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Legislation
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Alabama
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HB 403 /SB 277: Prohibits an adult working in a child care facility from having a conviction of certain violent offenses, crimes or offenses committed in other states or under federal law.
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Arkansas
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HB 1225: Requires the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education to create a graphical chart that explains the licensing of a licensed home or child care center and is readily available on the Department of Human Services website. The chart must include procedures, registration requirements and availability of funds, grants, programs, tax credits, and other financial assistance.
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California
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AB 378: Requires the superintendent of public instruction to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services for eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, including family childcare home education networks. Authorizes family childcare providers to form, join and participate in the activities of provider organizations of their own choosing. Requires that certified provider organizations be involved in Department of Human Resources communications with family childcare providers. Regulates the department’s use of lists containing information about small family child care homes to encourage the recruitment of such homes and protect their personal privacy.
SB 75: Amends eligibility requirements for the state preschool program and requires a plan to provide comprehensive and affordable child care and universal preschool. Establishes and appropriates funds to grant programs to child care and early education providers to build new facilities, retrofit, renovate, or expand existing facilities, expand the number of qualified early learning and care professionals and increase education credentials for existing professionals, and local education agencies to support special education and early intervention services for 3- and 4-year-olds. Establishes the Early Childhood Policy Council to advise the governor and legislature on statewide early learning and care policy.
SB 234: Requires a family child care home to be treated as a residential use of property for purposes of all local ordinances; prohibits local jurisdictions from imposing a business license, fee or tax on family child care homes. Makes void any attempt to deny, restrict, or encumber the conveyance, leasing, or mortgaging of property for use or occupancy as a family childcare home. Prohibits a property owner or manager from refusing to sell or rent, or otherwise make unavailable, a property to a person because the person is a family child care provider; and requires notification to applicants for family child care home licenses of housing discrimination remedies.
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Colorado
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SB 63: Requires creation of a strategic action plan to address the decline of family child care homes and available infant child care throughout the state. Requires the strategic action plan to include the anticipated costs of implementing the recommendations made in the plan.
SB 177: Requires a fingerprint-based criminal history record check for child care employees under 18 years of age, out-of-state employees working temporarily at a child care center, and owners, employees, volunteers and adults residing in a family child care home.
SB 229: Authorizes the expenditure of campaign contributions received and accepted by a candidate’s committee to reimburse the candidate for expenses for the care of children or other dependents the candidate incurs directly in connection with the candidate’s campaign activities during the election cycle.
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Connecticut
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SB 936: Requires comprehensive background checks for child care providers and staff every five years.
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Hawaii
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SB 1232: Authorizes the disclosure of confirmed reports of child abuse or neglect to any parent or guardian of a child enrolled in an exempt or excluded child care facility.
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Illinois
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SB 1321: Requires promotion of the availability of the Child Care Assistance Program to all families with children under age 13, families eligible for child care assistance and child care providers.
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Kentucky
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HB 158: Requires that staff members of a childcare facility submit to national and state fingerprint-based criminal background checks.
SB 246: Removes child care assistance to new employees as a consideration factor for projects supported by the state economic development fund.
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Louisiana
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HB 550: Requires that the identity of a person making a complaint related to an early learning center or fraud pertaining to the Child Care Assistance Program be held confidential and not be public record.
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Maine
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HB 689: Requires a study group to determine the effects of the system of background checks on child care providers.
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Missouri
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HB 397: Establishes penalties for the unlicensed operation of a childcare facility; increases the number of children that can be cared for in home-based settings; and specifies the criteria for denial of child care licensure. Establishes the “Family Child Care Provider Fund” to support dissemination of information concerning compliance with childcare facility laws and regulations, as well as training and need-based financial assistance to meet licensure requirements for family child care providers.
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Nevada
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AB 234: Requires inclusion of measures to increase the availability of child care for children with disabilities in the state plan. Requires reimbursement for a portion of child care costs provided to the child of a parent who is enrolled in postsecondary education.
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New Hampshire
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SB 246: Requires all individuals associated with residential child care agencies be subject to a criminal background check. Establishes the child care licensing fund.
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New York
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SB 3420: Requires that parents and caretakers be able to use child care assistance to enable them to sleep due to non-traditional work hours.
SB 3788: Prohibits the sale of crib bumper pads and restricts the use of such pad in child care facilities.
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North Carolina
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HB 886: Requires a statewide study of the challenges that child care facility operators face in participating in the state’s prekindergarten program.
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North Dakota
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HB 1288: Requires the State Fire Marshal to inform the Department of Human Services on fire safety requirements of licensed early childhood program premises including smoke detector and carbon monoxide alarm requirements.
SB 2043: Authorizes the suspension of an early childhood program’s license if child abuse or neglect is reported. Requires the notification of the program and the parent of any child receiving services if the program providing care is the subject of a child abuse and neglect assessment and the State Department of Human Services finds other children to be at risk.
SB 2245: Requires the Department of Human Services to consider issuing a provisional or restricted license before revoking an early childhood program’s license and authorizes the department to require the program to provide a compliance plan to address compliance issues. Expands the definition of “neglected child.”
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Oklahoma
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HB 2212: Requires advance notice of at least one week to child care providers by inspectors reviewing child care facilities for the quality rating improvement system.
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Oregon
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HB 2027: Authorizes the Office of Child Care to consider any information obtained when reviewing enrollment of an individual in the Central Background Registry and requires a criminal records request to include records in the national sex offender registry. Permits the Office of Child Care to impose an emergency condition without hearing upon finding of serious danger to health and safety of children receiving care and authorizes the Office of Child Care to take evidence, depositions, compel appearances of witnesses, issue subpoenas and inspect premises when conducting investigations.
SB 813: Requires the Office of Child Care to make a reasonable attempt to identify any child care facility, person or place providing child care about which the office receives a complaint if the complaint includes certain information.
SB 917: Prohibits child care facilities from interfering with the disclosure of information to regulatory agencies by prospective employees, employees, or volunteers about treatment of individuals under a facility’s care.
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South Carolina
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SB 595: Prohibits childcare providers from employing someone who is required to register as a sex offender or with the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect or has been convicted of certain crimes. Stipulates that prospective child care employees are subject to background checks. Requires persons applying for a license or registration as an operator of a church or religious childcare center undergo a state fingerprint-based criminal background check.
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Texas
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HB 4260: Authorizes a child care facility to adopt a policy regarding the maintenance, administration and disposal of epinephrine auto-injectors.
SB 568: Establishes additional safety standards and sleep practices for child care providers; requires child care providers to have inspection data available to current and potential consumers; creates additional rules related to license and registration renewals; recommends financial penalty for abuse, neglect or exploitation of a child; and requires parental notification of each violation of abuse, neglect or exploitation within the facility or in-home provider to any child in care.
SB 569: Differentiates listed in-home child care providers from registered or licensed in-home providers; requires adoption of minimum standards for listed in-home child care providers; requires investigation of listed in-home child care providers when a complaint is filed with the Health and Human Services Commission. Requires listed in-home child care providers maintain liability insurance coverage and complete safe sleep training.
SB 706: Requires the maintenance of a unit within the ChildCare Licensing Division dedicated to identifying childcare facilities that are operating without a required license, certification, registration or listing and initiate appropriate enforcement actions against those facilities.
SB 708: Requires the Health and Human Services Commission to collect and publish certain data on licensed childcare centers related to the health, safety and welfare of a child on its website; requires the Commission to report the collected information to the legislature.
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Utah
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HB 117: Authorizes the governor to appoint a pediatric health care professional to the child care center licensing committee under certain conditions.
HB 129: Authorizes a candidate for public office to use campaign funds to pay childcare expenses while the candidate is engaging in campaign activity and authorizes an officeholder to use campaign funds to pay childcare expenses while the officeholder is engaging in officeholder activities.
HB 159: Requires rules to establish eligibility requirements for child care providers receiving grants or subsidies for providing care for an income-eligible child age 12 or younger or an income-eligible child with disabilities age 18 or younger. Requires eligibility rules to qualify for an award from the High-Quality School Readiness Grant Program.
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Vermont
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SB 40: Requires schools and child care facilities to test drinking water outlets for lead contamination and implement a lead remediation plan if samples indicate certain levels. Requires the Commissioner of Health to publish a list of all child care facilities at which drinking water tested at or above the action level within the previous two years of reported samples; allocates funds for the replacement of drinking water fixtures for child care facilities.
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Virginia
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HB 1871: Allows a participant no longer eligible for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to receive assistance with child care if such assistance enables the individual to work or attend postsecondary schooling.
SB 1145: Allows participants in the Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare program to receive child care assistance for up to 12months after termination if enrolled in certain higher education or credentialing programs.
SB 1407: Requires all staff members and volunteers of a childcare facility receiving federal funds to submit to national and state fingerprint-based criminal background checks. Prohibits hiring of potential employees or volunteers who have been convicted of certain crimes.
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Washington
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HB 1344: Creates a child care access workgroup; requires the workgroup to develop a mechanism to measure the cost of child care quality regionally to inform subsidy rates; requires the workgroup study how area median income could replace federal poverty level to determine child care subsidy eligibility. Requires the workgroup to evaluate compensation recommendations to achieve pay parity between early childhood educators and K-12 teachers by 2025and develop an implementation plan.
HB 1391: Raises base subsidy rates for licensed child care centers and in-home child care providers to the 75th percentile of market rates. Provides adequate funding to increase need-based grants, scholarships and professional development assistance; reduces ratios of coaches to child care providers. Supports the work of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families' professional equivalencies committee and the development of the proficiency review process.
SB 5437: Expands eligibility to the early childhood education and assistance program. Increases early learning access for children within a certain age range with developmental delays or disabilities and other qualifying criteria. Requires a plan for the implementation of a birth to age 3 early childhood education and assistance program pilot.
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