Amended in Assembly April 21, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2621


Introduced by Assembly Members Garcia and Olsen

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Eggman and Beth Gaines)

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(Coauthor: Senator Fuller)

February 21, 2014


An act to add Section 1596.819 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to child day care.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2621, as amended, Garcia. Child day care facilities: licensing reports.

Under the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department ofbegin delete Public Healthend deletebegin insert Social Servicesend insert licenses and regulates child day care facilities. Existing law requires the department, when it conducts a site visit of a licensed child day care facility, to publicly post at the facility a notice that indicates whether the facility was cited for violating any state standards or regulations. Existing law also requires each licensed child day care facility to make accessible to the public a copy of any licensing report or other public licensing document that documents a facility visit, a substantiated complaint investigation, a conference with a local licensing agency management representative and the licensee in which issues of noncompliance are discussed, or a copy of an accusation indicating the department’s intent to revoke the facility’s license.

This bill would requirebegin delete the department to post those licensing reports and documents on itsend deletebegin insert that inspection reports, consultation reports, lists of violations, and plans of correction for child day care facilities be open to public inspection, and would require the department to post this information on the department’send insert Internet Web site.begin insert The bill would also require the department to post on the department’s Internet Web site the number and nature of complaints filed against a facility within each calendar year, as specified.end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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All inspection reports, consultation reports, lists of
4violations, and plans of correction for child day care facilities
5shall be open to public inspection and posted on the department’s
6Internet Web site. The department shall also post on the
7department’s Internet Web site the number and nature of
8complaints filed against a facility within each calendar year,
9including whether a complaint is undergoing investigation, whether
10the complaint has been substantiated or unsubstantiated, and
11whether the complaint has been found to be inconclusive. The
12department shall update this information on a quarterly basis. The
13department shall redact all personally identifiable information of
14children and their families, the complainant, and individuals named
15in any documents who are not associated with the facility prior to
16the information being made available to the public or being posted
17to the department’s Internet Web site pursuant to this section.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 1596.819 is added to the Health and
19Safety Code
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1596.819.  

The department shall post on its Internet Web site
21licensing reports or other public licensing documents for each
22licensed child day care facility that document all of the following,
23as applicable:

24(a) Facility visits and inspections.

25(b) Substantiated complaint investigations.

26(c) A conference with a local licensing agency management
27representative and the licensee in which issues of noncompliance
28are discussed.

29(d) An accusation indicating the department’s intent to revoke
30the facility’s license.

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