Bill Text: NY S07773 | 2019-2020 | 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 and requires the office to prepare an annual report detailing such.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-28 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07773 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07773-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7773

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 18, 2020
                                       ___________

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

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