S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11081
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 4, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to standards and
training for child day care
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraphs (viii) and (ix) of paragraph (b) of subdivi-
sion 3 of section 390-a of the social services law, subparagraph (viii)
as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 2003 and subparagraph (ix) as
amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a new
subparagraph (x) is added to read as follows:
(viii) statutes and regulations pertaining to child abuse and
maltreatment; [and]
(ix) for operators, program directors, employees and assistants of
family day care homes, group family day care homes and child day care
centers, education and information on the identification, diagnosis and
prevention of shaken baby syndrome[.]; AND
(X) ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACES), FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING
TRAUMA AND ON NURTURING RESILIENCY.
§ 2. Subdivision 3 of section 390-a of the social services law is
amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
(F) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL ISSUE REGULATIONS
ESTABLISHING THAT TRAINING WITH RESPECT TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
SHALL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE MINIMUM HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE OTHERWISE
LEGALLY EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF
THIS ARTICLE, OTHER THAN THE PARENT, STEP-PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR RELATIVE
WITHIN THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY OF THE PARENTS OR STEP-PARENTS
OF SUCH CHILD WHO PROVIDES CARE ONLY FOR A CHILD OR CHILDREN RELATED TO
THEM.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed by the commissioner of the office of children and family
services on or before such date.
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