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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2018
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hevesi) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  standards  and
   training for child day care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraphs (viii) and (ix) of paragraph (b) of  subdivi-
 sion  3 of section 390-a of the social services law, subparagraph (viii)
 as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of 2003 and subparagraph  (ix)  as
 amended  by  chapter  117  of  the  laws  of 2010, are amended and a new
 subparagraph (x) is added to read as follows:
   (viii)  statutes  and  regulations  pertaining  to  child  abuse   and
 maltreatment; [and]
   (ix)  for  operators,  program  directors, employees and assistants of
 family day care homes, group family day care homes and  child  day  care
 centers,  education and information on the identification, diagnosis and
 prevention of shaken baby syndrome[.]; AND
   (X) ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES  (ACES),  FOCUSED  ON  UNDERSTANDING
 TRAUMA AND ON NURTURING RESILIENCY.
   §  2.  Subdivision  3  of  section 390-a of the social services law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (f) to read as follows:
   (F) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL ISSUE REGULATIONS
 ESTABLISHING THAT TRAINING WITH RESPECT TO ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
 SHALL BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE MINIMUM HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING REQUIRE-
 MENTS FOR CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDERS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT  ARE  OTHERWISE
 LEGALLY  EXEMPT  FROM  THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF
 THIS ARTICLE, OTHER THAN THE PARENT, STEP-PARENT, GUARDIAN, OR  RELATIVE
 WITHIN  THE THIRD DEGREE OF CONSANGUINITY OF THE PARENTS OR STEP-PARENTS
 OF SUCH CHILD WHO PROVIDES CARE ONLY FOR A CHILD OR CHILDREN RELATED  TO
 THEM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office of children and family
 services on or before such date.
              

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