BILL NUMBER: SB 1499	CHAPTERED  09/03/02

	CHAPTER  353
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 31, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 25, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johnson

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2002

   An act to amend Section 1596.8866 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to child care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1499, Johnson.  Child care:  court records.
   Existing law requires that the State Department of Social Services
reopen an investigation into a licensed child day care facility when
any person provides the department with a certified copy of a court
record in which a judicial officer has determined that a child's
injury may have been inflicted while in the custody of a day care
provider.
   Existing law also requires the department to provide a copy of the
court record to the child protective services agency in the county
in which the incident occurred.
   This bill would delete the requirement that the department provide
a copy of the court record to the appropriate child protective
services agency.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1596.8866 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1596.8866.  The State Department of Social Services shall reopen
an investigation into a licensed child day care facility when any
person provides the department with a certified copy of a court
record in which a judicial officer has determined that an injury to a
child may have been inflicted while in the care and custody of a day
care provider.