New York Assembly Bill A05996 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5996 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the legislative law, in relation to creating a legisla- tive child care facility; and making an appropriation therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The Legislature finds that there is a 2 need to provide a licensed and regulated day care service to the members 3 of the Senate and Assembly and the staff of the Senate and Assembly on 4 site at cost to be paid for by the members and staff of the legislature 5 who use the child care service. With members and staff often having 6 irregular working hours it is found that providing child care services 7 that are flexible to those non-traditional hours and at a location on 8 site is necessary for the child care needs of members and staff. It is 9 the intent that offering this service would entice recruitment and 10 retention of staff and legislators as the public service sector has a 11 workforce shortage. It is the hope that this program could act as a 12 guide to other public or private sector businesses to offer day care 13 services to its employees as an additional benefit. 14 § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 7-h to 15 read as follows: 16 § 7-h. Legislative child care. There shall be a legislative child care 17 facility for use by members and staff of the legislature to be located 18 in a part of the empire state plaza complex that has legislative offices 19 and in rooms assigned by the commissioner of the office of general 20 services, conveniently accessible to the legislators and staff of both 21 houses of the legislature, and such child care facility shall be open 22 throughout the year. 23 Such child care facility shall be contracted by a private child care 24 provider which is licensed subject to the requirements of sections three 25 hundred ninety, three hundred ninety-a, and three hundred ninety-b of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08445-01-5 
 A. 5996 2 1 the social services law. Such child care facility shall be open at hours 2 subject to the needs of the legislature, notwithstanding any other 3 provision. Such child care provider shall be chosen by the temporary 4 president of the senate and speaker of the assembly. 5 The cost of the child care services shall be set by the contracted 6 child care provider. 7 § 3. The sum of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 8 hereby appropriated to support the design and construction of a legisla- 9 tive child care facility as established by section 7-h of the legisla- 10 tive law from any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropri- 11 ated and made immediately available to the New York state office of 12 general services or to the dormitory authority of the state of New York 13 for the purpose of preparation and review of plans, specifications, 14 estimates, services, inspection studies, appraisals, surveys, testing 15 and environmental impact statements and for the cost of consultant 16 design service. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect April 1, 2026.