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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 122
February Session, 2022
AN ACT CONCERNING RECORD -KEEPING AND PARENTAL
NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN BY
CHILD CARE CENTERS AND GROUP CHILD CARE HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 19a-79 of the 2022 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 3
(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall adopt regulations, in 4
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes 5
of sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, 6
and to assure that child care centers and group child care homes meet 7
the health, educational and social needs of children utilizing such child 8
care centers and group child care homes. Such regulations shall (1) 9
specify that before being permitted to attend any child care center or 10
group child care home, each child shall be protected as age-appropriate 11
by adequate immunization against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, 12
poliomyelitis, measles, mumps, rubella, haemophilus influenzae type B 13
and any other vaccine required by the schedule of active immunization 14
adopted pursuant to section 19a-7f, (2) specify conditions under which 15
child care center directors and teachers and group child care home 16
providers may administer tests to monitor glucose levels in a child with 17 Substitute Bill No. 122
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diagnosed diabetes mellitus, and administer medicinal preparations, 18
including controlled drugs specified in the regulations by the 19
commissioner, to a child receiving child care services at such child care 20
center or group child care home pursuant to the written order of a 21
physician licensed to practice medicine or a dentist licensed to practice 22
dental medicine in this or another state, or an advanced practice 23
registered nurse licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 20-94a, 24
or a physician assistant licensed to prescribe in accordance with section 25
20-12d, and the written authorization of a parent or guardian of such 26
child, (3) specify that an operator of a child care center or group child 27
care home, licensed before January 1, 1986, or an operator who receives 28
a license after January 1, 1986, for a facility licensed prior to January 1, 29
1986, shall provide a minimum of thirty square feet per child of total 30
indoor usable space, free of furniture except that needed for the 31
children's purposes, exclusive of toilet rooms, bathrooms, coatrooms, 32
kitchens, halls, isolation room or other rooms used for purposes other 33
than the activities of the children, (4) specify that a child care center or 34
group child care home licensed after January 1, 1986, shall provide 35
thirty-five square feet per child of total indoor usable space, (5) establish 36
appropriate child care center staffing requirements for employees 37
certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by the American Red Cross, 38
the American Heart Association, the National Safety Council, American 39
Safety and Health Institute, Medic First Aid International, Inc. or an 40
organization using guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and 41
emergency cardiovascular care published by the American Heart 42
Association and International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, (6) 43
specify that a child care center or group child care home (A) shall not 44
deny services to a child on the basis of a child's known or suspected 45
allergy or because a child has a prescription for an automatic prefilled 46
cartridge injector or similar automatic injectable equipment used to treat 47
an allergic reaction, or for injectable equipment used to administer 48
glucagon, (B) shall, not later than three weeks after such child's 49
enrollment in such a center or home, have staff trained in the use of such 50
equipment on-site during all hours when such a child is on-site, (C) shall 51
require such child's parent or guardian to provide the injector or 52 Substitute Bill No. 122
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injectable equipment and a copy of the prescription for such medication 53
and injector or injectable equipment upon enrollment of such child, and 54
(D) shall require a parent or guardian enrolling such a child to replace 55
such medication and equipment prior to its expiration date, (7) specify 56
that a child care center or group child care home (A) shall not deny 57
services to a child on the basis of a child's diagnosis of asthma or because 58
a child has a prescription for an inhalant medication to treat asthma, and 59
(B) shall, not later than three weeks after such child's enrollment in such 60
a center or home, have staff trained in the administration of such 61
medication on-site during all hours when such a child is on-site, [and] 62
(8) establish physical plant requirements for licensed child care centers 63
and licensed group child care homes that exclusively serve school-age 64
children, (9) specify that a child care center or group child care home 65
shall immediately notify the parent or guardian of a child enrolled in 66
such center or home if such child becomes ill or is injured while in the 67
care of such center or home, (10) specify that a child care center or group 68
child care home shall create a written record of any illness or injury 69
described in subdivision (9) of this subsection, which shall, (A) include, 70
but not be limited to, (i) a description of such illness or injury, (ii) the 71
date, time of occurrence and location of such illness or injury, (iii) any 72
responsive action taken by an employee of such center or home, and (iv) 73
whether such child was transported to a hospital emergency room, 74
doctor's office or other medical facility as a result of such illness or 75
injury, (B) be provided to the parent or guardian of such child not later 76
than the next business day, and (C) be maintained by such center or 77
home for a period of not less than two years and be made immediately 78
available upon the request of the Office of Early Childhood, and (11) 79
specify that a child care center or group child care home shall maintain 80
any video recordings created at such center or home for a period of not 81
less than thirty days and make such recordings immediately available 82
upon the request of the Office of Early Childhood. When establishing 83
such requirements, the Office of Early Childhood shall give 84
consideration to child care centers and group child care homes that are 85
located in private or public school buildings. With respect to [this] 86
subdivision [only] (8) of this subsection, the commissioner shall 87 Substitute Bill No. 122
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implement policies and procedures necessary to implement the physical 88
plant requirements established pursuant to this subdivision while in the 89
process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form. 90
Until replaced by policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this 91
subdivision, any physical plant requirement specified in the office's 92
regulations that is generally applicable to child care centers and group 93
child care homes shall continue to be applicable to such centers and 94
homes that exclusively serve school-age children. The commissioner 95
shall post notice of the intent to adopt regulations pursuant to this 96
subdivision on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after 97
the date of implementation of such policies and procedures. Policies and 98
procedures implemented pursuant to this subdivision shall be valid 99
until the time final regulations are adopted. 100
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 19a-79(a)
KID Joint Favorable Subst.