N.Y. Social Services Law § 390-c*2: Additional powers and duties of the office of children and family services

* § 390-c. Additional powers and duties of the office of children and

family services. 1. The commissioner of children and family services is

authorized and directed to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to

ensure that, whenever a child day care provider is licensed or

registered pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this article, the

police department and fire department of the municipality wherein such

licensee or registrant is authorized to operate and the state police

shall be notified of the existence of the child day care center, its

location and the fact that children are likely to be at that location in

the event of an emergency. In those cases where the local municipality

does not have a police department or a fire department, the sheriff of

the appropriate county shall be notified in lieu thereof.

2. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and

directed to conduct a study to determine the best method of compiling an

accurate and accessible central record of information regarding the safe

operation of each day care center licensed or registered within the

state. Such record should include but not be limited to complaints by

parents or guardians, internal incident reports, reports by police or

fire departments, local or state building code violations, any relevant

information gathered from utility providers or other visitors to the day

care center and any additional information held by another state or

local agency regarding a day care provider or a day care center location

which could affect safe operation of a day care center.

3. On or before the thirtieth day of June in the year next succeeding

the year in which this section takes effect, the commissioner of

children and family services shall report to the governor, the temporary

president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly regarding the

results of the study undertaken pursuant to subdivision two of this

section.

4. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and

directed, no later than one year from the effective date of this

subdivision, to promulgate rules and regulations to require that local

social services districts offer child day care providers, as defined in

section three hundred ninety of this title, the option to be paid any

monies owed for providing subsidized child care by a deposit directly

into a bank account of the child day care provider. Such direct deposit

shall only be made at the express written consent of the provider and

shall be requested on forms provided by the local social services

district and duly filled in by the provider. Such written consent can be

revoked at any time by the provider in writing on forms provided by the

local social services district.

* NB There are 2 § 390-c's