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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 930
January Session, 2019
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CREATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR
AN EARLY CHILDHOOD B USINESS INCUBATOR MODEL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-87b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
(a) No person, group of persons, association, organization, 3
corporation, institution or agency, public or private, shall maintain a 4
family child care home, as [defined] described in section 19a-77, 5
without a license issued by the Commissioner of Early Childhood. 6
Licensure forms shall be obtained from the Office of Early Childhood. 7
Applications for licensure shall be made to the commissioner on forms 8
provided by the office and shall contain the information required by 9
regulations adopted under this section. The licensure and application 10
forms shall contain a notice that false statements made [therein] in 11
such forms are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b. 12
Applicants shall state, in writing, that they are in compliance with the 13
regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of 14
this section. Before a family child care home license is granted, the 15
office shall make an inquiry and investigation which shall include a 16
visit and inspection of the premises for which the license is requested. 17
Any inspection conducted by the office shall include an inspection for 18
evident sources of lead poisoning. The office shall provide for a 19 Substitute Bill No. 930
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chemical analysis of any paint chips found on such premises. Neither 20
the commissioner nor the commissioner's designee shall require an 21
annual inspection for homes seeking license renewal or for licensed 22
homes, except that the commissioner or the commissioner's designee 23
shall make an unannounced visit, inspection or investigation of each 24
licensed family child care home at least once every year. A licensed 25
family child care home shall not be subject to any conditions on the 26
operation of such home by local officials, other than those imposed by 27
the office pursuant to this subsection, if the home complies with all 28
local codes and ordinances applicable to single and multifamily 29
dwellings. 30
(b) No person shall act as an assistant or substitute staff member to a 31
person or entity maintaining a family child care home, as [defined] 32
described in section 19a-77, without an approval issued by the 33
commissioner. Any person seeking to act as an assistant or substitute 34
staff member in a family child care home shall submit an application 35
for such approval to the office. Applications for approval shall: (1) Be 36
made to the commissioner on forms provided by the office, (2) contain 37
the information required by regulations adopted under this section, 38
and (3) be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. The approval 39
application forms shall contain a notice that false statements made in 40
such form are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b. 41
(c) The commissioner, within available appropriations, shall require 42
each initial applicant or prospective employee of a family child care 43
home in a position requiring the provision of care to a child, including 44
an assistant or substitute staff member and each household member 45
who is sixteen years of age or older, to submit to comprehensive 46
background checks, including state and national criminal history 47
records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant 48
to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. 49
The commissioner shall also request a check of the state child abuse 50
registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. The commissioner 51
shall notify each licensee of the provisions of this subsection. For 52 Substitute Bill No. 930
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purposes of this subsection, "household member" means any person, 53
other than the person who is licensed to conduct, operate or maintain a 54
family child care home, who resides in the family child care home, 55
such as the licensee's spouse or children, tenants and any other 56
occupant. 57
(d) An application for initial licensure pursuant to this section shall 58
be accompanied by a fee of forty dollars and such license shall be 59
issued for a term of four years. An application for renewal of a license 60
issued pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a fee of forty 61
dollars and a certification from the licensee that any child enrolled in 62
the family child care home has received age -appropriate 63
immunizations in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to 64
subsection (f) of this section. A license issued pursuant to this section 65
shall be renewed for a term of four years. In the case of an applicant 66
submitting an application for renewal of a license that has expired, and 67
who has ceased operations of a family child care home due to such 68
expired license, the commissioner may renew such expired license 69
within thirty days of the date of such expiration upon receipt of an 70
application for renewal that is accompanied by such fee and such 71
certification. 72
(e) An application for initial staff approval or renewal of staff 73
approval shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. Such 74
approvals shall be issued or renewed for a term of two years. 75
(f) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 76
provisions of chapter 54, to assure that family child care homes, as 77
[defined] described in section 19a-77, meet the health, educational and 78
social needs of children utilizing such homes. Such regulations shall 79
ensure that the family child care home is treated as a residence, and 80
not an institutional facility. Such regulations shall specify that each 81
child be protected as age-appropriate by adequate immunization 82
against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, 83
rubella, hemophilus influenzae type B and any other vaccine required 84
by the schedule of active immunization adopted pursuant to section 85 Substitute Bill No. 930
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19a-7f. Such regulations shall provide appropriate exemptions for 86
children for whom such immunization is medically contraindicated 87
and for children whose parents or guardian objects to such 88
immunization on religious grounds and require that any such 89
objection be accompanied by a statement from such parents or 90
guardian that such immunization would be contrary to the religious 91
beliefs of such child or the parents or guardian of such child, which 92
statement shall be acknowledged, in accordance with the provisions of 93
sections 1-32, 1-34 and 1-35, by (1) a judge of a court of record or a 94
family support magistrate, (2) a clerk or deputy clerk of a court having 95
a seal, (3) a town clerk, (4) a notary public, (5) a justice of the peace, or 96
(6) an attorney admitted to the bar of this state. Such regulations shall 97
also specify conditions under which family child care home providers 98
may administer tests to monitor glucose levels in a child with 99
diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and administer medicinal preparations, 100
including controlled drugs specified in the regulations by the 101
commissioner, to a child receiving child care services at a family child 102
care home pursuant to a written order of a physician licensed to 103
practice medicine in this or another state, an advanced practice 104
registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a 105
or a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 106
20-12d, and the written authorization of a parent or guardian of such 107
child. Such regulations shall specify appropriate standards for 108
extended care and intermittent short-term overnight care. The 109
commissioner shall inform each licensee, by way of a plain language 110
summary provided not later than sixty days after the regulation's 111
effective date, of any new or changed regulations adopted under this 112
subsection with which a licensee must comply. 113
(g) Upon the declaration by the Governor of a civil preparedness 114
emergency pursuant to section 28-9 or a public health emergency 115
pursuant to section 19a-131a, the commissioner may waive the 116
provisions of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section if the 117
commissioner determines that such waiver would not endanger the 118
life, safety or health of any child. The commissioner shall prescribe the 119 Substitute Bill No. 930
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duration of such waiver, provided such waiver shall not extend 120
beyond the duration of the declared emergency. The commissioner 121
shall establish the criteria by which a waiver request shall be made and 122
the conditions for which a waiver will be granted or denied. The 123
provisions of section 19a-84 shall not apply to a denial of a waiver 124
request under this subsection. 125
(h) Any family child care home may provide child care services to 126
homeless children and youths, as defined in 42 USC 11434a, as 127
amended from time to time, for a period not to exceed ninety days 128
without complying with any provision in regulations adopted 129
pursuant to this section relating to immunization and physical 130
examination requirements. Any family child care home that provides 131
child care services to homeless children and youths at such home 132
under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of all homeless 133
children and youths who have attended such home for a period of two 134
years after such homeless children or youths are no longer receiving 135
child care services at such home. 136
(i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2024, 137
inclusive, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may issue a license to 138
maintain a family child care home in the cities of New Britain, New 139
Haven, Bridgeport or Stamford in accordance with the provisions of 140
this chapter to a person or group of persons who have partnered with 141
an association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public 142
or private, to provide child care services in a space within a facility, 143
other than a private family home and which has been approved by the 144
commissioner, that has been provided by such association, 145
organization, corporation, institution or agency. The commissioner 146
shall not approve more than one facility in each such city to be used 147
for licenses issued under this subsection. An application for a license 148
under this subsection shall include a copy of the current fire marshal 149
certificate of compliance with the Fire Safety Code, and written 150
verification of compliance with the State Building Code, local zoning 151
and building requirements and local health ordinances. The 152 Substitute Bill No. 930
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commissioner may require an applicant for a license under this 153
subsection to comply with additional conditions relating to the health 154
and safety of children who will be served in such facility. The 155
commissioner may waive any requirement that does not apply to such 156
facility. Any license issued under this subsection shall expire on June 157
30, 2024, except that the commissioner may suspend or revoke any 158
such license at any time in accordance with the provisions of section 159
19a-87e. 160
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2019 19a-87b
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(a), (b) and (f), "defined" was changed to "[defined]
described" for accuracy.
ED Joint Favorable Subst.