported
- 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.
List Home Visiting Programs Online
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Shelley Mayer
Full text
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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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 483-h of the social services law, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
§ 483-h. Internet mapping resource of school age child care providers and afterschool and home visiting programs. 1. The council, in accordance with information made available to it by the office of children and family services pursuant to section seventeen of this chapter [and]; information provided to [it] the council by the state education department pursuant to section three hundred five of the education law; and information provided by the department of health pursuant to section two hundred one of the public health law, shall develop and make available through a link on its website an internet mapping resource of:
(a) all recipients of competitive grants awarded or administered by the state office of children and family services or the state education department for the purpose of providing: afterschool programs or extended learning time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; [and]
(b) all registered school age child care providers registered by the office of children and family services except for those who in accordance with [paragraph] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online; and
(c) all home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of this chapter regardless of whether they have a contract with or receive funding from the state, which 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.
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services required pursuant to subdivision (i) of section seventeen of this chapter, or the department of health as required by paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two hundred one of the public health law.
2. The internet mapping resource shall include the following information for each grant recipient [or], provider or program: (a) the recipient's, or provider's or program's name; (b), the address at which the recipient, provider or program is offered except for those who in accordance with [paragraph] subdivision eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online, [and]; (c) the phone number for the recipient, provider or program; and (d) a general description of eligible individuals and families served by the particular recipient, provider or program.
3. The internet mapping resource described in subdivision one of this section shall be updated no less than once a year.
4. The council may include locations and information for additional relevant programs as it sees fit.
§ 2. Subdivision (i) of section 17 of the social services law, as amended by chapter 34 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
(i) make available to the council on children and families information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the office of children and family services for the purposes of providing afterschool programs; [and] (2) registered school age child care providers registered by the office of children and family services[. For each grant recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, and the address at which the program is offered except for those who in accordance with paragraph eight-a of section three hundred ninety of this chapter have opted out of providing information online, and the phone number for the program will]; and (3) home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of this chapter regardless of whether they have a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter. Such information shall be made available no less than once a year; and
§ 3. Section 429 of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
8. Any home visiting program that meets the criteria delineated in this section as determined by factors set by the office of children and family services and the department of health, regardless of whether such program contracts with or receives funding from the state, may provide the necessary information to such offices as is required by subdivision (i) of section seventeen of this chapter or paragraph (w) of subdivision one of section two hundred one of the public health law in order for their program to be made available on the internet mapping resource maintained by the council on children and families pursuant to section four hundred eighty-three-h of this chapter.
§ 4. Subdivision 1 of section 201 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
(w) make available to the council on children and families information, in a format identified by the council, regarding home visiting programs that meet the criteria as required by section four hundred twenty-nine of the social services law regardless of whether such program has a contract with or receive funding from the state. Such information shall be provided in accordance with the requirements set forth in subdivision two of section four hundred eighty-three-h of the
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social services law. Such information shall be made available no less than once a year.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
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