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A05284 Summary:

A05284 Actions:

A05284 Committee Votes:

Committee:CHILDREN AND FAMILIES   Chair:Jaffee      
DATE:05/16/2017AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes        
Jaffee
Aye
Walsh
Aye
Arroyo
Aye
Friend
Aye
Titus
Aye
Errigo
Aye
Mayer
Aye
Miller
Absent
Fahy
Aye
Davila
Absent
Richardson
Aye
Harris
Aye
Williams
Absent
Barnwell
Aye
Wright
Aye
Vanel
Aye
Jean-Pierre
Aye

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/23/2017AYE/NAY:20/0  Action: Favorable         
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Ra
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Morinello
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Absent
Hevesi
Excused
Fahy
Aye

A05284 Floor Votes:

A05284 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5284--C
                                                                Cal. No. 375
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 7, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Children  and  Families  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- reported and referred to the Committee  on  Codes  --  reported
          from  committee,  advanced  to  a  third  reading, amended and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of  third  reading  --
          ordered  to  a  third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the
          Senate, recalled from the Senate,  vote  reconsidered,  bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the social services law, in relation to requiring the
          anchoring of furniture and electronics  in  child  day  care  centers,
          public institutions for children and certain other facilities
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  390-l to read as follows:
     3    §  390-l.  Securing  of  furniture. 1. This section shall apply to any
     4  agency boarding home, group home, child day care center, public institu-
     5  tion for children, or any authorized agency not including a foster home,
     6  family day care center or group family day care center.
     7    2. Any facility to which this section applies shall take  measures  to
     8  securely  anchor  to  the  floors or walls of such facility all items of
     9  large furniture and all electronic appliances capable  of  being  tipped
    10  over  due  to design, height, weight, stability or other features, using
    11  angle-braces, anchors or other anchoring devices. Any item of  furniture
    12  or  electronic  device which cannot be so anchored shall be removed from
    13  the facility.
    14    3. If a violation of the provisions of this section is  discovered  by
    15  the  office of children and family services or any local social services
    16  district authorized to inspect  the  facility  at  which  the  violation
    17  occurs,  the  agency  discovering  the  violation  shall provide written
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08484-08-8
        A. 5284--C                          2
 
     1  notice of the violation to the operator  of  the  facility  and  to  the
     2  office  of  children  and  family  services  if  such  office is not the
     3  inspecting agency within ten calendar  days  of  the  discovery  of  the
     4  violation.  The  operator  of  the  facility shall correct the violation
     5  immediately, upon notice.  If the violation is not corrected, the office
     6  of children and family services may take enforcement action  in  accord-
     7  ance with the applicable sections of state law.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     9  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    10  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    11  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to
    12  be made and completed on or before such effective date.