Session 2015- Child Day Care Related Bills- Updated 12/15/15
Bill Number / Sponsor / Cmtee / Description / Notes / Applies toFamily Day Homes
SB780 / Favola, EbbinWexton / RSS / Counting all children in home- family child care / Similar to Anderson except lang of all children cared in their residence / Licensed & registered family home providers serving 6+
SB818 / FavolaEbbin / RSS / Lowers family day home threshold to one, eliminates vol. registration, actually eliminates family day system / Do not want to eliminate family day system; conform with Filler-Corn? / All family day home providers, licensed and vol registered
SB898 / FavolaEbbin / RSS / Notice to DSS with 1) intent to operate serving less than 5 kids 2) contact info 3)statement complying with background checks
Person on site must be trained in CPR
Subject to inspection by fire official / Contains CPR and fire safety language but not enforceable… / Unlicensed family day home providers
SB1069 (GOV) / Wexton / RSS / Declaration to DSS- declaration of intent to operate including number of children served, subject to random monitoring / Notice AND random monitoring / Unlicensed family day home providers
HB2046 / Filler Corn / Lowers family day home threshold to one / Unlicensed family day home providers
HB1570 / Orrock / HWI / Requires unlicensed family homes to give notice to DSS annually, providers to notice to parents of unregulated status / Only family home bill with notice for parents / Unlicensed family day homes
HB1929/
SB1124 (GOV) / Anderson/Barker / Family home definition-- Counting all children in home / Licensed & registered family home providers serving 6+
SB 1029 (GOV) / Marsden / RSS / Commissioner of Revenue or other local gov’t official report to DSS business licenses issued for child care center or family day home / Local gov’t reporting; could be any child care
SB1055 / Hanger / RSS / Sex offender status in family day homes / Family day homes
Background Checks
SB1168 / Hanger / RSS / Natl Fingerprint background check / Needs budget amend for $1.5 Mil in start up costs for fingerprint / All licensed and regulated child care
HB1552 / Filler Corn / HWI / Reduce licensing threshold to one unrelated child, implement fingerprint check and add work group / Needs budget amend for $1.5 Mil in start up costs for fingerprint / All child care facilities
HB1931 / Anderson / Natl Fingerprint background check and workgroup / Needs budget amend for $1.5 Mil in start up costs for fingerprint / All licensed and regulated child care
SB911 / Wexton / Annual background checks / All child welfare agencies
Licensure Status
HB2023/SB1123
(GOV) / BaCote/Barker / Condition of subsidy- Require licensure for all child care subsidy providers, does not apply to care on military installations; repeals section on background checks for these providers as they would now be licensed / Applies to all child care providers accepting subsidy, 17% of kids in unlicensed care; 1920 providers unlicensed
Other Issues
HB 1517/SB844 / Ward/Locke / HWI/RSS / Eliminates parent signature for come & go child care centers / “Come & Go” child care for school aged