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                                  7721--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 20, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK, HEVESI, THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Children and Families -- reported and referred  to
   the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to representatives
   of the child care availability taskforce and the focus of  such  task-
   force;  and  to  amend  chapter  493  of the laws of 2017 amending the
   social services law relating to establishing a child care availability
   taskforce to evaluate the need for  and  availability  of  child  care
   throughout the state, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of  section  390-k  of  the  social
 services  law, as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 2018, are amended
 to read as follows:
   2. The taskforce shall be chaired by a representative of the executive
 chamber and the commissioners of  the  office  of  children  and  family
 services and the department of labor, or their designees. Members of the
 taskforce shall serve without compensation for three year terms, but may
 be  reimbursed for actual costs incurred for participation on such task-
 force. Ensuring adequate geographic, RACIAL AND  ETHNIC  representation,
 members  of  the  taskforce  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor and
 comprised as follows:
   (a) [three] FOUR individuals shall be appointed upon  the  recommenda-
 tion  of  the  speaker  of the assembly, at least one of whom shall be a
 parent who has utilized subsidized child care AND AT LEAST ONE  OF  WHOM
 SHALL BE A PARENT WHO HAS UTILIZED UNSUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE, FROM DIFFER-
 ENT REGIONS OF THE STATE;
   (b)  [three]  FOUR individuals shall be appointed upon the recommenda-
 tion of the temporary president of the senate,  at  least  one  of  whom
 shall  be  a  parent who has utilized subsidized child care AND AT LEAST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A PARENT WHO HAS UTILIZED UNSUBSIDIZED CHILD  CARE,
 FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE;
   (c)  ONE  INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY;
   (D) ONE INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE APPOINTED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION  OF  THE
 MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE;
   (E)two representatives of a child care resource and referral agency;
   [(d) two] (F) A MINIMUM OF THREE AND A MAXIMUM OF FOUR representatives
 of home-based child care providers;
   [(e) two] (G) A MINIMUM OF THREE AND A MAXIMUM OF FOUR representatives
 of center-based child care providers;
   [(f)] (H) two representatives from the business community;
   [(g)]  (I)  two  representatives from unions that represent child care
 providers; and
   [(h)] (J) at least one representative from each of the following enti-
 ties:
   (i) the office of temporary and disability assistance;
   (ii) the council on children and families;
   (iii) the department of taxation and finance;
   (iv) a regional economic development council;
   (v) the state university of New York or the  city  university  of  New
 York;
   (vi) the state education department;
   (vii) the early childhood advisory council;
   (viii)  a  social  service  district or county government or an entity
 that advocates on behalf of social services or county governments; and
   (ix) a non-profit child care advocacy organization.
   3. The taskforce shall examine the following WITH A FOCUS ON HOW  EACH
 COMPONENT  HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY THE IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES SUPPORTED
 BY FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS THROUGH VARIOUS STIMULUS PACKAGES:
   (a) affordable child care with a focus on the cost of care  for  fami-
 lies and factors that contribute to such costs;
   (b) access to and availability of subsidized child care, including the
 identification  of  barriers  families  eligible  under  state  law face
 obtaining or utilizing such subsidies;
   (c) availability of child care for non-traditional work hours;
   (d) whether parents are voluntarily leaving the workforce due to  lack
 of  affordable or accessible child care, and the demographic information
 of such parents, if known;
   (e) whether employers have identified lack of child care as  a  reason
 for a shortage of a qualified workforce;
   (f) the impact of child care, or lack thereof, on economic development
 throughout the state;
   (g) varying levels of quality of care throughout the state;
   (h)  availability of quality child care by economic development region
 including identification of underserved communities;
   (i) whether regulatory or statutory changes could  promote  access  to
 child  care  and  improve  health  and  safety  standards  in child care
 programs;
   (j) business incentives to increase child care access and  the  impact
 on tax credits and deductions relating to child care;
   (k)  ways to address concerns identified in the course of the examina-
 tion required by this subdivision; [and]
   (l) THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF  POLICIES  SUPPORTED  BY  FEDERALLY  FUNDED
 PROGRAMS THROUGH VARIOUS STIMULUS PACKAGES; AND
   (M) anything else the taskforce deems necessary.

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   4. (A) The taskforce shall report its interim findings and recommenda-
 tions in accordance with subdivision three of this section to the gover-
 nor,  the  speaker  of  the  assembly and the temporary president of the
 senate no later than November first, two thousand [eighteen]  TWENTY-TWO
 and  its final findings and recommendations no later than December thir-
 ty-first, two thousand [twenty] TWENTY-THREE.
   (B) THE TASKFORCE SHALL ALSO  REPORT  ON  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF  ANY
 RECOMMENDATIONS  THAT  RESULTED  FROM  THE INITIAL REPORT REQUIRED TO BE
 PRODUCED BY THE TASK FORCE  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OF CHAPTER FOUR
 HUNDRED NINETY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN.  SUCH  ADDI-
 TIONAL REPORT SHALL BE PROVIDED ANNUALLY, BEGINNING JULY FIRST TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-TWO.
   §  2. Section 2 of chapter 493 of the laws of 2017 amending the social
 services law relating to establishing a child  care  availability  task-
 force to evaluate the need for and availability of child care throughout
 the  state,  as amended by chapter 33 of the laws of 2018, is amended to
 read as follows:
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
 31,  [2021] 2024 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be
 deemed repealed.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  section  390-k  of  the social services law made by
 section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such section  and
 shall be deemed repealed therewith.