Bill Text: NY A08969 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of the office of children and family services to conduct a study that examines barriers to the creation of child care providers and provide recommendations thereto to facilitate the creation of new child care providers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-14 - held for consideration in children and families [A08969 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08969-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8969

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2024
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        Introduced  by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Children and Families

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing the  commissioner  of  the  office  of
          children  and  family  services to conduct a study to examine existing
          state barriers which prevent the creation of new child care providers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  State  barriers  study. The commissioner of the office of
     2  children and family services shall conduct a study to  examine  existing
     3  state  barriers  which prevent the creation of new child care providers,
     4  such study shall include:
     5    (a) reviewing articles 6, 7, 8,  9,  10,  11  and  12  of  the  social
     6  services law;
     7    (b) reviewing articles 2 and 3 of subchapter C of chapter II of volume
     8  B of title 18 of the New York codes, rules and regulations;
     9    (c)  reviewing  any law, or New York codes, rules and regulations that
    10  the office deems necessary to carry out such study;
    11    (d) assessing and listing any section, paragraph,  line,  or  sentence
    12  from  articles  6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the social services law and
    13  articles 2 and 3 of subchapter C of chapter II of volume B of  title  18
    14  of  the New York codes, rules and regulations law which are detrimental,
    15  prohibitive, delaying, or preventing the  creation  of  new  child  care
    16  providers; and
    17    (e) recommendations of changes needed to any section, paragraph, line,
    18  or  sentence  from  articles  6,  7,  8,  9, 10, 11 and 12 of the social
    19  services law and articles 2 and 3 of  subchapter  C  of  chapter  II  of
    20  volume  B of title 18 of the New York codes, rules and regulations which
    21  will facilitate the creation of new child care providers.
    22    § 2. If applicable, the commissioner shall make immediate  recommenda-
    23  tions where possible to remove any articles, sections, paragraphs, lines
    24  or  sentences in law or the New York codes, rules and regulations neces-
    25  sary to facilitate the creation of new child care providers.
    26    § 3. In addition, the commissioner shall have the power to require any
    27  state officer, or the head of any department, division, or bureau there,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  to furnish such data, information or statements as may be  necessary  to
     2  effectuate such study.
     3    §  4.  The  commissioner  shall  submit  a report to the governor, the
     4  temporary president of the senate, the minority leader  of  the  senate,
     5  the  speaker  of  the assembly, the minority leader of the assembly, and
     6  the child care availability task force. Such report  shall  include  its
     7  findings, conclusions, recommendations, and legislative proposals deemed
     8  necessary  to  facilitate the creation of new child care providers. Such
     9  report shall be made available to the public and published by the office
    10  within one year of the effective date of this act.
    11    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.