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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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612
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI, MEEKS, EPSTEIN, SLATER -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Children and Families
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the appropriate
staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day care
homes, school age day care programs and day care centers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2-a of section 390 of the
social services law, as added by chapter 416 of the laws of 2000, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The office of children and family services shall promulgate regu-
lations which establish minimum quality program requirements for
licensed and registered child day care homes, programs and facilities.
Such requirements shall include but not be limited to (i) the need for
age appropriate activities, materials and equipment to promote cogni-
tive, educational, social, cultural, physical, emotional, language and
recreational development of children in care in a safe, healthy and
caring environment (ii) principles of childhood development (iii) appro-
priate staff/child ratios for family day care homes, group family day
care homes, school age day care programs and day care centers[, provided
however that such staff/child ratios shall not be less stringent than
applicable staff/child ratios as set forth in part four hundred four-
teen, four hundred sixteen, four hundred seventeen or four hundred eigh-
teen of title eighteen of the New York code of rules and regulations as
of January first, two thousand] (iv) appropriate levels of supervision
of children in care (v) minimum standards for sanitation, health,
infection control, nutrition, buildings and equipment, safety, security
procedures, first aid, fire prevention, fire safety, evacuation plans
and drills, prevention of child abuse and maltreatment, staff qualifica-
tions and training, record keeping, and child behavior management.
§ 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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