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Assembly Bill A7135

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of OCFS to contract for a study evaluating the costs associated with child day care

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2011-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Social Services

2011-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services to contract for a study evaluating the costs associated with child day care in various regulated settings.

2011-A7135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7135

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 13, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Children and Families

AN  ACT  directing the commissioner of the office of children and family
  services to conduct a study to evaluate the costs associated with  the
  provision of child day care services

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. 1. The commissioner of the office of  children  and  family
services  shall  contract  with  an  external  research  organization to
conduct a child care cost study to evaluate the cost of providing  child
day  care  in  New York State. The study shall also evaluate the cost of
child day care related to each level of rating under the  Quality  Stars
NY Initiative.
  (a)  The  type  of  settings included in the study shall be subject to
funds available but include, at a minimum, child care day care  centers,
group family day care homes and family day care homes.
  (b)  The methodology used in the study shall take into account factors
influencing costs, including but not limited  to:  geographical  region,
type of setting, age of children served, qualifications of staff, educa-
tional  curriculum,  the  number  of  children served and staff to child
ratios.
  (c) Data collected shall provide information on the breakdown  of  all
sources  of  revenue  and personnel and non-personnel expenses, for each
type of child day care program setting included in the study.
  2. The commissioner of the office  of  children  and  family  services
shall  submit a report detailing the findings of the child day care cost
study to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speak-
er of the assembly, the chairperson of the senate committee on  children
and  families, and the chairperson of the assembly committee on children
and families on or before July 1, 2012.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10760-01-1

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