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                                   7846
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2022
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 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 the focus of the
   child care availability taskforce
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 390-k of the social services law,
 as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services
 law relating to representatives of the child care availability taskforce
 and the focus of  such  taskforce,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S.  7128 and A. 7721-A, is amended to read as follows:
   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;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (j) business incentives to increase child care access and  the  impact
 on tax credits and deductions relating to child care;
   (k)]:
   (A)  EXAMINE  THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILD CARE IN NEW
 YORK STATE;
   (B) ADVISE THE STATE IN DEVELOPING AN IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK LEADING
 TO A PHASED-IN ROLLOUT OF UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE USING EXISTING STATE  AND
 FEDERAL RESOURCES;
   (C)  RECOMMEND  POTENTIAL  SOLUTIONS,  PARTNERSHIPS,  OR OTHER ways to
 address CHRONIC CHILD CARE WORKFORCE ISSUES AND OTHER  concerns  identi-
 fied in the course of the examination required by this subdivision;
   [(l)] (D) ASSESS the implementation of policies supported by federally
 funded programs through various stimulus packages; and
   [(m)] (E) anything else the taskforce deems necessary.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the social services law
 relating to representatives of the child care availability taskforce and
 the focus of such taskforce, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 7128 and A. 7721-A, takes effect; 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.