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Assembly Bill A5302

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the furnishing of a copy of a child's birth certificate at the time of enrollment of such child into a child day care center

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2017-A5302 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-k, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A7881
2011-2012: A6374
2013-2014: A4543
2015-2016: A3840

2017-A5302 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts "Trenton's law"; requires that a parent or legal guardian furnish a copy of a child's birth certificate at the time of enrollment of such child into a child day care center; provides that if a copy is not supplied for review, the director or operator shall contact the statewide central register for missing and exploited children.

2017-A5302 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5302
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   furnishing  of a copy of a birth certificate at the time of enrollment
   of a child into a child day care center

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Trenton's law".
   § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section  390-k
 to read as follows:
   §  390-K.  A  COPY  OF  A  CHILD'S  BIRTH CERTIFICATE FURNISHED WITHIN
 FIFTEEN DAYS OF ENROLLMENT INTO A CHILD DAY CARE CENTER; REQUIRED. 1.  A
 CHILD  DAY CARE CENTER, GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOME, FAMILY DAY CARE HOME
 OR SCHOOL AGE CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY, AS  SUCH  TERMS  ARE  DEFINED  IN
 SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL REVIEW A COPY OF A
 CHILD'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PRESENTED BY  A  PARENT  OR  LEGAL  GUARDIAN,
 WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE TIME OF ENROLLMENT OF SUCH CHILD. SUCH REVIEW
 SHALL  BE  DOCUMENTED  AND  SUCH  DOCUMENTATION SHALL BE RETAINED IN THE
 CHILD'S FILE.
   2. (A) IF A COPY OF SUCH BIRTH CERTIFICATE CANNOT BE PRESENTED TO  THE
 DIRECTOR OR OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY WITHIN FIFTEEN DAYS OF SUCH ENROLL-
 MENT,  SUCH  DIRECTOR OR OPERATOR SHALL MAKE AN INQUIRY TO THE STATEWIDE
 CENTRAL REGISTER FOR MISSING CHILDREN PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT  HUNDRED
 THIRTY-SEVEN-E  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW. IF SUCH CHILD APPEARS TO MATCH A
 CHILD REGISTERED WITH THE STATEWIDE CENTRAL REGISTER FOR  MISSING  CHIL-
 DREN,  OR  ONE  REGISTERED  WITH  THE  NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER
 REGISTER, THE DIRECTOR OR OPERATOR SHALL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT  THE  LOCAL
 LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY.
   (B)  NO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY SHALL ARISE OR ATTACH TO ANY CHILD
 DAY CARE CENTER, GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOME, FAMILY  DAY  CARE  HOME  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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