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A00980 Summary:

BILL NOA00980 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03685

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SPONSORClark

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COSPNSRButtenschon, Lupardo, Rosenthal, Sayegh, Reilly, Kelles, Shimsky, Simon, Steck, McMahon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §390-a, Soc Serv L; add §3-0320, En Con L; add §201-a, Pub Health L

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Provides for the protection of the air quality at licensed day care centers and head start day care centers funded pursuant to federal law; requires the office of children and family services to consult with the commissioners of environmental conservation and health regarding the air quality and environmental hazards that may be involved with any new day care center or head start day care center; requires such office to consult with the department of health if any new environmental or environmental health hazard arises.

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BILL NOA00980 

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01/08/2025referred to children and families

01/07/2026referred to children and families

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 980

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, BUTTENSCHON, LUPARDO, ROSENTHAL, SAYEGH,
 REILLY, KELLES, SHIMSKY, SIMON, STECK, McMAHON, BENDETT -- read once
 and referred to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, the environmental conservation
 law and the public health law, in relation to the protection of air
 quality for day care centers

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
 2 it shall be the policy of the state of New York to provide every child
 3 with an environmentally safe and healthy learning environment in which
 4 to grow, learn and mature into productive and healthy adults. To ensure
 5 that day care facilities provide this setting for our children, the
 6 legislature finds that standards for day care facilities must be protec-
 7 tive of children's environmental health and safety. Children are unique-
 8 ly vulnerable to and may be severely affected by exposure to chemicals,
 9 hazardous wastes and other environmental hazards, which affect their
 10 learning abilities as well as create chemical-based responses and sensi-
 11 tivities. It is the purpose of this legislation to reduce as much as
 12 possible such exposures for children and day care facility staff.
 13 § 2. Section 390-a of the social services law is amended by adding
 14 three new subdivisions 6, 7 and 8 to read as follows:
 15 6. (a) No license shall be issued or renewed for a child day care
 16 center as defined in section three hundred ninety of this title, or a
 17 head start day care center funded pursuant to title V of the federal
 18 economic opportunity act of nineteen hundred sixty-four, as amended, if
 19 the building or its outdoor recreational area would be adversely
 20 impacted due to its proximity to existing and known environmental
 21 hazards, including industrial facilities, combustion facilities, inac-
 22 tive hazardous waste sites, hazardous substance sites, municipal or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02609-01-5

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 1 commercial landfills, and other environmental health hazards such as
 2 radon, lead, chlorinated hydrocarbons and other toxic contaminants as
 3 determined by the departments of environmental conservation and health.
 4 (b) The commissioner of children and family services shall consult
 5 with the commissioners of environmental conservation and health prior to
 6 the approval of any new site for a child day care center or head start
 7 day care center to ensure that such facility or its outdoor recreational
 8 area will not be adversely impacted due to its proximity to any existing
 9 and known environmental or environmental health hazards.
 10 7. (a) No license shall be issued to a new child day care center or
 11 new head start day care center unless the building shall provide for the
 12 following where appl