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Senate Bill S7659

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to information provided to unlicensed or unregistered child day care providers by the office of children and family services

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2017-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390, Soc Serv L

2017-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to information provided to unlicensed or unregistered child day care providers by the office of children and family services; requires all applications for a license/registration to be available in several languages; requires notice of legal consequences for the operation of child day care services without a license or registration.

2017-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7659
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services  law,  in  relation  to  information
   provided to unlicensed or unregistered child day care providers by the
   office of children and family services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 390 of the social services law is amended by adding
 two new subdivisions 5-a and 11-a to read as follows:
   5-A. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  PROVIDE  ALL
 APPLICATIONS  AND  FORMS  NECESSARY  TO  BECOME A LICENSED OR REGISTERED
 CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER IN ENGLISH, SPANISH,  FRENCH,  CHINESE,  POLISH,
 HAITIAN-CREOLE,  KOREAN  AND  ANY OTHER LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THE DEPART-
 MENT.
   11-A. THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL MAKE  AVAILABLE
 TO  THE  PUBLIC  ON THEIR WEBSITE A NOTICE TO UNLICENSED OR UNREGISTERED
 HOMES AND FACILITIES PROVIDING CHILD DAY  CARE  SERVICES  OF  THE  LEGAL
 CONSEQUENCES  FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION. THIS NOTICE SHALL BE
 PROVIDED IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH, CHINESE,  POLISH,  HAITIAN-CREOLE,
 KOREAN AND ANY OTHER LANGUAGE REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13624-04-8

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