Skip to content
S6031Senate2019-2020 SessionSame asA6575

List Home Visiting Programs Online

Official title

“Relates to home visiting programs”

Sponsor Shelley MayerSD-37+2 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
Senate Floor Calendar
Impact
4/10
Low
Outcome
Companion signed

Bill progress

Signed via A6575

What's happening

This bill requires the inclusion of home visiting programs in New York's online mapping resource for child and family services.

Why it matters

  1. Increases transparency for families and caregivers. by ensuring that all home visiting programs—regardless of whether they receive state funding—are included in a centralized, publicly accessible online map, making it easier for families to find services that support child development, health, and parenting.

  2. Levels the playing field for smaller or independent home visiting programs. by allowing them to be listed alongside state-funded programs, which can broaden their reach, improve access for underserved communities, and recognize diverse program models.

  3. Facilitates more informed decision-making for policymakers and service providers. by creating a more comprehensive database of available resources, which can help identify service gaps, avoid duplication, and guide strategic investments in family support services.

The daily · weekday mornings

Albany, before your first meeting.

Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.

Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.

Who cares

Headline styles

List Home Visiting Programs Online

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Shelley Mayer

Senator · Senate District 37

Chair, Education

History

  1. Substituted by A6575
  2. Ordered to third reading cal.1405
  3. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  4. 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.

A6575Assembly

List Home Visiting Programs Online

Signed by Governor · Sponsor Patricia Fahy

Impact 4 · LowSigned into law

Full text

3 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

6031

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

May 16, 2019

Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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.

LBD09879-03-9

S. 6031 2

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

S. 6031 3

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.

Reflowed for reading: line numbers and page breaks removed. Cite the official text.

Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to home visiting programs

Purpose

The purpose of this bill is to require an online resource to enhance access to information regarding New York State's home visiting programs.

Summary of provisions

Sections 1-4 amend certain sections of the social services law and the public health law to require the office of children and family services and the department of health to make available home visiting program information to the council on children and families for an internet mapping resource. Such internet mapping resource would include the following information: program name, program address and phone number, and program recipient eligibility criteria.

Section 5 provides the effective date.

Justification

Current information regarding home visiting programs is scattered and infrequently updated. Including information about home visiting programs on the Council on Children and Families internet mapping resource would ensure regular updates and that more comprehensive information is included, improving accessibility of home visiting services for eligible families. In addition, the bill would ensure that the mapping resource would be available online to the public on a permanent basis.

Legislative history

New bill.

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect on the 90th day after it shall have become a law.

Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.