BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 2046: Child care alternative reqs.

Establishing alternative requirements for child care providers in underresourced areas.

Summary

Requires the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to create and publish an annual list of rural counties that are also child care deserts.
Establishes statutory minimum staff-to-child ratio requirements for child care centers and square footage requirements for licensed indoor early learning programs, applicable in rural child care deserts.
Requires DCYF to contract with a nonprofit to create a free instructional handbook for child care providers related to the care of children, and exempts providers in rural child care deserts from standard educational requirements if the provider has read and implemented the material from the handbook.
Requires DCYF to provide 24-hours notice prior to physical entry of a child care entity for purposes of inspection in rural child care deserts.

From the House Bill Analysis 2024 (HB 2046), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to establishing alternative requirements for child care providers in underresourced areas;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

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