2023 New York Laws › SOS - Social Services › Article 6 - Children › Title 1 - Care and Protection of Children › 390-K - Child Care Availability Taskforce.

* §  390-k.  Child  care  availability  taskforce.  1.  There shall be
established within the office of children and family  services  a  child
care   taskforce  for  the  purpose  of  evaluating  the  need  for  and
availability of child care throughout the state.
2. The taskforce shall be chaired by a representative of the executive
chamber and the commissioners of  the  office  of  children  and  family
services and the department of labor, or their designees. Members of the
taskforce shall serve without compensation for three year terms, but may
be  reimbursed  for  actual  costs  incurred  for  participation on such
taskforce.   Ensuring   adequate   geographic,   racial    and    ethnic
representation,  members  of  the  taskforce  shall  be appointed by the
governor and comprised as follows:
(a) four individuals shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
speaker of the assembly, at least one of whom shall be a parent who  has
utilized  subsidized  child  care  and  at  least one of whom shall be a
parent who has utilized unsubsidized child care, from different  regions
of the state;
(b) four individuals shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
temporary  president  of  the  senate,  at  least one of whom shall be a
parent who has utilized subsidized child care and at least one  of  whom
shall  be  a  parent  who  has  utilized  unsubsidized  child care, from
different regions of the state;
(c) one individual shall be appointed upon the recommendation  of  the
minority leader of the assembly;
(d)  one  individual shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
minority leader of the senate;
(e)two representatives of a child care resource and referral agency;
(f) a minimum of three  and  a  maximum  of  four  representatives  of
home-based child care providers;
(g)  a  minimum  of  three  and  a  maximum of four representatives of
center-based child care providers;
(h) two representatives from the business community;
(i)  two  representatives  from  unions  that  represent  child   care
providers; and
(j) at least one representative from each of the following entities:
(i) the office of temporary and disability assistance;
(ii) the council on children and families;
(iii) the department of taxation and finance;
(iv) a regional economic development council;
(v)  the  state  university  of New York or the city university of New
York;
(vi) the state education department;
(vii) the early childhood advisory council;
(viii) a social service district or county  government  or  an  entity
that advocates on behalf of social services or county governments; and
(ix) a non-profit child care advocacy organization.
3. The taskforce shall:
(a)  examine  the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child care in New
York state;
(b) advise the state in developing an implementation framework leading
to a phased-in rollout of universal child care using existing state  and
federal resources;
(c)  recommend  potential  solutions,  partnerships,  or other ways to
address  chronic  child  care  workforce  issues  and   other   concerns
identified   in   the   course  of  the  examination  required  by  this
subdivision;
(d) assess the  implementation  of  policies  supported  by  federally
funded programs through various stimulus packages; and
(e) anything else the taskforce deems necessary.
4.   (a)   The   taskforce  shall  report  its  interim  findings  and
recommendations in accordance with subdivision three of this section  to
the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of
the senate no later than November first, two thousand twenty-two and its
final  findings and recommendations no later than December thirty-first,
two thousand twenty-three.
(b) The taskforce shall also  report  on  the  implementation  of  any
recommendations  that  resulted  from  the initial report required to be
produced by the task force pursuant to subdivision four of chapter  four
hundred  ninety-three  of  the  laws  of  two  thousand  seventeen. Such
additional report shall be provided annually, beginning July  first  two
thousand twenty-two.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2024