BILL ANALYSIS
AB 379
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 379 (Mullin)
As Amended August 26, 2004
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |65-13|(January 26, |SENATE: |24-8 |(August 27, |
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Original Committee Reference: HUM. S.
SUMMARY : Defines a Family Child Care Home Education Network
(FCCHEN) and requires that these entities support educational
objectives for children in home-based child care programs that
serve families eligible for subsidized child care.
The Senate amendments :
1)Further define the FCCHEN as an entity organized under law
that contracts with the State Department of Education (SDE) to
make payments to licensed family child care home providers and
to provide educational and support services to those providers
and to children and families eligible for state-subsidized
child care and development services.
2)Remove the specific requirement that a FCCHEN use SDE's
desired results system of outcome measures.
3)Delete the requirement that each family child care home
education network contractor establish a written policy that
describes the relationship, including the establishment of
rates and conditions determining whether the provider is an
independent contractor or an employee of FCCHEN, between the
FCCHEN and each provider affiliated with the FCCHEN.
4)Specify that SDE is not required to modify its contacting
procedure that was in effect for a FCCHEN prior to January 1,
2005.
5)Specify that children eligible for these child care and
development programs are ages 0-13 years old.
6)Mandate that the cost for expenditures related to the
operation of child care and development programs not exceed
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fair market rents existing in the community in which the
facility is located.
7)Define a parent as a biological parent, stepparent, adoptive
parent, foster parent, caretaker relative or any other adult
living with a child who has responsibility for the care and
welfare of the child.
8)Add language to prevent a conflict with SB 1657 and make other
technical changes.
AS PASSED BY THE ASEMBLY , this bill:
1)Defined a FCCHEN as a local education or governmental agency
or non-profit that contracts with SDE to make payments to
family child care home providers and provides education
support services to parents and providers that serve
state-subsidized families.
2)Required each FCCHEN to implement the SDE desired results
system of outcome measures after SDE modifies its existing set
of measures designed for center-based childcare providers.
FISCAL EFFECT : The Assembly Appropriations Committee analysis
determined that there is no cost, this bill simply codifies
current practice.
COMMENTS : Since 1972, SDE has contracted with FCCHENs "to meet
the increasing complexity of provisions of child development
programs during a time when facilities were in extremely short
supply ?" FCCHENs advertise for, recruit, enroll and certify
families in state-funded child care. This model is not unlike
the Foster Family Agency model used in foster care settings.
Analysis Prepared by : Caitlin O'Halloran / HUM. S. / (916)
319-2089
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