File #: Int 1042-2024    Version: * Name: Reporting on training for child care inspectors.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Health
On agenda: 9/12/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on training for child care inspectors
Sponsors: Pierina Ana Sanchez, Linda Lee, Justin L. Brannan, Carlina Rivera , Shaun Abreu, Julie Menin, Susan Zhuang, Mercedes Narcisse, Chi A. Ossé, Alexa Avilés, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Diana I. Ayala, Christopher Marte, Chris Banks, Kamillah Hanks, Lynn C. Schulman, Crystal Hudson
Council Member Sponsors: 17
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to annually report on training provided to employees of DOHMH who inspect child care programs, including the types of training required, the types of training made available for voluntary participation, the entity that provides each type of training, how often each training is required or made available, and any other information DOHMH deems relevant.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1042, 2. Int. No. 1042, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-24, 4. September 12, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1042

 

By Council Members Sanchez, Lee, Brannan, Rivera, Abreu, Menin, Zhuang, Narcisse, Ossé, Avilés, Brooks-Powers, Ayala, Marte, Banks, Hanks, Schulman and Hudson

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting on training for child care inspectors

 

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 17-199.25 to read as follows:

§ 17-199.25 Report on child care inspector training. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the term “child care program” means a program providing child care for 5 or more hours per week, for more than 30 days in a 12 month period, to 3 or more children under 6 years of age.

b. Report. No later than 6 months after the effective date of the local law that added this section, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council and post on the department’s website a report on training provided to employees of the department who conduct inspections of child care programs. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:

1. The types of training required for employees of the department who conduct inspections of child care programs, including the subject matter and specific information covered, and the entity that provides each type of training;

2. The types of training available for voluntary participation for employees of the department who conduct inspections of child care programs, including the subject matter and specific information covered, and the entity that provides each type of training;

3. How often each type of training is required to be taken or made available for voluntary participation; and

4. Any other information the department deems relevant.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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