Bill Text: NY A05284 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-05 - COMMITTED TO RULES [A05284 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A05284-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5284--C Cal. No. 375 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 7, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the anchoring of furniture and electronics in child day care centers, public institutions for children and certain other facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 2 390-l to read as follows: 3 § 390-l. Securing of furniture. 1. This section shall apply to any 4 agency boarding home, group home, child day care center, public institu- 5 tion for children, or any authorized agency not including a foster home, 6 family day care center or group family day care center. 7 2. Any facility to which this section applies shall take measures to 8 securely anchor to the floors or walls of such facility all items of 9 large furniture and all electronic appliances capable of being tipped 10 over due to design, height, weight, stability or other features, using 11 angle-braces, anchors or other anchoring devices. Any item of furniture 12 or electronic device which cannot be so anchored shall be removed from 13 the facility. 14 3. If a violation of the provisions of this section is discovered by 15 the office of children and family services or any local social services 16 district authorized to inspect the facility at which the violation 17 occurs, the agency discovering the violation shall provide written EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08484-08-8A. 5284--C 2 1 notice of the violation to the operator of the facility and to the 2 office of children and family services if such office is not the 3 inspecting agency within ten calendar days of the discovery of the 4 violation. The operator of the facility shall correct the violation 5 immediately, upon notice. If the violation is not corrected, the office 6 of children and family services may take enforcement action in accord- 7 ance with the applicable sections of state law. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 9 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 10 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 11 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to 12 be made and completed on or before such effective date.
