Relates to caregiver requirements for certain day care homes

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◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Samra Brouk says this is needed

Office of Children and Family (OCFS) regulations state that an infant is 18 months of age and under (NYCRR 18 413.2), which applies to child day care centers. However, for group family day care home and family day care home programs, the age of a toddler is up to 24 months (§ 390(1)(d, e)). The higher age set in law limits the availability of infant child- care slots throughout the state because providers must utilize addi- tional staff resources to maintain required ratios. Changing the definition of toddler for these programs will free up hundreds or possibly more infant childcare slots, which are the most in demand throughout the state. The slots will be created without any loss of quality or safety and without any new financial investments. At a time when we are facing a severe shortage of licensed and quality childcare slots, especially for infants, it would make sense to align these definitions. If a toddler is up to 18-months of age in a child care center, it would only make sense for it to be the same in home based programs. FISCAL IMPACT ON THE STATE: None

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.