A03840 Summary:
BILL NO | A03840 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Ceretto |
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COSPNSR | Miller, Hawley, Montesano, McKevitt, Finch, Saladino, Corwin |
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MLTSPNSR | Crouch, McDonough, McLaughlin |
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Add S390-j, Soc Serv L | |
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Enacts "Trenton's law"; requires that a parent or legal guardian furnish a copy of a child's birth certificate at the time of enrollment of such child into a child day care center; provides that if a copy is not supplied for review, the director or operator shall contact the statewide central register for missing and exploited children. |
A03840 Actions:
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01/27/2015 | referred to children and families | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/06/2016 | referred to children and families |
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Go to topA03840 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3840 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CERETTO, MILLER, HAWLEY, MONTESANO, McKEVITT, FINCH, SALADINO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH, McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the furnishing of a copy of a birth certificate at the time of enrollment of a child into a child day care center The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 "Trenton's law". 3 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 390-j 4 to read as follows: 5 § 390-j. A copy of a child's birth certificate furnished within 6 fifteen days of enrollment into a child day care center; required. 1. A 7 child day care center, group family day care home, family day care home 8 or school age child day care facility, as such terms are defined in 9 section three hundred ninety of this article, shall review a copy of a 10 child's birth certificate, presented by a parent or legal guardian, 11 within fifteen days of the time of enrollment of such child. Such review 12 shall be documented and such documentation shall be retained in the 13 child's file. 14 2. (a) If a copy of such birth certificate cannot be presented to the 15 director or operator of the facility within fifteen days of such enroll- 16 ment, such director or operator shall make an inquiry to the statewide 17 central register for missing children pursuant to section eight hundred 18 thirty-seven-e of the executive law. If such child appears to match a 19 child registered with the statewide central register for missing chil- 20 dren, or one registered with the national crime information center 21 register, the director or operator shall immediately contact the local 22 law enforcement authority. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07137-01-5A. 3840 2 1 (b) No civil or criminal liability shall arise or attach to any child 2 day care center, group family day care home, family day care home or 3 school age child day care facility or employee thereof for any act or 4 omission to act as a result of, or in connection with, the duties or 5 activities authorized or directed by this section. 6 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 7 have become a law.