Assembly Bill A8550

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring day care centers and public schools to contact parents or guardians of a child when such child has an unexpected absence from school or day care

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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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2019-A8550 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §390-aa, Soc Serv L

2019-A8550 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires day care centers and public schools to contact parents or guardians of a child when such child has an unexpected absence from school or day care to ensure the parents or guardians are aware and that such child is not in any danger.

2019-A8550 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8550
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring day
   care centers and public schools to contact a child's parent or guardi-
   an if they are absent
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section
 390-aa to read as follows:
   § 390-AA. CHILD WELL-BEING CHECK. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "ABSENT" OR "ABSENCE" SHALL MEAN ANY CHILD WHO IS EXPECTED  TO  BE
 PRESENT FOR DAY CARE SERVICES OR SCHOOL WHO HAS NOT ARRIVED AT THE SCHE-
 DULED DROP-OFF TIME.
   (B)  "CHILD  DAY CARE PROVIDER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED
 IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED  NINETY  OF
 THIS TITLE.
   (C)  "GROUP  FAMILY  DAY  CARE  HOME"  SHALL  HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
 NINETY OF THIS TITLE.
   (D)  "FAMILY  DAY CARE HOME" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE.
   (E) "SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH (F) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS
 TITLE.
   2.  (A)  ALL CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE PROGRAMS,
 GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES AND FAMILY DAY CARE HOMES WITHIN  THE  STATE
 SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO CONTACT A CHILD'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN IN THE EVENT
 SUCH CHILD IS ABSENT ON A GIVEN DAY, WHEN PRIOR NOTICE OF  SUCH  CHILD'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13560-01-9

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