Bill Text: NY A05284 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5284--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  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
        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-k to read as follows:
     3    § 390-k. 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  any state agency  authorized  to  inspect  the  facility  at  which  the
    16  violation  occurs,  the  agency  discovering the violation shall provide
    17  written notice of the violation to the operator of the facility  and  to
    18  the  office  of children and family services within ten calendar days of
    19  the discovery of the violation.  The  operator  of  the  facility  shall
    20  correct  the  violation  immediately. If the violation is not corrected,
    21  the office of children and family services may take  enforcement  action
    22  in accordance with section three hundred ninety of this title.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     2  it  shall  become a law; provided, however, that, effective immediately,
     3  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
     4  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
     5  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
     6  effective date.