BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 13, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
1387 (Chu) - As Amended March 26, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
Provides technical clean-up to AB 2236 (Maienschein), Chapter
813, Statutes of 2014. Specifically, this bill:
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1)Deletes the requirement that revenues from civil penalties
levied by the Department of Social Services (DSS) against
licensed day care providers be used to assist families with
the identification, transportation, and enrollment of children
to another day care center when a family's day care center's
license is revoked or temporarily suspended.
2)Deletes the requirement that revenues from civil penalties
levied by DSS against licensed family day care home providers
be used to assist families with the identification,
transportation, and enrollment of children to another day care
center when a family's family day care home's license is
revoked or temporarily suspended.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Negligible state cost.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. This is a clean-up measure that repeals provisions
inadvertently included in August 22, 2014, amendments made to AB
2236 (Maienschein) when the bill was in the Senate.
Child Care Resource & Referral (R&R) agencies: R&R agencies are
located in every county in California and are charged with
helping to ensure parents and their children get matched with
the most appropriate child care option to meet a family's needs.
The many services they provide to help families include
documenting parents' requests for child care services, tracking
a provider's licensing status, and working with providers to
improve the quality of child care and to expand the supply of
child care in each county. While discussions are ongoing
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related to the state's investment in child care and supportive
services for families, the provisions being deleted in this bill
are already addressed through the work of R&R agencies.
Prior Legislation: AB 2236 (Maienschein), Chapter 813, Statutes
of 2014, among other provisions, imposed a new civil penalty
structure, commencing July 1, 2015, for program violations in
facilities licensed by the Community Care Licensing Division of
DSS involving the death or physical abuse of, or serious bodily
injury to, a resident or child at the care facility.
Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916)
319-2081