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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 1435 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to child care; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 404, which relates to m inimum requirements
67	67	and desirable standards ; modifying composition of
68	68	certain advisory committees; broadening purposes of
69	69	advisory committees; modifying appointment procedures
70	70	and terms; removing and adding specified advisory
71	71	committees; modifying composition and appointment
72	72	procedure for the Stars Administrative Review Panel;
73	73	updating statutory language; construing certain
74	74	provisions; and providing an effective date .
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 404, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 404. A. 1. The Department Director of Human Services,
83	83	in consultation with the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth,
84	84	shall appoint advisory committees of repre sentatives of licensed
85	85	child care facilities , representatives of associations relating to
86	86	child care, and others to recommend minimum requirements and
87	87	desirable standards for promulgation by the Department Director, to
88	88	provide advice, recommendations, and guidance regarding concerns
89	89	brought by child care facilities, and to assist facilities in
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141	141	meeting minimum requirements . A majority of any committee appointed
142	142	to recommend requirements and standards shall be representatives of
143	143	the type of licensed chil d care programs that are the subject of the
144	144	requirements and standards.
145	145	2. Committee members shall be appointed for a three-year term,
146	146	with a two-consecutive-term limit. The committees shall include
147	147	representation for all categories of facilities licensed by the
148	148	Department and shall be comprised as follows:
149	149	a. the Residential Children 's Services subcommittee shall
150	150	include at a minimum:
151	151	(1) a representative of a state wide organization
152	152	representing children in care arrangements
153	153	outside their own home,
154	154	(2) a representative of a statewide organization
155	155	providing residential services to youth in state
156	156	custody,
157	157	(3) a recipient or former recipient of youth services
158	158	for children in state custody,
159	159	(4) a representative of a statewide organizatio n
160	160	promoting adoption servi ces,
161	161	(5) a parent or guardian providing foster car e to a
162	162	child or children in state custody,
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214	214	(6) a representative from a nonpublic, long -term
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217	217	(7) a representative from an or ganization promoting
218	218	the interests of Native American children in
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220	220	(8) a provider of medical services for children,
221	221	(9) a practicing behavioral health services provider,
222	222	(10) a representative from an agency providing child -
223	223	placing services, and
224	224	(11) other appropriate representatives at the
225	225	discretion of the Departmen t of Human Services
226	226	and Commission on Children and Youth,
227	227	b. the Child Care Centers subcommittee shall include a t a
228	228	minimum:
229	229	(1) a representative of a statewide organization
230	230	advocating for children in care arrangements
231	231	outside their own home,
232	232	(2) a representative of a statewide organization
233	233	conducting programs for school -age children,
234	234	(3) a parent or guardian with a child attending a
235	235	licensed child care facility,
236	236	(4) a representative of a licensed child care
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289	289	(5) a representative of a statewide organization
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291	291	owned or operated by Native Americans,
292	292	(6) a representative of a licensed child care
293	293	facility in an urban/su burban area,
294	294	(7) a representative of a statewide organization
295	295	advocating for programs provided under the Head
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297	297	(8) a representative with knowledge of child care
298	298	programs offered by career technology center in
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300	300	(9) a representative of a statewide organizatio n
301	301	advocating for early childhood education
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303	303	(10) a representative of a statewide organization
304	304	providing resources and referrals to child care
305	305	facilities,
306	306	(11) a provider of medical services for children, and
307	307	(12) other appropriate representatives at the
308	308	discretion of the Department of Human Servi ces
309	309	and Commission on Children and Youth,
310	310	c. the Child Care Homes subcommittee shall include at a
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363	363	(1) a representative of a statewide organization
364	364	advocating for children in care arrangements
365	365	outside their own home,
366	366	(2) a parent or guardian with a child receiving care
367	367	at a licensed child care home,
368	368	(3) a representative of a licensed child care home in
369	369	a rural area,
370	370	(4) a representative of a statewide organization
371	371	advocating for licensed child care f acilities
372	372	owned or operated by Native Americans,
373	373	(5) a representative of a licensed child care home in
374	374	an urban/suburban area,
375	375	(6) a representative of a statewide organization
376	376	advocating for early childhood education
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378	378	(7) a representative of a sta tewide organization
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381	381	(8) a provider of medical services for children, and
382	382	(9) other appropriate represe ntatives at the
383	383	discretion of the Department of Human Services
384	384	and Commission on Children and Youth, and
385	385	d. the Quality Rating and Improvement S ystem subcommittee
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438	438	and child care homes currently licensed b y the State
439	439	and other members as determined by the Department of
440	440	Human Services and the Commis sion on Children and
441	441	Youth
442	442	terms as provided by b ylaws of the advisory committees.
443	443	3. The Department shall create a Child Care Facility Peer
444	444	Review Board whose p urpose shall be to participate in the
445	445	Department's grievance process. A majority of the Board shall be
446	446	representatives of child care facilities . The Department Director
447	447	shall promulgate rules specifying the duties of the Child Care
448	448	Facility Peer Review B oard in the grievance process.
449	449	4. The advisory committee Director shall designate two people
450	450	advisory committee m embers to serve on the Departm ent's Stars
451	451	Administrative Review Panel. At least one designee shall be the
452	452	owner or operator of a licensed chi ld care center.
453	453	5. The following stand ing advisory committees shall be created
454	454	for the purpose of expanding the opportu nity for child care prog ram
455	455	operators to identify quality imp rovement resources, express
456	456	concerns facing the child care industry, and re commend issues for
457	457	consideration by the D irector:
458	458	a. an advisory committee for family child care homes,
459	459	b. an advisory committee for child care centers, day
460	460	camps, drop-in programs, after-school programs, summer
461	461	programs, part-day programs, programs for si ck
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513	513	children, and other limited purpose or limited
514	514	duration programs,
515	515	c. an advisory committee for residential programs and
516	516	child placing agencies, and
517	517	d. an advisory committee whose focus is the Quality
518	518	Rating and Improvement System (QRIS).
519	519	B. Child care facilities shall not allow children to be left
520	520	alone in the care of any person under eighteen (18) years of age
521	521	without supervision or si xteen (16) years of age with supervision as
522	522	delineated by the Department's rules promulgated by the Director .
523	523	Child care centers and family child care homes shall not:
524	524	1. Use soft or loose bedding, including, bu t not limited to,
525	525	blankets, in sleeping equipment or in sleeping areas used only for
526	526	infants;
527	527	2. Allow toys or educational devices in sleeping equipment or
528	528	in a sleeping area used only for infants; or
529	529	3. Place a child in sleeping equipment or in a sleepi ng area
530	530	which has not been previously approved for use as such by the
531	531	Department.
532	532	Nothing in this act shall be construed as removing, reducing, or
533	533	otherwise changing any rules, standards, or other requirements
534	534	relating to safe sleep or child safety .
535	535	C. The Department Director shall promulgate rules estab lishing
536	536	minimum requirements and desirable standards as may be deemed
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588	588	necessary or advisable to carry out the pr ovisions of the Oklahoma
589	589	Child Care Facilities Licensing Act .
590	590	D. Such rules shall not be promulgated until after consultation
591	591	with the State Department of Health, the State Department of
592	592	Education, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the State
593	593	Fire Marshal, the Commission on Children and Youth, the Oklahoma
594	594	Department of Mental Hea lth and Substance Abuse Services and any
595	595	other agency deemed necessary by the Department Director. Not less
596	596	than sixty (60) days ' notice, by regular mail, shall be given to all
597	597	current licensees before any changes are made in such rules.
598	598	E. In order to improve t he standards of child care, the
599	599	Department shall advise and cooperate with licensees, the governing
600	600	bodies and staff of licensed child care facilities and assist the
601	601	staff through advice of progressive methods and procedures, and
602	602	suggestions for the improv ement of services.
603	603	F. The Department may particip ate in federal programs for child
604	604	care services, and enter into agreements or plans on behalf of the
605	605	state for that purpose, in accordance with federal laws and
606	606	regulations.
607	607	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022.
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