Bill Text: NY S00788 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires day care providers to escrow security deposits in excess of the value of two weeks of provided services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S00788 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00788-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           788
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced by Sens. MONTGOMERY, PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed,  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and
          Families
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to security  depos-
          its collected by child day care providers
          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. Requiring child day care providers to escrow certain security
     4  deposits.   1. Child day care providers, licensed or registered pursuant
     5  to this title, that collect advance security deposits of  an  amount  in
     6  excess  of,  but  not  equal  to,  the  fee  for two weeks of child care
     7  services are required to deposit the difference between the fee for  two
     8  weeks  of services and the total amount of the required security deposit
     9  into an escrow account which shall not  be  mingled  with  the  personal
    10  monies or become an asset of the day care provider.
    11    2.  The  child  day care provider must comply with the requirements of
    12  subdivision one of this section and, prior to termination of services by
    13  the child's parent or guardian must:
    14    (a) provide child care services equal to the amount of time covered by
    15  the total amount of the security deposit; or
    16    (b) return the excess security deposit plus accrued interest; or
    17    (c) return the total amount  of  the  security  deposit  plus  accrued
    18  interest on the excess security deposit.
    19    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    20  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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