Bill Text: NY S05676 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Requires the department of health and mental hygiene in a city having a population of one million or more to issue a performance summary card to each child care service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-12-31 - SIGNED CHAP.513 [S05676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05676-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5676--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 27, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  KLEIN,  AVELLA, CARLUCCI, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read
          twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
          Committee  on Children and Families -- recommitted to the Committee on
          Children and Families in accordance with Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  the  establish-
          ment  of  a performance summary card for child care services in a city
          having a population of one million or more
          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-j to read as follows:
     3    § 390-j. Performance summary card in a city having a population of one
     4  million or more. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this  section,  the
     5  following terms shall have the following meanings:
     6    (a)  "Child care service" shall mean any person who provides child day
     7  care in a city having a population  of  one  million  or  more  that  is
     8  required  to  obtain  a permit to operate pursuant to the health code of
     9  such city.
    10    (b) "Performance summary card" shall mean  an  individualized  placard
    11  that  summarizes  the  health  and  safety  inspections  of a child care
    12  service to reflect its compliance with applicable laws. The  performance
    13  summary  card  shall  summarize recent inspection violations and suspen-
    14  sions as required by rules promulgated by the  department  issuing  such
    15  card. A performance summary card may also include additional information
    16  such  as  the capacity of the child care service, the length of time for
    17  which such child care service has operated, a comparison  of  the  child
    18  care  service  to  other child care services in the same social services
    19  district, and other information required by such department's rules.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10993-07-6

        S. 5676--A                          2
     1    2. Performance summary card.  The  department  of  health  and  mental
     2  hygiene of a city having a population of one million or more shall issue
     3  a  performance  summary card to each child care service that is required
     4  to be permitted by the board of health of such  city.  Such  performance
     5  card  shall  be  updated  and  reissued by such department at least once
     6  every twelve months. The child care service shall conspicuously post its
     7  most recently issued performance summary card at or near its entrance in
     8  accordance with rules promulgated by such department.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    10  law;  provided,  however, that effective immediately any rules and regu-
    11  lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on its  effec-
    12  tive date are authorized to and may be completed on or before such date.
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