Bill Text: NY S06265 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a central registry of child day care complaint investigations in New York City.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-18 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S06265 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06265-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6265
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2012
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       Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation  to  establishing  a  central  registry  of  child  day  care
         complaint investigations
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
    2  by adding a new section 17-1308 to read as follows:
    3    S 17-1308 CENTRAL REGISTRY OF CHILD DAY CARE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS.
    4  THERE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT A CITYWIDE CENTRAL REGISTRY
    5  LISTING  ALL  COMPLAINTS AGAINST A CHILD DAY CARE RESULTING IN DISCIPLI-
    6  NARY INVESTIGATIONS, ACTIONS, OR ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL  PROCEEDINGS
    7  INSTITUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SUCH REGISTRY SHALL LIST THE NATURE OF THE
    8  COMPLAINT AND THE STATUS OF THE INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING.
    9    S  2.  Section  17-1303  of the administrative code of the city of New
   10  York, as amended by local law number 22 of the city of New York for  the
   11  year 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   12    S  17-1303 Posting  of  information  on-site. Every child care service
   13  must post a sign in a conspicuous place  near  its  public  entrance  or
   14  entrances  stating  that  the  most  recent  summary  child care service
   15  inspection report AND THE CENTRAL REGISTRY OF CHILD DAY  CARE  COMPLAINT
   16  INVESTIGATIONS  may be accessed through the website of the department or
   17  by calling 311. The sign, whose form and content shall  be  provided  or
   18  approved  by the department, shall be printed in clear and legible type,
   19  in such a manner as to be readily visible to parents  or  other  persons
   20  entering the child care service and shall provide instructions on how to
   21  gain access to the summary child care service inspection reports AND THE
   22  CENTRAL  REGISTRY OF CHILD DAY CARE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATIONS through the
   23  department's website.
   24    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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