Bill Text: NY S01140 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to notices pertaining to children's non-regulated camp.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-16 - SIGNED CHAP.103 [S01140 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01140-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1140
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Consumer
          Protection
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  business  law,  in relation to notices
          pertaining to children's non-regulated camp
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section
     2  398-f to read as follows:
     3    §  398-f. Children's non-regulated camp. 1. As used in this section, a
     4  "children's non-regulated camp" shall  mean  property  consisting  of  a
     5  tract  of  land  and  any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures
     6  that may be pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied on a
     7  scheduled basis by persons under sixteen  years  of  age  under  general
     8  supervision  for the purpose of indoor or outdoor organized group activ-
     9  ities, involving passive and nonpassive recreational  activities,  which
    10  is  not  subject  to  the provisions of article thirteen-B of the public
    11  health law.
    12    2. (a) No person, firm, corporation or  association  shall  enroll  or
    13  allow participation of a child in a children's non-regulated camp unless
    14  the parent or guardian of the child has been provided with the following
    15  written notice on the application or enrollment form:
    16    "This camp is not regulated or inspected by the New York State Depart-
    17  ment  of  Health  and  is  not required to obtain a Department of Health
    18  permit. This camp is not required to follow Department of  Health  regu-
    19  lations,  including,  checking  the state sex offender registry prior to
    20  hiring staff; maintaining minimum staff-to-child ratios; hiring  medical
    21  personnel;  or  reporting  injuries  or  illnesses  to the Department of
    22  Health."
    23    (b) If a children's  non-regulated  camp  maintains  a  website,  this
    24  notice must be placed on the website.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05233-01-9

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     1    (c)  Any  notice required in this subdivision shall be prominently and
     2  conspicuously posted at the camp facilities in minimum size twelve font.
     3    3. The operator of a children's non-regulated camp shall retain a copy
     4  of  each  notice  required  to  be  provided  by subdivision two of this
     5  section for a period of three years.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     7  have become a law.
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