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August
DAY CARE SCREENING BILL OKd
Suffolk lawmakers yesterday unanimously approved a resolution requiring providers to check the state’s sex offender registry before hiring employees. Day care providers are currently required to submit fingerprint tests to the state for a background check, a process that can take several months. The bill requires day care centers that receive county funding to contact the New York State Sex Offender Registry before hiring employees or volunteers. A provider who fails to check with the registry could lose county funding. Nassau lawmakers are considering similar legislation.
Yolanda Young and