New York S 6348: Relates to the availability of information regarding day care services

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S06348 Summary:

BILL NOS06348 

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Amd §390, Soc Serv L

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Relates to the availability of information regarding day care services; requires disclosure of serious injury or death of child upon application for renewal of license.

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BILL NOS06348 

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03/11/2025REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6348

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the availability
 of information regarding day care services

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 390 of the social services law is
 2 amended by adding three new paragraphs (h), (i) and (j) to read as
 3 follows:
 4 (h) "Serious injury" shall mean a serious impairment of physical
 5 condition, including, but not limited to, the following: loss of
 6 consciousness; concussion; bone fracture; protracted loss or impairment
 7 of function of any bodily member or organ; a wound requiring extensive
 8 suturing; and serious disfigurement.
 9 (i) "Summary day care service inspection report" shall mean a report
 10 that includes, at a minimum, the following information:
 11 (i) the name of the day care service;
 12 (ii) the name of the day care service licensee;
 13 (iii) the day care service license number and expiration date;
 14 (iv) the address of the day care service;
 15 (v) the date of the most recent inspection;
 16 (vi) the maximum number of children authorized to be present at any
 17 one time as specified in the day care service license;
 18 (vii) any violations identified by the department during inspections
 19 conducted over the past three years; and
 20 (vii) whether a license has been ordered suspended or revoked in the
 21 past twelve months; whether a day care service has, during the past
 22 three years, been ordered closed because its continued operation repres-
 23 ented a danger to the health or safety of children; and the terms and
 24 conditions, if any, under which such day care service has been allowed
 25 to reopen and is authorized to operate.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09825-01-5

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 1 (j) "Violation" shall mean a citation issued by the department which
 2 alleges that a day care service has failed to comply with a provision of
 3 applicable law, rule or regulation.
 4 § 2. Section 390 of the social services law is amended by adding a new
 5 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
 6 2-b (a) Every applicant for a new or renewal license to operate a day
 7 care service shall disclose whether a serious injury or the death of a
 8 child in its care, or the care of any of its owners, directors, employ-
 9 ees, volunteers or agents, has occurred. Every such license applicant
 10 shall further disclose any civil or criminal court verdicts holding that
 11 the applicant, or any of its owners, directors, employees, volunteers or
 12 agents, was responsible for such serious injury or death of a child, or
 13 administrative agency decisions holding or finding that there is credi-
 14 ble evidence that the applicant, or any of its owners, directors,
 15 employees, volunteers or agents, was responsible for such serious injury
 16 or death of a child, and whether any legal proceeding involving the
 17 serious injury or death of a child is pending against the applicant, or
 18 any of its owners, directors, employees, volunteers or agents. The
 19 department shall deny such a license unless, on the basis of the appli-
 20 cation and other papers submitted, including the information provided
 21 pursuant to this subdivision, and on the basis of department investi-
 22 gation, if any, it is satisf