Bill Text: CT HB05306 | 2010 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut House Bill 5306 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Operation Of Child Day Care Centers And Group Day Care Homes In Public Schools.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-26 - Signed by the Governor [HB05306 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05306-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 5306*
*February Session, 2010*		_____HB05306PH____032210____

AN ACT CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS AND GROUP DAY CARE HOMES IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 19a-79 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):

(d) Any child day care center or group day care home that operates in a public school building or in a nonpublic school approved by the State Board of Education and serves exclusively school-age children [may apply for a variance to] shall be exempt from the physical plant requirements adopted as regulations pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. [on a form and in the manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health. The commissioner may not grant a variance under this subsection unless (1) the operator of a child day care center or group day care home provides documentation to the commissioner that the intent of the specific requirement or requirements affected by the variance will be satisfactorily achieved in a manner other than that prescribed by the regulations, and (2) the child day care center or group day care home and the Department of Public Health enter into a written agreement specifying the physical plant requirement or requirements affected by the variance, the duration of the variance and the terms under which the variance is granted. If a child day care center or group day care home fails to comply with the terms of such written agreement, the agreement and the variance shall be subject to immediate cancellation. Any operator of a child day care center or group day care home who is granted a variance under this section shall post such variance in close proximity to the operator's license and, at the time of enrollment of any child in the child day care center or group day care home, and annually thereafter, notify the child's parents or guardians of such variance. Such notification shall include the specific physical plant requirement or requirements for which the variance has been granted and an explanation of how the child day care center or group day care home will achieve the intent of the specific requirement or requirements affected by the variance in a manner that protects the health and safety of the children enrolled in the child day care center or group day care home.] Nothing in this section shall be construed to exempt any child day care center or group day care home that operates in a public school building or in a nonpublic school approved by the State Board of Education and serves exclusively school-age children from any other requirements adopted as regulations pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.