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OLR Bill Analysis
sSB 122
AN ACT CONCERNING RECORD -KEEPING AND PARENTAL
NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN
BY CHILD CARE CENTERS AND GROUP CHILD CARE HOMES.
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Office of Early Childhood (OEC) commissioner
to adopt regulations requiring child care centers or group child care
homes (see definitions below) to:
1. immediately notify an enrolled child’s parent or guardian if the
child becomes ill or is injured while in the care of the center or
home and
2. create a specific written record of the illness or injury.
Under the bill the written record must:
1. include (a) a description of the illness or injury; (b) the date, time,
and location of the incident, (c) any action an employee takes in
response, and (d) whether the child was transported to an
emergency room, a doctor’s office, or other medical facility as a
result of the illness or injury;
2. be provided to the child’s parent or guardian by the next business
day; and
3. be kept by the center or home for at least two years, and be made
immediately available upon OEC’s request.
The bill also requires OEC to specify in its regulations that a child care
center or group child care home must (1) maintain any video recordings
created at the center or home for at least 30 days and (2) make the
recordings immediately available upon OEC’s request. 2022SB-00122-R000240-BA.DOCX
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It also makes conforming changes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2022
DEFINITIONS
Child Care Facilities
By law, a “child care center” is one that offers or provides
supplementary care to more than 12 children outside their own homes
on a regular basis.
A “group child care home” is one that (1) offers or provides
supplementary care to at least seven and up to 12 children on a regular
basis or (2) meets the “family child care home” definition, but does not
operate in a private family home.
A “family child care home” generally is a private family home where
care is provided on a regularly recurring basis to up to six children,
including the provider’s own children not in school full time, where the
children are cared for at least three, but no more than 12, hours during
a 24-hour period. There are some exceptions, including for cases
involving extended care or intermittent short-term overnight care (CGS
§ 19a-77).
COMMITTEE ACTION
Committee on Children
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 13 Nay 0 (03/15/2022)