Bill Text: NY S05250 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the office of children and family services to study and report on the availability of child day care for working parents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-18 - referred to children and families [S05250 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S05250-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5250--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 15, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CARLUCCI, KLEIN, SAVINO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to direct the office of children and family services to examine, evaluate and make recommendations on the availability of day care for children; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The office of children and family services shall examine, 2 evaluate and make recommendations concerning the availability of day 3 care for children in the state. Such office shall pay particular atten- 4 tion to the impact of the lack of necessary child day care upon the 5 ability of women in poverty and those in working families to enter the 6 labor force. The office of children and family services shall direct its 7 attention to: 8 (a) establishing an inventory of child day care for working families 9 and those at or near poverty; 10 (b) geographically identifying child day care shortage areas on a 11 regional basis and projections of the future demand for child day care 12 based on the regional birth rates, employment and population growth 13 rates; 14 (c) comparing on a statewide and regional basis, the demand for child 15 day care services over the succeeding five years, including whether the 16 projected growth rate in the child day care industry will be sufficient 17 to meet such future needs; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10807-03-3 S. 5250--A 2 1 (d) assessing the cost to parents and guardians of day care for chil- 2 dren on a regional basis, including the availability of government funds 3 for parents and guardians toward child care costs; 4 (e) identifying nontraditional child care needs within the state and 5 regionally for parents who work other than a 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 6 shift or part-time, including those who work night shifts or swing 7 shifts, and those parents who require early drop off and/or late pick up 8 services from their child care provider; 9 (f) identifying policies that would encourage the establishment and 10 operation of more child day care center providers and increasing the 11 capacity of existing child day care providers; 12 (g) identifying policies that would encourage and facilitate expansion 13 of quality child day care services by neighbors and in communities where 14 the working poor live and/or work; and 15 (h) identifying and quantifying those factors that contribute to qual- 16 ity child day care, are used to identify child day care providers who 17 are committing violations, how such violations are addressed or 18 prevented, and procedures for establishing quality child day care in 19 those communities with the greatest needs. 20 S 2. The office of children and family services may request and shall 21 receive any available information from state agencies that is relevant 22 and material to the study required by section one of this act. 23 S 3. Within twelve months of the effective date of this act, the 24 commissioner of children and family services shall submit a report, to 25 the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the 26 assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of 27 the assembly, on the office's findings, conclusions and recommendations, 28 and shall submit therewith such legislative proposals as the office of 29 children and family services shall deem necessary to implement its 30 recommendations. In addition, such office shall make such report avail- 31 able to the public and post it on the internet website operated by the 32 office. 33 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be 34 deemed repealed one year after it shall take effect.