US Congress House Bill 4680 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on May 20 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to enable eligible states (including Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) to improve the quality of care for infants and toddlers, especially those from low-income families. Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) make grants to organizations with expertise in providing child care and related technical assistance, to establish new staffed family child care networks or to operate existing staffed family child care networks or systems that offer, to family child care providers who are eligible infant and toddler care providers, technical assistance, training, administrative support, or direct services including monitoring visits to providers; (2) support a statewide network of infant and toddler care specialists; and (3) support initiatives to improve the quality of the provider workforce. Allows the use of such funds also to: (1) develop infant and toddler components for the State's Quality Rating and Improvement System or a similar rating system, child care licensing regulations, or voluntary early learning guidelines; (2) improve the ability of parents to obtain information about high-quality infant and toddler care; or (3) assist eligible infant and toddler care providers seeking to increase their ranking on the state's Quality Rating and Improvement System or similar rating system, meet performance standards applicable to an Early Head Start agency, or become accredited by a national accrediting body.

Infant and Toddler Care Improvement Act

Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. John Tierney [D-MA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-11-17	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2014-05-20	House	Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
2014-05-20	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4482)

SB1065 (Same As) 2013-05-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB5000 (Related) 2014-11-17 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4680/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr4680/BILLS-113hr4680ih.pdf