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                                 7898--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 7, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Children  and  Families  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

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:

  Section  1.  The office of children and family services shall examine,
evaluate and make recommendations concerning  the  availability  of  day
care  for children in the state. Such office shall pay particular atten-
tion to the impact of the lack   of necessary child day  care  upon  the
ability  of  women in poverty and those in working families to enter the
labor force. The office of children and family services shall direct its
attention to:
  (a) establishing an inventory of child day care for  working  families
and those at or near poverty;
  (b)  geographically  identifying  child  day  care shortage areas on a
regional basis and projections of the future demand for child  day  care
based  on  the  regional  birth  rates, employment and population growth
rates;
  (c) comparing on a statewide and regional basis, the demand for  child
day  care services over the succeeding five years, including whether the
projected growth rate in the child day care industry will be  sufficient
to meet such future needs;
  (d)  assessing the cost to parents and guardians of day care for chil-
dren on a regional basis, including the availability of government funds
for parents and guardians toward child care costs;
  (e) identifying nontraditional child care needs within the  state  and
regionally  for  parents  who  work  other than a 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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shift or part-time, including those  who  work  night  shifts  or  swing
shifts, and those parents who require early drop off and/or late pick up
services from their child care provider;
  (f)  identifying  policies  that would encourage the establishment and
operation of more child day care center  providers  and  increasing  the
capacity of existing child day care providers;
  (g) identifying policies that would encourage and facilitate expansion
of quality child day care services by neighbors and in communities where
the working poor live and/or work; and
  (h) identifying and quantifying those factors that contribute to qual-
ity  child  day  care, are used to identify child day care providers who
are  committing  violations,  how  such  violations  are  addressed   or
prevented,  and  procedures  for  establishing quality child day care in
those communities with the greatest needs.
  S 2. The office of children and family services may request and  shall
receive  any  available information from state agencies that is relevant
and material to the study required by section one of this act.
  S 3. Within twelve months of the  effective  date  of  this  act,  the
commissioner  of  children and family services shall submit a report, to
the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of  the
assembly,  the  minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of
the assembly, on the office's findings, conclusions and recommendations,
and shall submit therewith such legislative proposals as the  office  of
children  and  family  services  shall  deem  necessary to implement its
recommendations.  In addition, such office shall make such report avail-
able to the public and post it on the internet website operated  by  the
office.
  S  4.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
deemed repealed one year after it shall take effect.