S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8991
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 9, 2018
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Introduced by M. of A. MAYER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing an
internet mapping resource of child care providers and afterschool
programs; to amend the education law, in relation to administration of
afterschool programs; and to repeal subdivisions 39 and 40 of section
2 of the social services law, relating to the definitions of after-
school program and summer program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 483-h of the social services law, as added by a
chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the social services law and the
education law relating to directing the council on children and families
to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered
afterschool and school age child care programs and to expand the duties
of the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of educa-
tion, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683 and A. 2183, is
amended to read as follows:
§ 483-h. [List of] INTERNET MAPPING RESOURCE OF SCHOOL AGE child care
providers AND AFTERSCHOOL 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 provided to
it by the state education department pursuant to section three hundred
five of the education law, shall develop and make available through a
link on its website AN INTERNET MAPPING RESOURCE OF:
(a) [a listing of:
(1)] 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: [(i)] afterschool [or summer]
programs [as defined in section two of this chapter,] or extended learn-
ing time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded
under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law; [or
(ii) community schools, including but not limited to grants for such
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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purposes awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the
education law;] and
[(2)] (B) all registered school age child care providers registered by
the office of children and family services[; and
(b) a map displaying the locations of the award recipients and provid-
ers described in subparagraph one of paragraph (a) of this subdivision]
EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH EIGHT-A OF SECTION
THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS CHAPTER HAVE OPTED OUT OF PROVIDING INFOR-
MATION ONLINE.
2. The [listing] INTERNET MAPPING RESOURCE shall include for each
grant recipient or provider the recipient's or provider's name, the
address at which the program is offered EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH PARAGRAPH EIGHT-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
CHAPTER HAVE OPTED OUT OF PROVIDING INFORMATION ONLINE, and the [name
and] phone number [of an individual who is authorized to answer ques-
tions regarding] FOR the program.
3. The [listing and map] INTERNET MAPPING RESOURCE described in subdi-
vision one of this section shall be updated no less than once a year.
[The listing and map shall also be updated within ninety days of the
date of execution or expiration of contracts with grant recipients when
all such contracts are executing or expiring for a particular compet-
itive grant.]
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
added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the social services law
and the education law relating to directing the council on children and
families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or
registered afterschool and school age child care programs and to expand
the duties of the commissioner of social services and the commissioner
of education, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683 and A.
2183, is amended to read as follows:
(i) make available to the council on children and families[, through
the OpenNY website,] information regarding: (1) all recipients of grants
awarded or administered by the [state] OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES for the purposes of providing afterschool [or summer] programs
[as defined in section two of this chapter, extended learning time,
including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded under
section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law, or community
schools, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded
under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of the education law]; 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[, and the name] EXCEPT FOR THOSE WHO IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARA-
GRAPH EIGHT-A OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS CHAPTER HAVE OPTED
OUT OF PROVIDING INFORMATION ONLINE, and THE phone number [of an indi-
vidual who is authorized to answer questions regarding] FOR the program
will be made available [through the OpenNY website] no less than once a
year [and within ninety days of the date of execution or expiration of
contracts with grant recipients when all such contracts are executing or
expiring for a particular competitive grant]; and
§ 3. Subdivision 56 of section 305 of the education law, as added by a
chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the social services law and the
education law relating to directing the council on children and families
to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded or registered
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afterschool and school age child care programs and to expand the duties
of the commissioner of social services and the commissioner of educa-
tion, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683 and A. 2183, is
amended to read as follows:
56. The commissioner shall provide to the council on children and
families, in a format identified by the council, information regarding
all recipients of grants awarded or administered by the [state] DEPART-
MENT for the purposes of providing afterschool [or summer] programs [as
defined in section two of the social services law], OR extended learning
time, including but not limited to grants for such purposes awarded
under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter[, or communi-
ty schools, including but not limited to grants for such purposes
awarded under section thirty-six hundred forty-one of this chapter]. For
each [grant recipient or provider] PROGRAM the [recipient's or provid-
er's] PROGRAM'S name, the address at which the program is offered, and
the [name and] phone number [of an individual who is authorized to
answer questions regarding] FOR the program will be provided to the
council no less than once a year [and within ninety days of the date of
execution or expiration of contracts with grant recipients when all such
contracts are executing or expiring for a particular competitive grant].
§ 4. Subdivisions 39 and 40 of section 2 of the social services law,
as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the social services
law and the education law relating to directing the council on children
and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded
or registered afterschool and school age child care programs and to
expand the duties of the commissioner of social services and the commis-
sioner of education, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683
and A. 2183 are REPEALED.
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the social services
law and the education law relating to directing the council on children
and families to establish an online listing and map of publicly funded
or registered afterschool and school age child care programs and to
expand the duties of the commissioner of social services and the commis-
sioner of education, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 683 and
A. 2183, takes effect; provided that the amendments to subdivision (i)
of section 17 of the social services law made by section two of this act
shall not affect the repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed
repealed therewith.