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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5160
February Session, 2024
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MAINTENANCE OF LIABILITY
INSURANCE COVERAGE BY CHILD CARE CENTERS, GROUP CHILD
CARE HOMES AND FAMILY CHILD CARE HOMES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Not later than December 1, 1
2024, the Commissioner of Early Childhood shall, in consultation with 2
a nonprofit organization providing entrepreneurial and financial 3
education services to women, develop a document for distribution to 4
each person, group of persons, association, organization, corporation, 5
institution or agency licensed to maintain a child care center or group 6
child care home pursuant to section 19a-80 of the general statutes or 7
family child care home pursuant to section 19a-87b of the general 8
statutes, explaining the benefits of maintaining liability insurance 9
coverage for such center or home and the potential consequences that 10
may result in the absence of such coverage. Not later than January 1, 11
2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall distribute such 12
document electronically to each such licensee. 13
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On and after January 1, 2025, 14
each person, group of persons, association, organization, corporation, 15
institution or agency licensed to maintain a child care center or group 16
child care home pursuant to section 19a-80 of the general statutes or 17 Substitute Bill No. 5160
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family child care home pursuant to section 19a-87b of the general 18
statutes shall, at the time an agreement for the provision of child care 19
services is made or renewed, provide the individual seeking such 20
services with written notice indicating whether such licensee does or 21
does not carry liability insurance coverage of not less than one hundred 22
thousand dollars for damages by reason of bodily injury to, or the death 23
of, any one person. Such notice may state that such coverage is not 24
required by law. Not later than January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, 25
each such licensee shall confirm, in a form and manner prescribed by 26
the Commissioner of Early Childhood, that such licensee complied with 27
the requirements of this section in the immediately preceding calendar 28
year. 29
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
KID Joint Favorable Subst.