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* § 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 or\nregistered pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this article, the\npolice department and fire department of the municipality wherein such\nlicensee or registrant is authorized to operate and the state police\nshall be notified of the existence of the child day care center, its\nlocation and the fact that children are likely to be at that location in\nthe event of an emergency. In those cases where the local municipality\ndoes not have a police department or a fire department, the sheriff of\nthe appropri
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* § 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 or\nregistered pursuant to section three hundred ninety of this article, the\npolice department and fire department of the municipality wherein such\nlicensee or registrant is authorized to operate and the state police\nshall be notified of the existence of the child day care center, its\nlocation and the fact that children are likely to be at that location in\nthe event of an emergency. In those cases where the local municipality\ndoes not have a police department or a fire department, the sheriff of\nthe appropriate county shall be notified in lieu thereof.\n 2. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and\ndirected to conduct a study to determine the best method of compiling an\naccurate and accessible central record of information regarding the safe\noperation of each day care center licensed or registered within the\nstate. Such record should include but not be limited to complaints by\nparents or guardians, internal incident reports, reports by police or\nfire departments, local or state building code violations, any relevant\ninformation gathered from utility providers or other visitors to the day\ncare center and any additional information held by another state or\nlocal agency regarding a day care provider or a day care center location\nwhich could affect safe operation of a day care center.\n 3. On or before the thirtieth day of June in the year next succeeding\nthe year in which this section takes effect, the commissioner of\nchildren and family services shall report to the governor, the temporary\npresident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly regarding the\nresults of the study undertaken pursuant to subdivision two of this\nsection.\n 4. The commissioner of children and family services is authorized and\ndirected, no later than one year from the effective date of this\nsubdivision, to promulgate rules and regulations to require that local\nsocial services districts offer child day care providers, as defined in\nsection three hundred ninety of this title, the option to be paid any\nmonies owed for providing subsidized child care by a deposit directly\ninto a bank account of the child day care provider. Such direct deposit\nshall only be made at the express written consent of the provider and\nshall be requested on forms provided by the local social services\ndistrict and duly filled in by the provider. Such written consent can be\nrevoked at any time by the provider in writing on forms provided by the\nlocal social services district.\n * NB There are 2 § 390-c's\n