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	10	+	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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14	19		AN ACT CONCERNING TH E CREATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR
15	20		AN EARLY CHILDHOOD B USINESS INCUBATOR MO DEL.
16	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
17	22		Assembly convened:
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19		-	Section 1. Section 19a-~~87b~~ of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
	24	+	Section 1. Section 19a-80 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
20	25		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2
21	26		(a) No person, group of persons, association, organization, 3
22	27		corporation, institution or agency, public or private, shall maintain a 4
23		-	family child care home, as [defined] described in section 19a-77, 5
24		-	without a license issued by the Commissioner of Early Childhood. 6
25		-	Licensure forms shall be obtained from the Office of Early Childhood. 7
26		-	Applications for licensure shall be made to the commissioner on forms 8
27		-	provided by the office and shall contain the information required by 9
28		-	regulations adopted under this section. The licensure and application 10
29		-	forms shall contain a notice that false statements made [therein] in 11
30		-	such forms are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b. 12
31		-	Applicants shall state, in writing, that they are in compliance with the 13
32		-	regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of 14
33		-	this section. Before a family child care home license is granted, the 15
34		-	office shall make an inquiry and investigation which shall include a 16
35		-	visit and inspection of the premises for which the license is requested. 17
36		-	Any inspection conducted by the office shall include an inspection for 18
37		-	evident sources of lead poisoning. The office shall provide for a 19 Substitute Bill No. 930
	28	+	child care center or group child care home without a license issued in 5
	29	+	accordance with sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-6
	30	+	87a, inclusive. Applications for such license shall be made to the 7
	31	+	Commissioner of Early Childhood on forms provided by the 8
	32	+	commissioner and shall contain the information required by 9
	33	+	regulations adopted under said sections. The forms shall contain a 10
	34	+	notice that false statements made therein are punishable in accordance 11
	35	+	with section 53a-157b. 12
	36	+	(b) (1) Upon receipt of an application for a license, the commissioner 13
	37	+	shall issue such license if, upon inspection and investigation, said 14 Raised Bill No. 930
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44		-	chemical analysis of any paint chips found on such premises. Neither 20
45		-	the commissioner nor the commissioner's designee shall require an 21
46		-	annual inspection for homes seeking license renewal or for licensed 22
47		-	homes, except that the commissioner or the commissioner's designee 23
48		-	shall make an unannounced visit, inspection or investigation of each 24
49		-	licensed family child care home at least once every year. A licensed 25
50		-	family child care home shall not be subject to any conditions on the 26
51		-	operation of such home by local officials, other than those imposed by 27
52		-	the office pursuant to this subsection, if the home complies with all 28
53		-	local codes and ordinances applicable to single and multifamily 29
54		-	dwellings. 30
55		-	(b) No person shall act as an assistant or substitute staff member to a 31
56		-	person or entity maintaining a family child care home, as [defined] 32
57		-	described in section 19a-77, without an approval issued by the 33
58		-	commissioner. Any person seeking to act as an assistant or substitute 34
59		-	staff member in a family child care home shall submit an application 35
60		-	for such approval to the office. Applications for approval shall: (1) Be 36
61		-	made to the commissioner on forms provided by the office, (2) contain 37
62		-	the information required by regulations adopted under this section, 38
63		-	and (3) be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. The approval 39
64		-	application forms shall contain a notice that false statements made in 40
65		-	such form are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b. 41
66		-	(c) The commissioner, within available appropriations, shall require 42
67		-	each initial applicant or prospective employee of a family child care 43
68		-	home in a position requiring the provision of care to a child, including 44
69		-	an assistant or substitute staff member and each household member 45
70		-	who is sixteen years of age or older, to submit to comprehensive 46
71		-	background checks, including state and national criminal history 47
72		-	records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant 48
73		-	to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. 49
74		-	The commissioner shall also request a check of the state child abuse 50
75		-	registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. The commissioner 51
76		-	shall notify each licensee of the provisions of this subsection. For 52 Substitute Bill No. 930
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	43	+	commissioner finds that the applicant, the facilities and the program 15
	44	+	meet the health, educational and social needs of children likely to 16
	45	+	attend the child care center or group child care home and comply with 17
	46	+	requirements established by regulations adopted under this section 18
	47	+	and sections 19a-77 to 19a-79a, inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to 19a-19
	48	+	87a, inclusive. The commissioner shall offer an expedited application 20
	49	+	review process for an application submitted by a municipal agency or 21
	50	+	department. A currently licensed person or entity, as described in 22
	51	+	subsection (a) of this section, seeking a change of operator, ownership 23
	52	+	or location shall file a new license application, except such person or 24
	53	+	entity may request the commissioner to waive the requirement that a 25
	54	+	new license application be filed. The commissioner may grant or deny 26
	55	+	such request. Each license shall be for a term of four years, shall be 27
	56	+	nontransferable, and may be renewed upon receipt by the 28
	57	+	commissioner of a renewal application and accompanying licensure 29
	58	+	fee. The commissioner may suspend or revoke such license after notice 30
	59	+	and an opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 19a-84 for 31
	60	+	violation of the regulations adopted under this section and sections 32
	61	+	19a-77 to 19a-79a, inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to 19a-87a, inclusive. 33
	62	+	In the case of an application for renewal of a license that has expired, 34
	63	+	the commissioner may renew such expired license within thirty days 35
	64	+	of the date of such expiration upon receipt of a renewal application 36
	65	+	and accompanying licensure fee. 37
	66	+	(2) The commissioner shall collect from the licensee of a child care 38
	67	+	center a fee of five hundred dollars prior to issuing or renewing a 39
	68	+	license for a term of four years. The commissioner shall collect from 40
	69	+	the licensee of a group child care home a fee of two hundred fifty 41
	70	+	dollars prior to issuing or renewing a license for a term of four years. 42
	71	+	The commissioner shall require only one license for a child care center 43
	72	+	operated in two or more buildings, provided the same licensee 44
	73	+	provides child care services in each building and the buildings are 45
	74	+	joined together by a contiguous playground that is part of the licensed 46
	75	+	space. 47
	76	+	(3) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall make 48 Raised Bill No. 930
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83		-	purposes of this subsection, "household member" means any person, 53
84		-	other than the person who is licensed to conduct, operate or maintain a 54
85		-	family child care home, who resides in the family child care home, 55
86		-	such as the licensee's spouse or children, tenants and any other 56
87		-	occupant. 57
88		-	(d) An application for initial licensure pursuant to this section shall 58
89		-	be accompanied by a fee of forty dollars and such license shall be 59
90		-	issued for a term of four years. An application for renewal of a license 60
91		-	issued pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a fee of forty 61
92		-	dollars and a certification from the licensee that any child enrolled in 62
93		-	the family child care home has received age -appropriate 63
94		-	immunizations in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to 64
95		-	subsection (f) of this section. A license issued pursuant to this section 65
96		-	shall be renewed for a term of four years. In the case of an applicant 66
97		-	submitting an application for renewal of a license that has expired, and 67
98		-	who has ceased operations of a family child care home due to such 68
99		-	expired license, the commissioner may renew such expired license 69
100		-	within thirty days of the date of such expiration upon receipt of an 70
101		-	application for renewal that is accompanied by such fee and such 71
102		-	certification. 72
103		-	(e) An application for initial staff approval or renewal of staff 73
104		-	approval shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. Such 74
105		-	approvals shall be issued or renewed for a term of two years. 75
106		-	(f) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 76
107		-	provisions of chapter 54, to assure that family child care homes, as 77
108		-	[defined] described in section 19a-77, meet the health, educational and 78
109		-	social needs of children utilizing such homes. Such regulations shall 79
110		-	ensure that the family child care home is treated as a residence, and 80
111		-	not an institutional facility. Such regulations shall specify that each 81
112		-	child be protected as age-appropriate by adequate immunization 82
113		-	against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, 83
114		-	rubella, hemophilus influenzae type B and any other vaccine required 84
115		-	by the schedule of active immunization adopted pursuant to section 85 Substitute Bill No. 930
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	82	+	an unannounced visit, inspection or investigation of each licensed 49
	83	+	child care center and group child care home at least once each year. At 50
	84	+	least once every two years, the local health director, or the local health 51
	85	+	director's designee, shall make an inspection of each licensed child care 52
	86	+	center and group child care home. 53
	87	+	(c) The commissioner, within available appropriations, shall require 54
	88	+	each prospective employee of a child care center or group child care 55
	89	+	home in a position requiring the provision of care to a child to submit 56
	90	+	to comprehensive background checks, including state and national 57
	91	+	criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks 58
	92	+	required pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance 59
	93	+	with section 29-17a. The commissioner shall also request a check of the 60
	94	+	state child abuse registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. The 61
	95	+	Department of Social Services may agree to transfer funds 62
	96	+	appropriated for criminal history records checks to the Office of Early 63
	97	+	Childhood. The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall notify each 64
	98	+	licensee of the provisions of this subsection. No such prospective 65
	99	+	employee shall have unsupervised access to children in the child care 66
	100	+	center or group child care home until such comprehensive background 67
	101	+	check is completed and the Commissioner of Early Childhood permits 68
	102	+	such prospective employee to work in such child care center or group 69
	103	+	child care home. 70
	104	+	(d) The commissioner shall inform each licensee, by way of a plain 71
	105	+	language summary provided not later than sixty days after the 72
	106	+	regulation's effective date, of new or changed regulations adopted 73
	107	+	under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, or sections 19a-82 to 19a-87a, 74
	108	+	inclusive, with which a licensee must comply. 75
	109	+	(e) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2024, 76
	110	+	inclusive, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may issue a license to 77
	111	+	maintain a group child care home in accordance with the provisions of 78
	112	+	this chapter to a person or group of persons who have partnered with 79
	113	+	an association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public 80
	114	+	or private, to provide child care services in a space within a facility 81 Raised Bill No. 930
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122		-	19a-7f. Such regulations shall provide appropriate exemptions for 86
123		-	children for whom such immunization is medically contraindicated 87
124		-	and for children whose parents or guardian objects to such 88
125		-	immunization on religious grounds and require that any such 89
126		-	objection be accompanied by a statement from such parents or 90
127		-	guardian that such immunization would be contrary to the religious 91
128		-	beliefs of such child or the parents or guardian of such child, which 92
129		-	statement shall be acknowledged, in accordance with the provisions of 93
130		-	sections 1-32, 1-34 and 1-35, by (1) a judge of a court of record or a 94
131		-	family support magistrate, (2) a clerk or deputy clerk of a court having 95
132		-	a seal, (3) a town clerk, (4) a notary public, (5) a justice of the peace, or 96
133		-	(6) an attorney admitted to the bar of this state. Such regulations shall 97
134		-	also specify conditions under which family child care home providers 98
135		-	may administer tests to monitor glucose levels in a child with 99
136		-	diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and administer medicinal preparations, 100
137		-	including controlled drugs specified in the regulations by the 101
138		-	commissioner, to a child receiving child care services at a family child 102
139		-	care home pursuant to a written order of a physician licensed to 103
140		-	practice medicine in this or another state, an advanced practice 104
141		-	registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a 105
142		-	or a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 106
143		-	20-12d, and the written authorization of a parent or guardian of such 107
144		-	child. Such regulations shall specify appropriate standards for 108
145		-	extended care and intermittent short-term overnight care. The 109
146		-	commissioner shall inform each licensee, by way of a plain language 110
147		-	summary provided not later than sixty days after the regulation's 111
148		-	effective date, of any new or changed regulations adopted under this 112
149		-	subsection with which a licensee must comply. 113
150		-	(g) Upon the declaration by the Governor of a civil preparedness 114
151		-	emergency pursuant to section 28-9 or a public health emergency 115
152		-	pursuant to section 19a-131a, the commissioner may waive the 116
153		-	provisions of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section if the 117
154		-	commissioner determines that such waiver would not endanger the 118
155		-	life, safety or health of any child. The commissioner shall prescribe the 119 Substitute Bill No. 930
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	120	+	provided by such association, organization, corporation, institution or 82
	121	+	agency, in the towns of New Britain, New Haven, Bridgeport or 83
	122	+	Stamford. 84
	123	+	Sec. 2. Section 19a-87b of the general statutes is repealed and the 85
	124	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 86
	125	+	(a) No person, group of persons, association, organization, 87
	126	+	corporation, institution or agency, public or private, shall maintain a 88
	127	+	family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, without a license 89
	128	+	issued by the Commissioner of Early Childhood. Licensure forms shall 90
	129	+	be obtained from the Office of Early Childhood. Applications for 91
	130	+	licensure shall be made to the commissioner on forms provided by the 92
	131	+	office and shall contain the information required by regulations 93
	132	+	adopted under this section. The licensure and application forms shall 94
	133	+	contain a notice that false statements made therein are punishable in 95
	134	+	accordance with section 53a-157b. Applicants shall state, in writing, 96
	135	+	that they are in compliance with the regulations adopted by the 97
	136	+	commissioner pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. Before a family 98
	137	+	child care home license is granted, the office shall make an inquiry and 99
	138	+	investigation which shall include a visit and inspection of the premises 100
	139	+	for which the license is requested. Any inspection conducted by the 101
	140	+	office shall include an inspection for evident sources of lead poisoning. 102
	141	+	The office shall provide for a chemical analysis of any paint chips 103
	142	+	found on such premises. Neither the commissioner nor the 104
	143	+	commissioner's designee shall require an annual inspection for homes 105
	144	+	seeking license renewal or for licensed homes, except that the 106
	145	+	commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall make an 107
	146	+	unannounced visit, inspection or investigation of each licensed family 108
	147	+	child care home at least once every year. A licensed family child care 109
	148	+	home shall not be subject to any conditions on the operation of such 110
	149	+	home by local officials, other than those imposed by the office 111
	150	+	pursuant to this subsection, if the home complies with all local codes 112
	151	+	and ordinances applicable to single and multifamily dwellings. 113
	152	+	(b) No person shall act as an assistant or substitute staff member to a 114 Raised Bill No. 930
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162		-	duration of such waiver, provided such waiver shall not extend 120
163		-	beyond the duration of the declared emergency. The commissioner 121
164		-	shall establish the criteria by which a waiver request shall be made and 122
165		-	the conditions for which a waiver will be granted or denied. The 123
166		-	provisions of section 19a-84 shall not apply to a denial of a waiver 124
167		-	request under this subsection. 125
168		-	(h) Any family child care home may provide child care services to 126
169		-	homeless children and youths, as defined in 42 USC 11434a, as 127
170		-	amended from time to time, for a period not to exceed ninety days 128
171		-	without complying with any provision in regulations adopted 129
172		-	pursuant to this section relating to immunization and physical 130
173		-	examination requirements. Any family child care home that provides 131
174		-	child care services to homeless children and youths at such home 132
175		-	under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of all homeless 133
176		-	children and youths who have attended such home for a period of two 134
177		-	years after such homeless children or youths are no longer receiving 135
178		-	child care services at such home. 136
179		-	(i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2024, 137
180		-	inclusive, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may issue a license to 138
181		-	maintain a family child care home in the cities of New Britain, New 139
182		-	Haven, Bridgeport or Stamford in accordance with the provisions of 140
183		-	this chapter to a person or group of persons who have partnered with 141
184		-	an association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public 142
185		-	or private, to provide child care services in a space within a facility, 143
186		-	other than a private family home and which has been approved by the 144
187		-	commissioner, that has been provided by such association, 145
188		-	organization, corporation, institution or agency. The commissioner 146
189		-	shall not approve more than one facility in each such city to be used 147
190		-	for licenses issued under this subsection. An application for a license 148
191		-	under this subsection shall include a copy of the current fire marshal 149
192		-	certificate of compliance with the Fire Safety Code, and written 150
193		-	verification of compliance with the State Building Code, local zoning 151
194		-	and building requirements and local health ordinances. The 152 Substitute Bill No. 930
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	158	+	person or entity maintaining a family child care home, as defined in 115
	159	+	section 19a-77, without an approval issued by the commissioner. Any 116
	160	+	person seeking to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a 117
	161	+	family child care home shall submit an application for such approval 118
	162	+	to the office. Applications for approval shall: (1) Be made to the 119
	163	+	commissioner on forms provided by the office, (2) contain the 120
	164	+	information required by regulations adopted under this section, and 121
	165	+	(3) be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. The approval application 122
	166	+	forms shall contain a notice that false statements made in such form 123
	167	+	are punishable in accordance with section 53a-157b. 124
	168	+	(c) The commissioner, within available appropriations, shall require 125
	169	+	each initial applicant or prospective employee of a family child care 126
	170	+	home in a position requiring the provision of care to a child, including 127
	171	+	an assistant or substitute staff member and each household member 128
	172	+	who is sixteen years of age or older, to submit to comprehensive 129
	173	+	background checks, including state and national criminal history 130
	174	+	records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant 131
	175	+	to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. 132
	176	+	The commissioner shall also request a check of the state child abuse 133
	177	+	registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k. The commissioner 134
	178	+	shall notify each licensee of the provisions of this subsection. For 135
	179	+	purposes of this subsection, "household member" means any person, 136
	180	+	other than the person who is licensed to conduct, operate or maintain a 137
	181	+	family child care home, who resides in the family child care home, 138
	182	+	such as the licensee's spouse or children, tenants and any other 139
	183	+	occupant. 140
	184	+	(d) An application for initial licensure pursuant to this section shall 141
	185	+	be accompanied by a fee of forty dollars and such license shall be 142
	186	+	issued for a term of four years. An application for renewal of a license 143
	187	+	issued pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a fee of forty 144
	188	+	dollars and a certification from the licensee that any child enrolled in 145
	189	+	the family child care home has received age -appropriate 146
	190	+	immunizations in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to 147
	191	+	subsection (f) of this section. A license issued pursuant to this section 148 Raised Bill No. 930
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201		-	commissioner may require an applicant for a license under this 153
202		-	subsection to comply with additional conditions relating to the health 154
203		-	and safety of children who will be served in such facility. The 155
204		-	commissioner may waive any requirement that does not apply to such 156
205		-	facility. Any license issued under this subsection shall expire on June 157
206		-	30, 2024, except that the commissioner may suspend or revoke any 158
207		-	such license at any time in accordance with the provisions of section 159
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	197	+	shall be renewed for a term of four years. In the case of an applicant 149
	198	+	submitting an application for renewal of a license that has expired, and 150
	199	+	who has ceased operations of a family child care home due to such 151
	200	+	expired license, the commissioner may renew such expired license 152
	201	+	within thirty days of the date of such expiration upon receipt of an 153
	202	+	application for renewal that is accompanied by such fee and such 154
	203	+	certification. 155
	204	+	(e) An application for initial staff approval or renewal of staff 156
	205	+	approval shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen dollars. Such 157
	206	+	approvals shall be issued or renewed for a term of two years. 158
	207	+	(f) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 159
	208	+	provisions of chapter 54, to assure that family child care homes, as 160
	209	+	defined in section 19a-77, meet the health, educational and social needs 161
	210	+	of children utilizing such homes. Such regulations shall ensure that the 162
	211	+	family child care home is treated as a residence, and not an 163
	212	+	institutional facility. Such regulations shall specify that each child be 164
	213	+	protected as age-appropriate by adequate immunization against 165
	214	+	diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, 166
	215	+	hemophilus influenzae type B and any other vaccine required by the 167
	216	+	schedule of active immunization adopted pursuant to section 19a-7f. 168
	217	+	Such regulations shall provide appropriate exemptions for children for 169
	218	+	whom such immunization is medically contraindicated and for 170
	219	+	children whose parents or guardian objects to such immunization on 171
	220	+	religious grounds and require that any such objection be accompanied 172
	221	+	by a statement from such parents or guardian that such immunization 173
	222	+	would be contrary to the religious beliefs of such child or the parents 174
	223	+	or guardian of such child, which statement shall be acknowledged, in 175
	224	+	accordance with the provisions of sections 1-32, 1-34 and 1-35, by (1) a 176
	225	+	judge of a court of record or a family support magistrate, (2) a clerk or 177
	226	+	deputy clerk of a court having a seal, (3) a town clerk, (4) a notary 178
	227	+	public, (5) a justice of the peace, or (6) an attorney admitted to the bar 179
	228	+	of this state. Such regulations shall also specify conditions under which 180
	229	+	family child care home providers may administer tests to monitor 181
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	236	+	administer medicinal preparations, including controlled drugs 183
	237	+	specified in the regulations by the commissioner, to a child receiving 184
	238	+	child care services at a family child care home pursuant to a written 185
	239	+	order of a physician licensed to practice medicine in this or another 186
	240	+	state, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed to prescribe in 187
	241	+	accordance with section 20-94a or a physician assistant licensed to 188
	242	+	prescribe in accordance with section 20-12d, and the written 189
	243	+	authorization of a parent or guardian of such child. Such regulations 190
	244	+	shall specify appropriate standards for extended care and intermittent 191
	245	+	short-term overnight care. The commissioner shall inform each 192
	246	+	licensee, by way of a plain language summary provided not later than 193
	247	+	sixty days after the regulation's effective date, of any new or changed 194
	248	+	regulations adopted under this subsection with which a licensee must 195
	249	+	comply. 196
	250	+	(g) Upon the declaration by the Governor of a civil preparedness 197
	251	+	emergency pursuant to section 28-9 or a public health emergency 198
	252	+	pursuant to section 19a-131a, the commissioner may waive the 199
	253	+	provisions of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section if the 200
	254	+	commissioner determines that such waiver would not endanger the 201
	255	+	life, safety or health of any child. The commissioner shall prescribe the 202
	256	+	duration of such waiver, provided such waiver shall not extend 203
	257	+	beyond the duration of the declared emergency. The commissioner 204
	258	+	shall establish the criteria by which a waiver request shall be made and 205
	259	+	the conditions for which a waiver will be granted or denied. The 206
	260	+	provisions of section 19a-84 shall not apply to a denial of a waiver 207
	261	+	request under this subsection. 208
	262	+	(h) Any family child care home may provide child care services to 209
	263	+	homeless children and youths, as defined in 42 USC 11434a, as 210
	264	+	amended from time to time, for a period not to exceed ninety days 211
	265	+	without complying with any provision in regulations adopted 212
	266	+	pursuant to this section relating to immunization and physical 213
	267	+	examination requirements. Any family child care home that provides 214
	268	+	child care services to homeless children and youths at such home 215
	269	+	under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of all homeless 216 Raised Bill No. 930
	270	+
	271	+
	272	+
	273	+	LCO No. 3873 8 of 8
	274	+
	275	+	children and youths who have attended such home for a period of two 217
	276	+	years after such homeless children or youths are no longer receiving 218
	277	+	child care services at such home. 219
	278	+	(i) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2024, 220
	279	+	inclusive, the Commissioner of Early Childhood may issue a license to 221
	280	+	maintain a family child care home in accordance with the provisions of 222
	281	+	this chapter to a person or group of persons who have partnered with 223
	282	+	an association, organization, corporation, institution or agency, public 224
	283	+	or private, to provide child care services in a space within a facility 225
	284	+	other than a private family home provided by such association, 226
	285	+	organization, corporation, institution or agency, in the towns of New 227
	286	+	Britain, New Haven, Bridgeport or Stamford. 228
209	287		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
210	288		sections:
211	289
212		-	Section 1 July 1, 2019 19a-87b
	290	+	Section 1 July 1, 2019 19a-80
	291	+	Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 19a-87b
213	292
214		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
215		-	In Section 1(a), (b) and (f), "defined" was changed to "[defined]
216		-	described" for accuracy.
217		-
218		-	ED Joint Favorable Subst.
	293	+	Statement of Purpose:
	294	+	To establish a pilot program that authorizes the Commissioner of Early
	295	+	Childhood to issue a license to a person or group of persons to operate
	296	+	a family child care home or group child care home in a space that is
	297	+	not a private home and which has been provided by an association,
	298	+	organization, corporation, institution or agency.
	299	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	300	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	301	+	not underlined.]
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