Bill Text: NY A08923 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of children and family services to post any additional relevant qualifications of child day care providers which are submitted to such office on its website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-05 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [A08923 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08923-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8923
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 28, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. MAYER, SILVER, LUPARDO, NOLAN, HEASTIE, TITUS,
         GUNTHER, RUSSELL -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  DAVILA,  FAHY,
         JAFFEE,  LAVINE, ROBINSON, SOLAGES, STECK -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Children and Families
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  posting  child
         day  care provider qualifications on the office of children and family
         services' website
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  390-a  of  the social services law is amended by
    2  adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows:
    3    6. LICENSED OR REGISTERED PROVIDERS MAY SUBMIT TO THE OFFICE OF  CHIL-
    4  DREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  ANY RELEVANT TRAINING COMPLETED BEYOND THAT
    5  REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH TRAINING MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT
    6  LIMITED TO,  CREDENTIALS RECEIVED FROM A LOCAL,  STATEWIDE  OR  NATIONAL
    7  ORGANIZATION,  EDUCATIONAL CREDITS EARNED AND COURSES TAKEN IN THE FIELD
    8  OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION OR  SAFETY,  AND  ANY  PARTIC-
    9  IPATION  IN A QUALITY RATING AND IMPROVEMENT SYSTEM. THE OFFICE OF CHIL-
   10  DREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL POST SUCH INFORMATION ON ITS WEBSITE.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13998-02-4