NY State Senate Bill 2017-S1455

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 09, 2018	reported and committed to finance
Jan 03, 2018	referred to children and families
Mar 01, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Jan 09, 2017	referred to children and families

Votes

- Jan 9, 2018 - Children And Families Committee Vote
  S1455
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Children And Families Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2018
      
      aye (5)
      
      Avella
      
      Montgomery
      
      Persaud
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Helming
  Mar 1, 2017 - Children And Families Committee Vote
  S1455
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  2
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Children And Families Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2017
      
      aye (5)
      
      Avella
      
      Montgomery
      
      Persaud
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      aye wr (2)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Helming

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A290
Current Committee:: Senate Finance
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§410-x & 410-z, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S7426, A9900
2019-2020: S245, A580
2021-2022: A7468
2023-2024: A1885

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the office of children and family services to utilize a cost estimation model when determining the actual cost providers incur when providing child care and requires the office to prepare an annual report detailing such.

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S1455

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the social services law, in relation
to implementing a cost estimation model for child care

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To provide data on the actual costs of providing child day care.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section one would require the Office of Children and Family Services
(OCFS) to utilize a cost estimation model to determine the actual
costs of providing day care in each setting, age group and for each
level of quality provided.

Section two would require OCFS to issue an annual report to the
Governor, the Speaker of the Assembly and the Temporary President of
the Senate detailing the results of the cost estimation conducted
pursuant to section one.

Section three would set an effective date of 180 days after enactment.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Every two years the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)

conducts a market rate survey among licensed, registered and
legally-exempt child care providers. The survey collects data on what
child care providers are charging for child care. The data collected
is then used to set a payment rate to providers for subsidized care.
While useful in setting rates, the market rate survey does not
necessarily reflect the actual costs of providing child care. Child
care providers have many fixed costs such as maintaining adequate
staff, complying with building codes as well as regulatory and
licensing requirements; yet they can only charge what the market is
willing to pay. When corresponding subsidy rates are not high enough,
the quality of child care sometimes suffers as providers struggle to
make ends meet.

This bill would require that a cost estimation model be utilized for
each category of care for which a market rate is determined. A cost
estimation model can provide valuable data on the actual cost of
providing childcare, not just what price is charged to parents. Such
information can then be used to determine the adequacy of the rate
paid to providers, as well as inform policy decisions to ensure
childcare providers remain stable. Therefore, this legislation moves
one step forward in creating a more robust and better quality child
care system.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16: A.9900-A (Jaffee)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS :

Undetermined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1455
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  implementing  a
   cost estimation model for child care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section 410-x of  the  social
 services law are renumbered subdivision 6, 7, 8 and 9 and a new subdivi-
 sion 5 is added to read as follows:
   5.  (A)  FOR  EACH  GROUP  FOR WHICH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES DETERMINES A SEPARATE PAYMENT RATE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR
 OF THIS SECTION, AND AT THE SAME FREQUENCY, SUCH OFFICE SHALL UTILIZE  A
 COST  ESTIMATION MODEL TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL COST PROVIDERS INCUR WHEN
 PROVIDING CHILD CARE. THE COST ESTIMATION MODEL SHALL IDENTIFY AND  TAKE
 INTO  ACCOUNT  COST DRIVERS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EMPLOYEE SALARY
 AND BENEFITS, ENROLLMENT LEVELS,  FACILITY  COSTS  AND  COMPLIANCE  WITH
 STATUTORY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.  WHERE A QUALITY RATING SYSTEM OR
 ANY  QUALITY  INDICATORS  ARE  BEING UTILIZED, THE COST ESTIMATION MODEL
 SHALL ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE COST  OF  PROVIDING  SERVICES  AT  EACH
 LEVEL OF QUALITY.
   (B)  IN  DEVELOPING  SUCH  MODEL  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY
 SERVICES SHALL CONSULT WITH STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED  TO,
 REPRESENTATIVES OF CHILD CARE RESOURCE AND REFERRAL AGENCIES, CHILD CARE
 PROVIDERS  AND  ANY  STATE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO 42
 U.S.C.S. § 9831 ET. SEQ., AS AMENDED. THE COST ESTIMATION MODEL SHALL BE
 STATISTICALLY VALID,  USING  COMPLETE  AND  CURRENT  DATA  AND  RIGOROUS
 COLLECTION METHODS.
   §  2. Section 410-z of the social services law, as added by section 52
 of part B of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01272-01-7

 S. 1455                             2
 
   §  410-z.  Reporting  requirements.  1.  Each social services district
 shall collect and submit to the  [department]  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND
 FAMILY  SERVICES,  in  such  form and at such times as  specified by the
 [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  such  data  and
 information  regarding  child   care assistance provided under the block
 grant as the [department] OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  may
 need to comply with federal reporting requirements.
   2.  THE  OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES SHALL PREPARE A REPORT
 DETAILING THE ACTUAL COST PROVIDERS INCUR WHEN PROVIDING CHILD  CARE  IN
 EACH  SETTING, AS DETERMINED BY THE COST ESTIMATION MODEL ESTABLISHED IN
 PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION FOUR HUNDRED TEN-X OF  THIS
 TITLE.    THE REPORT SHALL DETAIL COST DATA FOR EACH SETTING, AGE GROUP,
 CARE PROVIDED TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND ANY OTHER GROUPING FOR
 WHICH A SEPARATE COST ESTIMATION IS CONDUCTED.  SUCH DATA SHALL INCLUDE:
   (A) THE LEVEL OF QUALITY CARE AS DETERMINED BY A QUALITY RATING SYSTEM
 OR ANY QUALITY INDICATORS UTILIZED BY THE STATE;
   (B) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAJOR COST DRIVERS FOR PROVIDING CARE; AND
   (C) A COMPARISON OF THE COSTS OF CHILD CARE FOR EACH GROUPING  TO  THE
 MARKET  RATE  DETERMINED  BY  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF  SECTION  FOUR  HUNDRED  TEN-X  OF  THIS
 TITLE.
   THE  REPORT  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY AND THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE BY  JUNE  FIRST,  TWO
 THOUSAND  NINETEEN  AND  JUNE  FIRST OF EVERY OTHER YEAR THEREAFTER. THE
 OFFICE OF CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES  SHALL  POST  THE  INFORMATION
 CONTAINED IN THE REPORT ON ITS WEBSITE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S1455

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

Jan 9, 2018 - Children And Families Committee Vote

Children And Families Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2018

Mar 1, 2017 - Children And Families Committee Vote

Children And Families Committee Vote: Mar 1, 2017

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Tony Avella

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1455 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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