Bill Text: NY S09075 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts certain child day care facilities that serve only dependent children of military personnel and are located on certain federal property or certified by a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense or the U.S. Coast Guard from certain registration and licensing requirements for child care providers in this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-16 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S09075 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09075-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9075

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 an exemption
          from state licensing for military child day care

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 14 of section 390 of the social services law is
     2  renumbered  subdivision  15 and a new subdivision 14 is added to read as
     3  follows:
     4    14. (a) The licensing and  registration  provisions  of  this  section
     5  shall not apply to a child day care home facility that:
     6    (i) (A) serves only dependent children of military personnel; and
     7    (B) is located on a military base or federal property; or
     8    (ii)  is  certified  as a child development program by a branch of the
     9  United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard.
    10    (b) The United States Department of Defense or the United States Coast
    11  Guard, or their agents, including an installation commander of  a  mili-
    12  tary  base  on  which  a  child day care facility is located, may assume
    13  responsibility for approving or determining which children may be served
    14  by child day care facilities that are exempted by this subdivision.
    15    (c) This subdivision does not supersede:
    16    (i) any right or power of the department of health or any local health
    17  officer;
    18    (ii) any right or power of the department of education;
    19    (iii) any building code or zoning provision;
    20    (iv) any right or power of the administration within the department or
    21  any local social services office; or
    22    (v) any right or power of the department to otherwise  regulate  resi-
    23  dential child care facilities.
    24    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a child care facil-
    25  ity for school age children is operated before and after school hours in
    26  a building which is in use as a public or private school, the school age
    27  child care center:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 9075                             2

     1    (i) shall meet local fire, health, and zoning codes required of school
     2  buildings; and
     3    (ii)  may  not be required to meet any additional regulations relative
     4  to the physical plant beyond those imposed by the county  in  which  the
     5  building is located or the local board of education with respect to such
     6  building.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.