Connecticut 2024 Regular Session

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7	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 152
8	6		February Session, 2024
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12	10		Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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15	13		Introduced by:
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20	18		AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE
21	19		OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
22	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
23	21		Assembly convened:
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25	23		Section 1. Section 10-514 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
26	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 2
27	25		(a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Office of Early Childhood shall 3
28	26		create a one-page document that (1) lists important developmental 4
29	27		milestones experienced by children ages birth to five years, and (2) 5
30	28		contains notice that any parent or guardian who is concerned that such 6
31	29		parent or guardian's child has not met one or more such developmental 7
32	30		milestones may access the Office of E arly Childhood Child 8
33	31		Development Infoline for information concerning appropriate services. 9
34	32		The office shall make such document available on its Internet web site. 10
35	33		(b) On and after [February 1, 2020] July 1, 2024, each operator of a 11
36	34		child care center, group child care home or family child care home, as 12
37	35		described in section 19a-77, other than those centers or homes that serve 13
38		-	school-age children exclusively, shall post a copy of the document 14 Bill No. 152
	36	+	school-age children exclusively, shall post a copy of the document 14
	37	+	developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in a conspicuous 15
	38	+	place on the premises of such child care center, group child care home 16 Raised Bill No. 152
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47	44		or family child care home. 17
48	45		Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 17b-749 of the 2024 supplement to the 18
49	46		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 19
50	47		thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 20
51	48		(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall establish and operate 21
52	49		a child care subsidy program to increase the availability, affordability 22
53	50		and quality of child care services for families with a parent or caretaker 23
54	51		who (1) is (A) working or attending high school, or (B) subject to the 24
55	52		provisions of subsection (d) of this section, is enrolled or participating 25
56	53		in (i) a public or independent institution of higher education, (ii) a 26
57	54		private career school authorized pursuant to sections 10a-22a to 10a-22o, 27
58	55		inclusive, (iii) a job training or employment program administered by a 28
59	56		regional workforce development board, (iv) an apprenticeship program 29
60	57		administered by the Labor Department's office of apprenticeship 30
61	58		training, (v) an alternate route to certification program approved by the 31
62	59		State Board of Education, (vi) an adult education program pursuant to 32
63	60		section 10-69 or other high school equivalency program, or (vii) a local 33
64	61		Even Start program or other adult education program approved by the 34
65	62		Commissioner of Early Childhood; or (2) receives cash assistance under 35
66	63		the temporary family assistance program from the Department of Social 36
67	64		Services and is participating in an education, training or other job 37
68	65		preparation activity approved pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17b-38
69	66		688i or subsection (b) of section 17b-689d. Services available under the 39
70	67		child care subsidy program shall include the provision of child care 40
71	68		subsidies for children under the age of thirteen or children under the 41
72	69		age of nineteen with special needs. The Commissioner of Early 42
73	70		Childhood may institute a protective service class in which the 43
74	71		commissioner may waive eligibility requirements for at -risk 44
75	72		populations that meet the guidelines prescribed by the commissioner, 45
76	73		and subject to review by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and 46
77		-	Management. Such at-risk populations are children placed in a foster 47 Bill No. 152
	74	+	Management. Such at-risk populations are children placed in a foster 47
	75	+	home by the Department of Children and Families and for whom the 48
	76	+	parent or legal guardian receives foster care payments, [adopted] 49
	77	+	children under the care of a caregiver who is a recipient of subsidies 50 Raised Bill No. 152
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87	83		under the subsidized guardianship program pursuant to section 17a-51
88	84		126, children adopted through the Department of Children and Families 52
89	85		for one year from the date of adoption and homeless children and 53
90	86		youths, as defined in 42 USC 11434a, as amended from time to time. The 54
91	87		Office of Early Childhood shall open and maintain enrollment for the 55
92	88		child care subsidy program and shall administer such program within 56
93	89		the existing budgetary resources available. The office shall issue a notice 57
94	90		on the office's Internet web site any time the office closes the program to 58
95	91		new applications, changes eligibility requirements, changes program 59
96	92		benefits or makes any other change to the program's status or terms, 60
97	93		except the office shall not be required to issue such notice when the 61
98	94		office expands program eligibility. Any change in the office's acceptance 62
99	95		of new applications, eligibility requirements, program benefits or any 63
100	96		other change to the program's status or terms for which the office is 64
101	97		required to give notice pursuant to this subsection, shall not be effective 65
102	98		until thirty days after the office issues such notice. 66
103	99		Sec. 3. Subsection (h) of section 17b-749 of the 2024 supplement to the 67
104	100		general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 68
105	101		thereof (Effective July 1, 2024): 69
106	102		(h) [On or after July 1, 2014, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, 70
107	103		in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the 71
108	104		provisions of this section] On and after July 1, 2024, the commissioner 72
109	105		shall implement the provisions of 45 CFR 98, as amended from time to 73
110	106		time, to administer the child care subsidy program. The commissioner 74
111	107		shall develop policies and procedures necessary to implement the 75
112	108		provisions of this section. 76
113	109		Sec. 4. (Effective July 1, 2024) Notwithstanding the provisions of 77
114	110		chapter 54 of the general statutes, sections 17b-749-01 to 17b-749-23, 78
115		-	inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies are repealed. 79 Bill No. 152
	111	+	inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies are repealed. 79
	112	+	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) As used in this section: 80
	113	+	(1) "Early intervention services" has the same meaning as provided in 81
	114	+	section 17a-248 of the general statutes; and 82 Raised Bill No. 152
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122		-	Sec. 5. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2024) (a) As used in this section: 80
123		-	(1) "Early intervention services" has the same meaning as provided in 81
124		-	section 17a-248 of the general statutes; and 82
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125	120		(2) "Individualized family service plan" has the same meaning as 83
126	121		provided in section 17a-248 of the general statutes. 84
127	122		(b) A licensed child care center, group child care home or family child 85
128	123		care home, as such terms are described in section 19a-77 of the general 86
129	124		statutes, shall allow a child who has an individualized family service 87
130	125		plan and is eligible for the birth-to-three program, established under 88
131	126		section 17a-248b of the general statutes, to receive early intervention 89
132	127		services at such child care center, group child care home or family child 90
133	128		care home from the service provider designated in such individualized 91
134	129		family service plan. 92
135	130		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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138	133		Section 1 July 1, 2024 10-514
139	134		Sec. 2 July 1, 2024 17b-749(a)
140	135		Sec. 3 July 1, 2024 17b-749(h)
141	136		Sec. 4 July 1, 2024 New section
142	137		Sec. 5 July 1, 2024 New section
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144		-	ED Joint Favorable
	139	+	Statement of Purpose:
	140	+	To exclude those child care services providers that provide services to
	141	+	only school-age children from the requirement that they post a copy of
	142	+	the developmental milestones document; to include children under
	143	+	subsidized guardianship as part of the protective services category for
	144	+	the Care 4 Kids program; to replace state Care 4 Kids regulations with
	145	+	federal regulations and policies and procedures developed by the
	146	+	Commissioner of Early Childhood based on such federal regulations;
	147	+	and to require child care services providers to allow birth-to-three
	148	+	providers to deliver on-site services to certain children.
	149	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	150	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	151	+	underlined.]
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