Title SOS, Social Services

§ 390-b. Criminal history review and background clearances of child\ncare providers, generally.\n 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, and\nsubject to rules and regulations of the office of children and family\nservices and, where applicable, the divisi…

* § 390-c. Notice of pesticide applications. 1. For the purposes of\nthis section the following terms shall have the meanings set forth\nbelow:\n (a) "Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision\nthirty-five of section 33-0101 of the environmental conservation law.\…

* § 390-c. Additional powers and duties of the office of children and\nfamily services. 1. The commissioner of children and family services is\nauthorized and directed to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to\nensure that, whenever a child day care provider is licensed o…

§ 390-d. Requiring barriers to be placed around swimming pools and\nbodies of water on the grounds of family day care homes or group family\nday care homes. 1. For the purposes of this section the following terms\nshall have the meanings set forth below:\n (a) "Grounds of a fami…

§ 390-e. Criminal history review; mentoring programs. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the following words shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Prospective employee" shall mean a person being considered for\nemployment by a mentoring program.\n (b) "Prospective mentor…

§ 390-f. Report on child care insurance. The commissioner of the\noffice of children and family services in consultation with the\nsuperintendent of financial services, shall undertake a study of the\navailability, accessibility, and affordability of insurance policies to\nchild…

§ 390-g. Pesticide alternatives. 1. For purposes of this section the\nfollowing terms shall have the meanings set forth below:\n (a) "Day care" shall apply to all child day care centers or head start\nday care centers, as defined in section three hundred ninety of this\ntitle.\n…

§ 390-h. Notice requirement before closing certain day care centers.\n1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Child day care center" shall mean a child day care center as\ndefined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of …

§ 390-i. Notice of inspection report. In every child day care program\nthat is licensed or registered pursuant to section three hundred ninety\nof this title, the child day care provider shall post and maintain in a\nprominent place, a notice, to be provided by the office of chi…

§ 390-j. Performance summary card in a city having a population of one\nmillion or more. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the\nfollowing terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Child care service" shall mean any person who provides child day\ncare in a c…

§ 390-l. Securing of furniture. 1. This section shall apply to any\nchild day care center as defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision one of\nsection three hundred ninety of this title, or any authorized agency as\ndefined in paragraph (a) of subdivision ten of section three hund…

§ 390-m. Window coverings. 1. For purposes of this section the\nfollowing terms shall have the meanings set forth below:\n (a) "Beaded chain" means a cord with a series of small spheres,\ntypically made of metal or plastic.\n (b) "Cord loop" means a loop formed by an inner cord …

§ 390-n. Child care support center; operating certificate required. 1.\nFor purposes of this section, "child care support center" shall mean an\nentity operating as a child care resource and referral program as\ndefined in title five-B of this article that is certified by the of…

§ 390-o. Prohibit the use of infant walkers in child care facilities.\n1. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "Infant walker" shall mean a mobile unit that enables a child to\nmove on a horizontal surface when propelled by the child sitting or\nstanding within the walker.\n …

§ 391. Violation; injunction. Violations of any provision of this\ntitle may be prohibited by injunction. Whenever the commissioner has\nreason to believe that any provision of this title is being violated, or\nis about to be violated, he may maintain and prosecute, in the name …

§ 392. Services for relative and non-relative kinship caregivers. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a local\nsocial services district is in contact with a relative or non-relative\nkinship caregiver or a suitable person who the district has app…

* § 393. Court review of placement in a qualified residential\ntreatment program. 1. The provisions of this section shall apply when a\nchild is placed on or after September twenty-ninth, two thousand\ntwenty-one and resides in a qualified residential treatment program, as\ndefi…

* § 393. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or\nadoption proceedings. 1. The department may not deny, decide or oppose a\npetition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation under this\narticle solely on the basis that the petitioner, parent, guardia…

§ 394. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the\n"child care creation and expansion tax credit program act".\n

§ 394-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:\n 1. "Certificate of tax credit" shall mean the document issued to a\nbusiness entity by the office after the office has verified that the\nbusiness entity has met all applicable eligibility criteria in this\ntitle. The certi…

§ 394-b. Eligibility criteria. 1. To be eligible for a tax credit\nunder the child care creation and expansion tax credit program, a\nbusiness entity must:\n (a) be a business entity that is required to file a tax return\npursuant to article nine-A, twenty-two or thirty-three of…

§ 394-c. Application and approval process. 1. A business entity must\nsubmit a complete application as prescribed by the commissioner by the\nthirty-first of January after the end of the service year.\n 2. The commissioner shall establish procedures for a business entity\nto sub…

§ 394-d. Child care creation and expansion tax credit. 1. A business\nentity in the child care creation and expansion tax credit program that\nmeets the eligibility requirements of section three hundred\nninety-four-b of this title may be eligible to claim a credit for the\nport…

§ 394-e. Allocation of credit. The aggregate amount of tax credits\nallowed under this title, subdivision fifty-nine of section two hundred\nten-B, subsection (ooo) of section six hundred six and subdivision (ee)\nof section fifteen hundred eleven of the tax law shall be twenty-…

§ 394-f. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner\nmay promulgate regulations establishing an application process and\neligibility criteria, which will be applied consistent with the purposes\nof this title so as not to exceed the annual cap on tax credits set\…

§ 394-g. Maintenance of records. Each business entity participating in\nthe program shall keep all relevant records for the duration of their\nparticipation in the program for at least three years.\n

§ 395. Responsibility of public welfare districts for the welfare of\nchildren. A public welfare district shall be responsible for the\nwelfare of children who are in need of public assistance and care,\nsupport and protection, residing or found in its territory, insofar as\nnot…

§ 396. Health and welfare services to all children. All public\nwelfare districts and towns, shall provide children who attend schools\nother than public with all or any of the health and welfare services and\nfacilities, including but not limited to health, surgical, medical,\n…

§ 397. Powers and duties of social services officials in relation to\nchildren. All social services officials responsible for the\nadministration of safety net assistance to families shall, in relation\nto all children in such families other than delinquent children, persons\nin…

§ 398. Additional powers and duties of commissioners of public welfare\nand certain city public welfare officers in relation to children.\nCommissioners of public welfare and city public welfare officers\nresponsible under the provisions of a special or local law for the\nchildr…

§ 398-a. Standards of payment for foster care. (1) For purposes of\nthis section, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the term\nfoster child shall mean a person who is cared for away from his or her\nhome under conditions prescribed by regulations of the department and\…

§ 398-b. Transition to managed care. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provision of law to the contrary and subject to the\navailability of federal financial participation, the commissioner is\nauthorized to make grants up to a gross amount of five million dollars\nfor state …

§ 398-c. Powers and duties of the commissioner in relation to\nchildren. 1. The commissioner shall determine whether a child, whose\nreport is submitted to the department pursuant to subparagraph five of\nparagraph b of subdivision one of section forty-four hundred two of the\ne…

§ 398-d. Child welfare services community demonstration projects. 1.\nThe legislature finds that the centralized delivery of child protective\nservices, preventive services, adoption services and foster care\nservices in a social service district with a population of more than t…

§ 398-e. Eligibility for protective services, foster care services,\nand residential services for victims of domestic violence. A noncitizen,\nincluding a non-qualified alien, as determined by applicable federal\nstatute and regulation, is eligible for protective services for ad…

§ 398-f. Duty to provide luggage to children in foster care. 1. For\nthe purposes of this section, "luggage" means a durable suitcase, duffel\nbag, backpack, or similar reusable container that is new or is in\nnew-like condition, and is designed to hold an individual's personal\…

§ 399. Children discharged from state institutions. The\ncommissioner of social services shall co-operate with the state\ninstitutions for delinquent, mentally disabled and physically\nhandicapped children to ascertain the conditions of the home and the\ncharacter and habits of …

§ 40. Real property; purchase or acquisition. 1. The commissioner,\nwhen an appropriation therefor has been made by the legislature, may\nacquire any real property which he may deem necessary for any\ndepartmental purpose by purchase or, in the manner provided in the\neminent do…

§ 400. Removal of children. 1. When any child shall have been placed\nin an institution or in a family home by a social services official,\nthe social services official may remove such child from such institution\nor family home and make such disposition of such child as is prov…

§ 401. Births to inmates of public homes. No commissioner of public\nwelfare shall provide care in a public home for any pregnant woman\nduring confinement unless such public home has adequate hospital or\ninfirmary facilities, is equipped to give the necessary medical and\nnurs…

§ 402. Children forbidden in public homes. No public welfare\nofficial shall send a child to be cared for in a public home, and no\ncommissioner of public welfare and no superintendent of a public home\nshall receive a child in a public home, except that a child under the\nage o…

§ 403. The religious faith of children and minors. The religious\nfaith of children and minors between sixteen and eighteen years of age\ncoming under the jurisdiction of public welfare officials shall be\npreserved and protected in accordance with section three hundred\nseventy…

* § 404. Juvenile justice services close to home initiative. 1. A\nsocial services district in a city with a population in excess of one\nmillion may implement a close to home initiative to provide juvenile\njustice services to all adjudicated juvenile delinquents determined by …

§ 406. Department of social welfare designated as state agency. The\ndepartment is hereby designated as the agency of the state to administer\nand expend any and all grants of moneys allocated or made available to\nthe state under the provisions of the federal social security ac…

§ 407. Powers of department of social welfare. The department is\nhereby authorized and required:\n 1. to prepare a plan or plans for such child welfare services and\nupon their approval by such federal authority to execute the same. Such\nplans shall make provision for coordina…

§ 408. Custodian of funds. The department of taxation and finance is\nhereby authorized to accept and receive on behalf of the state any and\nall grants or allotments of money made available to the state by or\npursuant to the federal social security act for such child welfare\n…

§ 409. Preventive services; definition. As used in this title,\n"preventive services" shall mean supportive and rehabilitative services\nprovided, in accordance with the provisions of this title and\nregulations of the department, to children and their families for the\npurpose …

§ 409-a. Preventive services; provision by social services officials.\n1. (a) A social services official shall provide preventive services to\na child and his or her family, in accordance with the family's service\nplan as required by section four hundred nine-e of this chapter …

§ 409-d. District-wide child welfare services plan. 1. Each social\nservices district shall prepare and submit to the department, in such\nform and manner and times as the department shall by regulation require,\na district-wide child welfare services plan which shall be a compo…

§ 409-e. Family service plan. 1. With respect to each child who is\nidentified by a local social services district as being considered for\nplacement in foster care as defined in section one thousand eighty-seven\nof the family court act by a social services district, such distr…