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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0772 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002372 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUM AN |
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| 16 | 16 | | SERVICES |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, Appollonio, and Lawson |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 14, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Education |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 42-12-25 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-12 entitled "Department 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Human Services" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 42-12-25. Child care training, accreditation, technical assistance, and monitoring. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the department of human services 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | such funds as it deems necessary to enable the department to assist providers in obtaining national 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | accreditation, to expand child care staff development and training, and for technical assistance and 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | monitoring, including but not limited to, activities which provide: 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) Training opportunities for child care providers which foster a coordinated link between 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the providers and the schools; 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (ii) Specialized training for providers of infant/toddler and/or pre-adolescent care; 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (iii) Evaluation of child care providers and programs through parent surveys and formal 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | evaluation techniques; 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (iv) Technical assistance and training for current and prospective non-English speaking 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | providers. 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the department of human services 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | funding for the hiring of additional state child care licensing inspectors in order to meet the National 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) recommended average of one inspector for 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care providers. 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (b)(c) The director of the department of human services is further authorized to request 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | such appropriation for each state fiscal year as he or she deems necessary to carry out the programs 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and purposes of this section. 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 55 | 55 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 56 | 56 | | OF |
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| 57 | 57 | | A N A C T |
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| 58 | 58 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN |
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| 59 | 59 | | SERVICES |
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| 60 | 60 | | *** |
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| 61 | 61 | | This act would increase the number of state child care licensing inspectors to meet the 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) child care 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | providers. 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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