Provides relief on statewide central registrar clearance fees for tax exempt organizations and that the fee of twenty-five dollars shall not apply to tax-exempt not-for-profit child care providers registered as a federal 501 c(3) charitable organization.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6496
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 8, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ROMEO, WILLIAMS, ARROYO, D'URSO, SAYEGH -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to providing relief
on statewide central register clearance fees for tax exempt organiza-
tions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section 424-a of the
2 social services law, as amended by section 1 of part R of chapter 58 of
3 the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
4 (f) The office of children and family services shall charge a fee of
5 twenty-five dollars when it conducts a search of its records within the
6 statewide central register for child abuse or maltreatment in accordance
7 with this section or regulations of the office to determine whether an
8 applicant for employment is the subject of an indicated child abuse or
9 maltreatment report including an applicant to be a child day care
10 provider and a request made pursuant to subdivision six of this section.
11 The fee of twenty-five dollars shall not apply to tax-exempt not-for-
12 profit child care providers registered as a federal 501 c(3) charitable
13 organization. Such fees shall be deposited in a special revenue - other
14 account and shall be made available to the office for costs incurred in
15 the implementation of this section.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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