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                                   5915
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Children and Families
 
 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.
 shift  or  part-time,  including  those  who  work night shifts or swing
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 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.
   § 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.
   § 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.
   §  4.  This act shall take effect immediately, and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed one year after it shall take effect.