Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB392 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 392
5	5	September 1, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives GOEBEN, HURD, BINSFELD,
6	6	BRANDTJEN, EDMING, GREEN, GUNDRUM, GUSTAFSON, KRUG, MAGNAFICI, MAXEY,
7	7	O'CONNOR, PENTERMAN, PETERSEN, PETRYK, PLUMER, ROZAR, SCHMIDT, STEFFEN,
8	8	SUMMERFIELD, SWEARINGEN, TRANEL and VANDERMEER, cosponsored by
9	9	Senators QUINN, CABRAL-GUEVARA and STROEBEL. Referred to Committee on
10	10	Children and Families.
11	11	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
12	12	AN ACT to amend 48.65 (1); and to create 48.651 (4) of the statutes; relating
13	13	to: allowing certified child care operators to provide care to up to six children.
14	14	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
15	15	Under current law, a person must obtain a license from the Department of
16	16	Children and Families in order to, for compensation including payments under
17	17	Wisconsin Shares, provide care and supervision for four or more children under the
18	18	age of seven for less than 24 hours a day. A person who provides care for fewer than
19	19	four children under the age of seven for less than 24 hours a day may receive
20	20	Wisconsin Shares payments if the person is certified by DCF. Under current DCF
21	21	rules, a person certified by DCF, called a certified child care operator, may care for
22	22	up to three children who are unrelated to the operator and up to six children in total.
23	23	Under this bill, certified child care operators may care for up to six children
24	24	under the age of seven in total, regardless of whether the children are related to the
25	25	operator.
26	26	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
27	27	enact as follows:
28	28	SECTION 1. 48.65 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
29	29	48.65 (1) No Except as provided under s. 48.651 (4), no person may for
30	30	compensation provide care and supervision for 4 or more children under the age of
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37	37	SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 392
38	38	7 for less than 24 hours a day unless that person obtains a license to operate a child
39	39	care center from the department. To obtain a license under this subsection to operate
40	40	a child care center, a person must meet the minimum requirements for a license
41	41	established by the department under s. 48.67, meet the requirements specified in s.
42	42	48.686, and pay the license fee under sub. (3). A license issued under this subsection
43	43	is valid until revoked or suspended, but shall be reviewed every 2 years as provided
44	44	in s. 48.66 (5).
45	45	SECTION 2. 48.651 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
46	46	48.651 (4) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), a person certified under
47	47	this section may care for up to 6 children under the age of 7, regardless of whether
48	48	the children are related to the provider.
49	49	(b) If the person is caring for 3 children under the age of 2, the person may care
50	50	for up to 5 children in total.
51	51	(c) If the person is caring for 4 children under the age of 2, the person may care
52	52	for up to 4 children in total.
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