STATE OF NEW YORK
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7312
IN SENATE
January 5, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing a
child care availability taskforce to evaluate the need for and avail-
ability of child care throughout the state; and to amend a chapter of
the laws of 2017 amending the social services law relating to estab-
lishing a child care availability taskforce to evaluate the need for
and availability of child care throughout the state, as proposed in
legislative bills numbers S. 5929-A and A. 7726-A, in relation to the
effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 of section 390-k of the social
2 services law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the
3 social services law relating to establishing a child care availability
4 taskforce to evaluate the need for and availability of child care
5 throughout the state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5929-A
6 and A. 7726-A, are amended to read as follows:
7 2. The taskforce shall be chaired by a representative of the executive
8 chamber and the commissioners of the office of children and family
9 services and [the office of temporary and disability assistance] the
10 department of labor, or their designees. Members of the taskforce shall
11 serve without compensation for three year terms, but may be reimbursed
12 for actual costs incurred for participation on such taskforce. Ensuring
13 adequate geographic representation, members of the taskforce shall be
14 appointed by the governor and comprised as follows:
15 (a) [two] three individuals shall be appointed upon the recommendation
16 of the speaker of the assembly, at least one of whom shall be a parent
17 who has utilized subsidized child care;
18 (b) [two] three individuals shall be appointed upon the recommendation
19 of the temporary president of the senate, at least one of whom shall be
20 a parent who has utilized subsidized child care;
21 (c) two representatives of a child care resource and referral agency;
22 (d) two representatives of home-based child care providers;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (e) two representatives of center-based child care providers; [and]
2 (f) two representatives from the business community;
3 (g) two representatives from unions that represent child care provid-
4 ers; and
5 (h) at least one representative from each of the following entities:
6 (i) the office of temporary and disability assistance;
7 (ii) the council on children and families;
8 (iii) the department of taxation and finance;
9 (iv) a regional economic development council;
10 (v) the state university of New York or the city university of New
11 York;
12 (vi) the state education department;
13 (vii) the early childhood advisory council;
14 (viii) a social service district or county government or an entity
15 that advocates on behalf of social services or county governments; and
16 (ix) a non-profit child care advocacy organization.
17 3. The taskforce shall examine the following:
18 (a) [access to subsidized child care, including the percentage of the
19 eligible population receiving a child care subsidy] affordable child
20 care with a focus on the cost of care for families and factors that
21 contribute to such costs;
22 (b) [cost of care for families eligible for but not receiving a child
23 care subsidy] access to and availability of subsidized child care,
24 including the identification of barriers families eligible under state
25 law face obtaining or utilizing such subsidies;
26 (c) availability of child care for non-traditional work hours;
27 (d) whether parents are voluntarily leaving the workforce due to lack
28 of affordable or accessible child care, and the demographic information
29 of such parents, if known;
30 (e) whether employers have identified lack of child care as a reason
31 for a shortage of a qualified workforce;
32 (f) the impact of child care, or lack thereof, on economic development
33 throughout the state;
34 (g) varying levels of quality of care throughout the state;
35 (h) availability of quality child care by economic development region
36 including identification of underserved communities;
37 [(h)] (i) whether regulatory or statutory changes could promote access
38 to child care and improve health and safety standards in child care
39 programs;
40 (j) business incentives to increase child care access and the impact
41 on tax credits and deductions relating to child care;
42 (k) ways to address concerns identified in [paragraphs (a) through
43 (g)] the course of the examination required by this subdivision; and
44 [(i)] (l) anything else the taskforce deems necessary.
45 4. The taskforce shall report its interim findings and recommendations
46 in accordance with subdivision three of this section to the governor,
47 the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate no
48 later than November first, two thousand eighteen and its final findings
49 and recommendations no later than December thirty-first, two thousand
50 [seventeen, and annually thereafter] twenty.
51 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the social
52 services law relating to establishing a child care availability task-
53 force to evaluate the need for and availability of child care throughout
54 the state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5929-A and A.
55 7726-A, is amended to read as follows:
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1 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
2 31, 2021 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
3 repealed.
4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
5 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
6 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017 amending the social
7 services law relating to establishing a child care availability task-
8 force to evaluate the need for and availability of child care throughout
9 the state, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5929-A and A.
10 7726-A, takes effect.