Assembly Bill A1521

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the fingerprinting of prospective child day care employees and sharing fingerprint results

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A1521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7784
Current Committee:
Assembly Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §390-b, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9031
2015-2016: A1845
2017-2018: A436
2019-2020: A3559
2021-2022: A26

2023-A1521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the fingerprinting of prospective child day care employees and sharing fingerprint results.

2023-A1521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1521
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GUNTHER, FAHY -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the fingerprint-
   ing of prospective employees of child day care centers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 390-b of the social services law
 is amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  UPON
 REQUEST FROM A PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE OR VOLUNTEER WHO HAS BEEN CLEARED BY
 THE  COMMISSIONER  OF EDUCATION PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW,  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL  BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  FORWARD  A  COPY  OF  SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY
 RECORD AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S FINGERPRINTS TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE
 OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY  SERVICES FOR PURPOSES OF CONDUCTING A
 CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION.    FURTHERMORE,
 UPON  NOTIFICATION  THAT  SUCH PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR
 EMPLOYMENT BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
 SERVICES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE
 SERVICES SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT CRIMINAL HISTORY
 NOTIFICATIONS DIRECTLY TO SUCH COMMISSIONER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01137-01-3

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