Bill > A06568

This bill requires businesses, organizations, or entities that regularly provide instructional, recreational, or extracurricular services to minors, such as dance studios, sports training facilities, and tutoring centers (referred to as "youth service providers"), to conduct background checks on all employees, volunteers, and independent contractors who have direct responsibility for supervising, instructing, caring for, or ensuring the safety of minors and have contact with them. These background checks, to be conducted at the time of hiring and every three years thereafter, must include searches of state and national sex offender registries. Individuals who refuse a background check, make false statements during one, or are registered sex offenders are disqualified from working with minors at these facilities, and those registered sex offenders are prohibited from owning or operating such businesses. Violations can result in significant civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation, and businesses may face suspension or revocation of their operating licenses or permits. The Division of Criminal Justice Services will be responsible for creating and enforcing the necessary regulations to implement this act.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6568