Bill Text: CT HB06224 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Exempting Certain Nonprofit Organizations That Operate Drop-in Programs For Children From The State's Child Day Care Licensure Requirements.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-13 - Signed by the Governor [HB06224 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06224-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3509 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Children |
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AN ACT EXEMPTING CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE DROP-IN PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN FROM THE STATE'S CHILD DAY CARE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 19a-77 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(a) As used in sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, "child day care services" shall include:
(1) A "child day care center" which offers or provides a program of supplementary care to more than twelve related or unrelated children outside their own homes on a regular basis;
(2) A "group day care home" which offers or provides a program of supplementary care (A) to not less than seven or more than twelve related or unrelated children on a regular basis, or (B) that meets the definition of a family day care home except that it operates in a facility other than a private family home;
(3) A "family day care home" which consists of a private family home caring for not more than six children, including the provider's own children not in school full time, where the children are cared for not less than three or more than twelve hours during a twenty-four-hour period and where care is given on a regularly recurring basis except that care may be provided in excess of twelve hours but not more than seventy-two consecutive hours to accommodate a need for extended care or intermittent short-term overnight care. During the regular school year, a maximum of three additional children who are in school full time, including the provider's own children, shall be permitted, except that if the provider has more than three children who are in school full time, all of the provider's children shall be permitted;
(4) "Night care" means the care provided for one or more hours between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.;
(5) "Year-round" program means a program open at least fifty weeks per year.
(b) For licensing requirement purposes, child day care services shall not include such services which are:
(1) (A) Administered by a public school system, or (B) administered by a municipal agency or department and located in a public school building;
(2) Administered by a private school which is in compliance with section 10-188 and is approved by the State Board of Education or is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the State Board of Education;
(3) Classes in music, dance, drama and art that are no longer than two hours in length; classes that teach a single skill that are no longer than two hours in length; library programs that are no longer than two hours in length; scouting; programs that offer exclusively sports activities; rehearsals; academic tutoring programs; or programs exclusively for children thirteen years of age or older;
(4) Informal arrangements among neighbors or relatives in their own homes, provided the relative is limited to any of the following degrees of kinship by blood or marriage to the child being cared for or to the child's parent: Child, grandchild, sibling, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle or child of one's aunt or uncle;
(5) Drop-in supplementary child care operations for educational or recreational purposes and the child receives such care infrequently where the parents are on the premises;
(6) Drop-in supplementary child care operations in retail establishments where the parents are on the premises for retail shopping, in accordance with section 19a-77a, provided that the drop-in supplementary child-care operation does not charge a fee and does not refer to itself as a child day care center;
(7) Drop-in programs administered by a nationally chartered boys' and girls' club or by a nonprofit organization providing recreational, athletic and educational activities for children who are five to eighteen years of age;
(8) Religious educational activities administered by a religious institution exclusively for children whose parents or legal guardians are members of such religious institution;
(9) Administered by Solar Youth, Inc., a New Haven-based nonprofit youth development and environmental education organization, provided Solar Youth, Inc. informs the parents and legal guardians of any children enrolled in its programs that such programs are not licensed by the Department of Public Health to provide child day care services; or
(10) Programs administered by organizations under contract with the Department of Social Services pursuant to section 17b-851a that promote the reduction of teenage pregnancy through the provision of services to persons who are ten to nineteen years of age, inclusive.
(c) No registrant or licensee of any child day care services as defined in subsection (a) of this section shall be issued an additional registration or license to provide any such services at the same facility.
(d) When a licensee has vacated premises approved by the department for the provision of child day care services and the landlord of such licensee establishes to the satisfaction of the department that such licensee has no legal right or interest to such approved premises, the department may make a determination with respect to an application for a new license for the provision of child day care services at such premises.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
19a-77 |
KID |
Joint Favorable C/R |
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