Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 03, 2024 |
referred to children and families |
Nov 15, 2023 |
referred to children and families |
Assembly Bill A8246
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RIVERA
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Monica P. Wallace
2023-A8246 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Children And Families
- Law Section:
- Social Services Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §390, Soc Serv L
2023-A8246 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to minimum standards for first aid and enrollment in child day care centers; requires a child day care center's first aid kit include antiseptic or antibacterial ointment; requires a day care center to provide medication consent forms and a copy of its health care plan upon a child's enrollment.
2023-A8246 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8246 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y November 15, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to minimum stand- ards for first aid and enrollment in child day care centers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a of section 390 of the social services law, as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: (a) The office of children and family services shall promulgate regu- lations which establish minimum quality program requirements for licensed and registered child day care homes, programs and facilities. Such requirements shall include but not be limited to (i) the need for age appropriate activities, materials and equipment to promote cogni- tive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and recreational development of children in care in a safe, healthy and caring environment (ii) principles of childhood development (iii) appro- priate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers, provided however that such staff/child ratios shall not be less stringent than applicable staff/child ratios as set forth in part four hundred four- teen, four hundred sixteen, four hundred seventeen or four hundred eigh- teen of title eighteen of the New York code of rules and regulations as of January first, two thousand (iv) appropriate levels of supervision of children in care (v) minimum standards for sanitation, health, infection control, nutrition, buildings and equipment, safety, security proce- dures, first aid INCLUDING THE CONTENTS OF AN ON-SITE FIRST AID KIT THAT SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO AN ANTISEPTIC OR ANTIBACTERIAL OINT- MENT, fire prevention, fire safety, evacuation plans and drills, prevention of child abuse and maltreatment, staff qualifications and training, record keeping, and child behavior management (VI) MINIMUM EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11902-01-3
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