Bill Text: NY A03103 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the office of children and family services to establish voluntary standards for enhanced child day care; provides for the issuance of a rated license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - enacting clause stricken [A03103 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A03103-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3103
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 24, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WRIGHT, TITUS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Social Services
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the social services law, in relation to establishing
         voluntary enhanced standards for child day care
         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 two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
    3    6. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR
    4  CHILD DAY CARE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE,  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
    5  FAMILY SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR A VOLUNTARY ENHANCED LEVEL
    6  OF  CARE TO BE PROVIDED BY CHILD DAY CARE. SUCH ENHANCED STANDARDS SHALL
    7  INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO  PROVISIONS  ESTABLISHING  STAFF/CHILD
    8  RATIOS,  STAFF  QUALIFICATIONS,  PARENTAL  INVOLVEMENT,  OPERATIONAL AND
    9  PERSONNEL POLICIES, DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE CURRICULA, AND  FACILITY
   10  SQUARE FOOTAGE.
   11    7.  IN  ADDITION  TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF
   12  THIS TITLE, THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  ISSUE  A
   13  RATED  LICENSE  TO  ANY  CHILD  CARE  FACILITY WHICH MEETS THE STANDARDS
   14  ESTABLISHED BY THIS ARTICLE. THE RATING SHALL BE BASED ON PROGRAM STAND-
   15  ARDS, EDUCATION LEVEL OF STAFF, AND COMPLIANCE OF THE CHILD CARE FACILI-
   16  TY.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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