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                                   7128
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BRISPORT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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
 ONE  OF WHOM SHALL BE A PARENT WHO HAS UTILIZED UNSUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE,
 FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE STATE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   (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.
   4. (A) The taskforce shall report its interim findings and recommenda-
 tions in accordance with subdivision three of this section to the gover-

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 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.