Permits mentoring programs to conduct background clearances of prospective employees and volunteers to determine whether any such person has been reported for child abuse or maltreatment or is on the sex offender registry.
Expands the list of those able to commence proceedings alleging that a child is a destitute child to include the child in question, if over 14 years of age, and other persons on the court's direction; makes related provisions.
Relates to chemical testing for prospective foster parents; includes, but is not limited to drug and alcohol testing; authorizes office of children and family services to issue random chemical testing, including but not limited to, drug testing, to foster parents.
Authorizes the social services department to terminate the subsidies that may be provided to a parent who adopts a disabled or hard to place child under certain circumstances.
Provides that in the event child protective services receives a duplicate report on an open case that has not been founded, indicated or referred to services, such duplicate report shall merge with the open case and remain open an additional thirty days for further investigation.
Establishes a division of early childhood within the office of children and family services to coordinate, consolidate and integrate early childhood programs.
Relates to defining "critical violations" of applicable statutes and regulations by child care providers licensed or registered by the office of children and family services; the imposition of sanctions and penalties for such violations by the office of children and family services; and processes for administrative appeal of such sanctions and penalties.
Provides training to staff members accepting registrations, issuing licenses or conducting inspections of child day care homes, programs or facilities on the detection of controlled substances.
Relates to the statewide presumptive eligibility standard; authorizes local social services districts to utilize child care block grant funds for the presumptive eligibility period.
Relates to minimum standards for first aid and enrollment in child day care centers; requires a child day care center's first aid kit include antiseptic or antibacterial ointment; requires a day care center to provide medication consent forms and a copy of its health care plan upon a child's enrollment.
Requires that at least one employee at each family day care center, group family day care center, school-aged child care program, and child day care center be trained in administering an opioid antagonist.