S 966: Relates to the establishment of a non-traditional hours model; provides that the office of children and family services shall: create a non-traditional hours model within a year, publish its findings on its website, and conduct a review of child care providers and centers that use such model.
The bill aims to establish a non-traditional hours model for child care services in New York. This model will support families with child care needs that do not occur during traditional business hours. The model will include guidelines for hours of operation, staffing requirements, payment rates, and licensure requirements for non-traditional hours programs. The Office of Children and Family Services will create and publish a non-traditional hours model, which will be available on their website and sent to child care providers and centers. The model will be reviewed annually for its effectiveness, and adjustments will be made as necessary. The bill also requires the Office of Children and Family Services to post information about the model on their website and send it to child care providers and centers. The model will take effect immediately, and the Office of Children and Family Servi…
| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 966 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- 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 establish- ment of a non-traditional hours model 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 a new paragraph (h) to read as follows: 3 (h) (i) "Non-traditional hours" shall mean any day care services as 4 defined by this article that take place in the evening, night, or week- 5 end that support families with child care needs that do not occur during 6 traditional business hours. 7 (ii) Within a year of the effective date of this section the office of 8 children and family services shall create a non-traditional hours model 9 that child care providers may use to implement non-traditional hours 10 programs. Such model shall include such: 11 (1) hours in which non-traditional hours programs may operate; 12 (2) number of children allowed to be cared for with such model at each 13 given child day care center; 14 (3) staffing requirements for non-traditional hours programs; 15 (4) payment rate for non-traditional hours programs; and 16 (5) licensure requirements necessary to implement and run non-tradi- 17 tional hours programs. 18 (iii) The office of children and family services shall promulgate such 19 rules and regulations as necessary to implement such model in conjunc- 20 tion with existing requirements, pursuant to this article. 21 (iv) The office of children and family services shall post information 22 of such model on its website and send such information to child care 23 providers and child care centers. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02821-01-5S. 966 2 1 (v) Within ninety days following its post on such model on its website 2 pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the office of children 3 and family services shall conduct a review of child care providers and 4 centers that use such model and publish a public report, once annually, 5 on its effectiveness. The office of children and family services shall 6 make adjustments to such model as necessary. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.