Bill Text: NY S03355 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the office of children and family services to utilize a cost estimation model when determining the actual cost providers incur when providing child care; requires the office to prepare a report detailing such.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S03355 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03355-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3355

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  implementing  a
          cost estimation model for child care

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

     1    Section 1. Section 410-x of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
     3    5-a.  (a)  For  each group for which the office of children and family
     4  services determines a separate payment rate pursuant to subdivision four
     5  of this section, and at the same frequency, such office shall utilize  a
     6  cost  estimation model to determine the actual cost providers incur when
     7  providing child care. The cost estimation model shall identify and  take
     8  into  account  cost drivers including but not limited to employee salary
     9  and benefits, enrollment levels,  facility  costs  and  compliance  with
    10  statutory and regulatory requirements.  Where a quality rating system or
    11  any  quality  indicators  are  being utilized, the cost estimation model
    12  shall also take into account the cost  of  providing  services  at  each
    13  level of quality.
    14    (b)  In  developing  such  model  the  office  of  children and family
    15  services shall consult with stakeholders including, but not limited  to,
    16  representatives of child care resource and referral agencies, child care
    17  providers  and  any  state  advisory  council established pursuant to 42
    18  U.S.C.S. § 9831 et. seq., as amended. The cost estimation model shall be
    19  statistically valid,  using  complete  and  current  data  and  rigorous
    20  collection methods.
    21    §  2. Section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section 52
    22  of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is  amended  to  read  as
    23  follows:
    24    §  410-z.  Reporting  requirements.  1.  Each social services district
    25  shall collect and submit to the  [department]  office  of  children  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04515-01-3
        S. 3355                             2

     1  family  services,  in  such  form and at such times as  specified by the
     2  [department] office of children  and  family  services,  such  data  and
     3  information  regarding  child   care assistance provided under the block
     4  grant  as  the  [department]  office of children and family services may
     5  need to comply with federal reporting requirements.
     6    2. The office of children and family services shall prepare  a  report
     7  detailing  the  actual cost providers incur when providing child care in
     8  each setting, as determined by the cost estimation model established  in
     9  paragraph  (a) of subdivision five of section four hundred ten-x of this
    10  title.  The report shall detail cost data for each setting,  age  group,
    11  care provided to children with special needs, and any other grouping for
    12  which a separate cost estimation is conducted.  Such data shall include:
    13    (a) the level of quality care as determined by a quality rating system
    14  or any quality indicators utilized by the state;
    15    (b) a description of the major cost drivers for providing care; and
    16    (c)  a  comparison of the costs of child care for each grouping to the
    17  market rate determined by the office of  children  and  family  services
    18  pursuant  to  subdivision  four  of  section  four hundred ten-x of this
    19  title.
    20    The report shall be submitted to the  governor,  the  speaker  of  the
    21  assembly  and  the  temporary president of the senate by June first, two
    22  thousand twenty-five. The office of children and family  services  shall
    23  post the information contained in the report on its website.
    24    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.