General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5634
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3372
*03372HB05634PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5634
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3372
*03372HB05634PH_*
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED LICENSING PROCESSES FOR PREVIOUSLY LICENSED OPERATORS OF CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS AND GROUP DAY CARE HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-80 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) No person, group of persons, association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public or private, shall maintain a child day care center or group day care home without a license issued in accordance with sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to [19a-87] 19a-87a, inclusive. Applications for such license shall be made to the Commissioner of Public Health on forms provided by the commissioner and shall contain the information required by regulations adopted under said sections. The forms shall contain a notice that false statements made therein are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b.
(b) (1) Upon receipt of an application for a license, the Commissioner of Public Health shall issue such license if, upon inspection and investigation, said commissioner finds that the applicant, the facilities and the program meet the health, educational and social needs of children likely to attend the child day care center or group day care home and comply with requirements established by regulations adopted under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to [19a-87] 19a-87a, inclusive. The [Commissioner of Public Health] commissioner shall offer an expedited application review process for an application submitted by a municipal agency or department. [Each license shall be for a term of two years, provided on and after October 1, 2008, each] The commissioner shall have discretion to determine whether a change of operator, ownership or location request from a currently licensed person or entity, as described in subsection (a) of this section, shall require the filing of a new license application from such person or entity. Each license shall be for a term of four years, shall be nontransferable, may be renewed upon payment of the licensure fee and may be suspended or revoked after notice and an opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 19a-84 for violation of the regulations adopted under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to [19a-87] 19a-87a, inclusive.
[(2) Prior to October 1, 2008, the Commissioner of Public Health shall collect from the licensee of a day care center a fee of two hundred dollars for each license issued or renewed for a term of two years. Prior to October 1, 2008, said commissioner shall collect from the licensee of a group day care home a fee of one hundred dollars for each license issued or renewed for a term of two years.]
[(3)] (2) [On and after October 1, 2008, the] The Commissioner of Public Health shall collect from the licensee of a day care center a fee of five hundred dollars for each license issued or renewed for a term of four years. [On and after October 1, 2008, said] The commissioner shall collect from the licensee of a group day care home a fee of two hundred fifty dollars for each license issued or renewed for a term of four years. The [Commissioner of Public Health] commissioner shall require only one license for a child day care center operated in two or more buildings, provided the same licensee provides child day care services in each building and the buildings are joined together by a contiguous playground that is part of the licensed space.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health, within available appropriations, shall require each prospective employee of a child day care center or group day care home in a position requiring the provision of care to a child to submit to state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. The commissioner shall also request a check of the state child abuse registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. Pursuant to the interagency agreement provided for in section 10-16s, the Department of Social Services may agree to transfer funds appropriated for criminal history records checks to the Department of Public Health. The commissioner shall notify each licensee of the provisions of this subsection.
(d) The commissioner shall inform each licensee, by way of a plain language summary provided not later than sixty days after the regulation's effective date, of new or changed regulations adopted under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, or sections 19a-82 to [19a-87] 19a-87a, inclusive, with which a licensee must comply.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 19a-80
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
19a-80
Statement of Purpose:
To provide the Commissioner of Public Health with the discretion to determine whether a change of operator, ownership or location request from a currently licensed child day care provider shall require the filing of a new license application from such provider.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.; REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. ALTOBELLO, 82nd Dist.; REP. FRITZ, 90th Dist.
H.B. 5634