STATE OF NEW YORK
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8165
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 18, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to inspections of
child day care facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section 390 of the social
2 services law, as amended by section 5 of part H of chapter 56 of the
3 laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) The office of children and family services may make announced or
5 unannounced inspections of the records and premises of any child care
6 provider, whether or not such provider has a license from, or is regis-
7 tered with, the office of children and family services. The office of
8 children and family services shall make unannounced inspections of the
9 records and premises of any child day care provider within fifteen days
10 after the office of children and family services receives a complaint
11 that, if true, would indicate such provider does not comply with the
12 applicable regulations of the office of children and family services or
13 with statutory requirements. If the complaint indicates that there may
14 be imminent danger to the children, the office of children and family
15 services shall investigate the complaint no later than the next day of
16 operation of the provider. The office of children and family services
17 may provide for inspections through the purchase of services. When
18 conducting inspections pursuant to this paragraph, the office of chil-
19 dren and family services, or a service contracted by such office, shall
20 employ the use of canines specially trained to detect the presence of
21 drugs and firearms.
22 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
23 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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