Bill Text: NY S07784 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the fingerprinting of prospective child day care employees and sharing fingerprint results.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-13 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S07784 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07784-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7784

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    December 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the fingerprint-
          ing of prospective employees of child day care centers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 390-b of the social services law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
     3    (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary,  upon
     4  request from a prospective employee or volunteer who has been cleared by
     5  the  commissioner  of education pursuant to section three thousand thir-
     6  ty-five of the education law,  the  department  of  education  shall  be
     7  authorized  to  forward  a  copy  of  such individual's criminal history
     8  record and such individual's fingerprints to  the  commissioner  of  the
     9  office  of  children  and  family  services for purposes of conducting a
    10  criminal history record check pursuant to this  section.    Furthermore,
    11  upon  notification  that  such prospective employee has been cleared for
    12  employment by the commissioner of the  office  of  children  and  family
    13  services  pursuant  to  this  section,  the division of criminal justice
    14  services shall have the authority to provide subsequent criminal history
    15  notifications directly to such commissioner.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01137-01-3