SB248 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Dan Roberts Senator

Republican

Co-Sponsor

J.T. Waggoner

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Child-care facilities, Dept of Human Resources, require DHR to revise certain standards regulating child-care facilities, requires DHR to adopt rules, Sec. 38-7-22 added; Secs. 38-7-2, 38-7-3, 38-7-5, 38-7-7, 38-7-12, 38-7-13, 38-7-14, 38-7-20, 38-13-4 am'd.

Description

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of child-care facilities by the Department of Human Resources. This bill would revise defined terms.

This bill would require changes to existing rules of the department by revising requirements for child-care facility operators pertaining to advertising, employment qualification standards, recordkeeping standards, and data reporting standards for child-care facilities.

Existing law provides that only one criminal history background information check is required on an individual regardless of subsequent changes in employment or licensing or approval status.

This bill would provide that criminal history background checks and suitability determination letters from the Department of Human Resources for applicants, volunteers, or employees of a day care center are valid for five years, except that a new criminal investigation conducted after the check is completed or the suitability determination letter is issued shall cause the check and the suitability determination letter to become invalid.

This bill would allow employees of child-care facilities to work extended shifts and would provide that evidence of certain criminal activities may not be considered against applicants for a license to operate a child-care facility or an applicant for employment at a child-care facility if a specified amount of time has elapsed since the criminal activities took place.

This bill would require the Department of Human Resources to adopt rules pertaining to minimum standards for child-care facilities.

This bill would also require the Department of Human Resources to adopt additional rules to implement and enforce its provisions.

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Subjects

Child Care Facilities