Assembly Bill A402

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A402 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S33
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2009
2011-2012: S2171
2013-2014: A8079, S4113
2015-2016: A4881, S1472
2019-2020: A17

2017-A402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Restricts hiring of child care providers with criminal convictions.

2017-A402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    402
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to criminal history
   review of child care providers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 390-b of the social services law,
 as added by chapter 416 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   3.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law to the contrary, after
 reviewing any criminal history record information provided by the  divi-
 sion  of criminal justice services, of an individual who is subject to a
 criminal history record check pursuant to this section,  the  office  of
 children  and  family services and the provider shall take the following
 actions:
   (a) (i) Where the criminal history record of an  applicant  to  be  an
 operator  of  a  child  day  care center, school age child care program,
 group family day care home, family day care home, or any person over the
 age of eighteen residing in such a home, reveals a felony conviction  at
 any  time for a sex offense, crime against a child, or a crime involving
 violence, or a felony conviction within the past five years for a  drug-
 related  offense  OR  A  FELONY  CONVICTION  AT ANY TIME FOR ANY OFFENSE
 COMMITTED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION WHICH, IF  COMMITTED  IN  THIS  STATE,
 WOULD  CONSTITUTE A SEX OFFENSE, CRIME AGAINST A CHILD, OR CRIME INVOLV-
 ING VIOLENCE, OR A FELONY CONVICTION WITHIN THE PAST FIVE  YEARS  FOR  A
 DRUG-RELATED  OFFENSE  PURSUANT TO THE PENAL LAW, the office of children
 and family services shall deny the application [unless the office deter-
 mines, in its discretion, that approval of the application will  not  in
 any  way jeopardize the health, safety or welfare of the children in the
 center, program or home]; or

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05083-01-7
              

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