File #: Int 0015-2026    Version: * Name: Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Subcommittee on Early Childhood Education
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers
Sponsors: Shaun Abreu, Farah N. Louis
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Summary: This bill would prohibit the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from requiring a subsequent background check for a child care provider, employee, or volunteer if DOHMH has already completed a background check for such child care provider, employee, or volunteer within the past five years, unless the child care provider, employee, or volunteer has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days in the past five years, or a background check is otherwise required by law.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 15, 2. Int. No. 15, 3. January 29, 2026 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-29-26

Int. No. 15

 

By Council Members Abreu and Louis

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 17 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 17-199.23 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.23 Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers. If the department has completed a background check for a child care provider, employee, or volunteer within the previous 5 years, the department shall not require a subsequent background check for such provider, employee, or volunteer unless (i) such provider, employee, or volunteer has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days within the previous 5 years, or (ii) a background check for such child care provider, employee, or volunteer is otherwise required by law.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

JEF

LS #8623

Int. #0497-2024

1/8/2026 2:42 PM