Bill Text: CA AB1345 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Emergency services: licensed childcare providers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1345 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1345-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 25, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks |
February 19, 2021 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, has as one of its purposes the provision of a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of childcare and development services that includes a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop standards for the implementation of quality childcare programs.
Existing law, commencing July 1, 2021, transfers responsibility for the administration of specified childcare and development services programs from the State Department of Education to the State Department of Social Services. Existing law requires statutory references to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for purposes of the programs transferred to the State Department of Social Services on July 1, 2021, to instead be construed to mean the
State Department of Social Services.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to California’s childcare system.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8647.6 is added to the Government Code, to read:8647.6.
The Department of Social Services shall, in consultation with the Office of Emergency Services and childcare stakeholders, including, but not limited to, individual childcare providers, county childcare resource and referral agencies, childcare centers’ and childcare homes’ representatives, childcare center associations, and family childcare associations, establish guidelines regarding the use, by licensed and license-exempt childcare providers, of funds provided to the state by the federal government, including, but not limited to, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds in response to a disaster or emergency, including but not limited to COVID-19, after the Governor has declared a disaster, state of emergency, or statewide state of emergency. The guidelines shall specify, subject to any limitations imposed on the use of funds by FEMA or federal law, how funds provided by the federal government or FEMA will be allocated to licensed and license-exempt childcare providers, the timeline at which the funds will be distributed to licensed and license-exempt childcare providers, and any use for which the funds may be used, including for staying open or for reopening a childcare program during or after the declaration, to the extent permissible under federal and state law.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to California’s childcare system.