Connecticut 2020 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05219 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5219
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11	11	Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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20	20	AN ACT CONCERNING YO UTH CAMPS.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Section 19a-421 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25	25	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2020): 2
26	26	(a) No person shall establish, conduct or maintain a youth camp 3
27	27	without a license issued by the office. Applications for such license shall 4
28	28	be made in writing at least thirty days prior to the opening of the youth 5
29	29	camp on forms provided and in accordance with procedures established 6
30	30	by the commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of eight 7
31	31	hundred fifteen dollars or, if the applicant is a nonprofit, nonstock 8
32	32	corporation or association, a fee of three hundred fifteen dollars or, if 9
33	33	the applicant is a day camp affiliated with a nonprofit organization, for 10
34	34	no more than five days duration and for which labor and materials are 11
35	35	donated, no fee. All such licenses shall be valid for a period of one year 12
36	36	from the date of issuance unless surrendered for cancellation or 13
37	37	suspended or revoked by the commissioner for violation of this chapter 14
38	38	or any regulations adopted under section 19a-428 and shall be 15
39	39	renewable upon payment of an eight-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee 16 Raised Bill No. 5219
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45	45	or, if the licensee is a nonprofit, nonstock corporation or association, a 17
46	46	three-hundred-fifteen-dollar license fee or, if the applicant is a day camp 18
47	47	affiliated with a nonprofit organization, for no more than five days 19
48	48	duration and for which labor and materials are donated, no fee. 20
49	49	(b) A licensee shall require any person who is eighteen years of age 21
50	50	or older and a prospective employee of a youth camp for a position that 22
51	51	requires the provision of care to a child or involves unsupervised access 23
52	52	to any child in such youth camp, to submit to comprehensive 24
53	53	background checks, including state and national criminal history 25
54	54	records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant 26
55	55	to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a. 27
56	56	The licensee shall also request a check of the state child abuse registry 28
57	57	established pursuant to section 17a-101k. A licensee shall not permit any 29
58	58	such prospective employee to begin work at such youth camp until the 30
59	59	provisions of 45 CFR 98.43(d)(4), as amended from time to time, have 31
60	60	been satisfied. The office shall notify each licensee of the provisions of 32
61	61	this subsection. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any 33
62	62	youth camp operated by a state agency, as defined in section 1-79, 34
63	63	provided such state agency satisfies any other requirements relating to 35
64	64	state and national criminal history records checks applicable to 36
65	65	employees of such state agency. 37
66	66	Sec. 2. Section 10-530 of the 2020 supplement to the general statutes 38
67	67	is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 39
68	68	October 1, 2020): 40
69	69	(a) As used in this section: 41
70	70	(1) "Child care facility" means a "child care center", "group child care 42
71	71	home" or "family child care home" that provides "child care services", 43
72	72	each as described in section 19a-77, or any provider of child care services 44
73	73	under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 45
74	74	17b-749; 46
75	75	(2) "Child care services provider or staff member" means any person 47
76	76	who is (A) a licensee, employee, volunteer or alternate staff, assistant, 48 Raised Bill No. 5219
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82	82	substitute or household member of a child care facility, (B) a family child 49
83	83	care provider, or (C) any other person who provides child care services 50
84	84	under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 51
85	85	17b-749 but does not include a person who is providing child care 52
86	86	services under the child care subsidy program (i) exclusively to children 53
87	87	with whom such person is related, and (ii) without being issued a license 54
88	88	to provide child care services by the Office of Early Childhood; [and] 55
89	89	(3) "Family child care provider" means any person who provides 56
90	90	child care services under the child care subsidy program established 57
91	91	pursuant to section 17b-749 (A) in a family child care home, as defined 58
92	92	in section 19a-77, or (B) in a home not requiring a license pursuant to 59
93	93	subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77; [.] and 60
94	94	(4) "Youth camp" has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-61
95	95	420. 62
96	96	(b) The comprehensive background checks required pursuant to 63
97	97	subsection (c) of section 19a-80, subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, [and] 64
98	98	subsection (a) of section 17b-749k, and subsection (b) of section 19a-421, 65
99	99	as amended by this act, shall be conducted at least once every five years 66
100	100	for each child care services provider or staff member in accordance with 67
101	101	the provisions of 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time. 68
102	102	(c) Any person who is eighteen years of age or older and applies for 69
103	103	a position at a child care facility or youth camp in the state shall not be 70
104	104	required to submit to such comprehensive background checks if such 71
105	105	person (1) is an employee, volunteer or household member of a child 72
106	106	care facility in the state, or has not been separated from employment or 73
107	107	association as a child care services provider or staff member in the state 74
108	108	for a period of more than one hundred eighty days, and (2) has 75
109	109	successfully completed such comprehensive background checks in the 76
110	110	previous five years. Nothing in this section prohibits the Commissioner 77
111	111	of Early Childhood from requiring that a person applying for a position 78
112	112	as a child care services provider or staff member submit to 79
113	113	comprehensive background checks more than once during a five-year 80 Raised Bill No. 5219
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120	120	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
121	121	sections:
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123	123	Section 1 October 1, 2020 19a-421
124	124	Sec. 2 October 1, 2020 10-530
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126	126	Statement of Purpose:
127	127	To require licensed youth camp employees who are eighteen years of
128	128	age or older to submit to a comprehensive background check.
129	129	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
130	130	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
131	131	underlined.]
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