BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 222| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 222 Author: Adams (R), et al Amended: 8/31/10 in Senate Vote: 27 - Urgency PRIOR VOTES NOT RELEVANT ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available SUBJECT : Child care SOURCE : 24 Hour Fitness DIGEST : This bill allows persons under 18 years of age to be employees of ancillary day care centers without being registered for trustline (one must be an adult to have a criminal records clearance), and it allows employees whose clearance is pending to continue to work until the Department of Social Services denies their trustline application and any right to appeal has been exhausted or expired. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to establish a trustline registry for trustline providers who met meet prescribed requirements. CONTINUED AB 222 Page 2 2. Defines a trustline provider as a person 18 years of age or older who provides child care, supervision, or any person providing in-home educational or counseling services to a minor, and who is not required to be licensed as a child day care provider. 3. Commencing January 1, 2011, provides that a person who provides care or supervision in an ancillary day care center, as defined, shall be registered as a trustline provider, and specifically defines a trustline provider as also meaning a person who provides child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center, other than the parent or guardian of the child receiving the care. 4. Authorizes DSS to charge a fee to trustline applicants, as specified. Under existing law, moneys collected by the department to implement the trustline provisions are continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal year for expenditure to implement the trustline provisions. 5. Requires DSS to charge a fee to each trustline applicant who provides care in an ancillary day care center equal to the total amount required by the department to process applications and maintain the trustline registry for these providers. This bill: 1. Requires that, commencing January 1, 2011, a person 18 years of age or older who provides child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center, be registered as a trustline provider. 2. Provides that nothing in the trustline provider provisions shall be construed to prevent a person under 18 years of age from being employed in an ancillary day care center. 3. Specifies that a person is ineligible for employment in a position providing child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center if that person is denied trustline registration or has his/her AB 222 Page 3 trustline registration revoked, as prescribed. 4. Permits an employee or prospective employee in an ancillary day care center to work in a position providing child care or child care supervision pending DSS's review of his/her trustline application. Comments SB 702 (DeSaulnier), Chapter 199, Statutes of 2009, requires that by January 1, 2011, all employees of ancillary day care centers, as defined, shall have a criminal records clearance and be registered in the trustline program. AB 222, as amended, allows persons under 18 years of age to be employees of ancillary day care centers without being registered for trustline (one must be an adult to have a criminal records clearance), and it allows employees whose clearance is pending to continue to work until DSS denies their trustline application and any right to appeal has been exhausted or expired. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: Yes Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 8/30/10) 24 Hour Fitness (source) International Health, Racquet and Sports Club Association CTW:mw 8/31/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****