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                                                                  SB 702
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          Date of Hearing:   July 15, 2009

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Kevin De Leon, Chair

                  SB 702 (DeSaulnier) - As Amended:  June 26, 2009 

          Policy Committee:                              Human  
          ServicesVote:7 - 0 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires a business that provides temporary day care  
          services for children whose parents are shopping at their  
          business to obtain a Trustline clearance for any person that  
          supervises children.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          1)One-time GF costs of $1.6 million and on-going annual GF costs  
            of $1.1 million for the workload associated with the  
            California Department of Social Services (DSS) processing  
            criminal records exemption requests and maintaining the  
            registry. 

          2)One time GF revenue of $1.3 million for the fees associated  
            with the initial registration of child care providers and  
            ongoing annual revenue of $500,000. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  . The goal of this legislation is to ensure the  
            safety of children that are placed in short-term ancillary  
            child care facilities.  An ancillary facility is provided by a  
            business, is secondary to the principal business activity, and  
            is provided as a service to its customers while the customers  
            shop or exercise. This bill comes as a result of a child in  
            the Senator's district being abused while at a child care  
            center within a local gym. 

            The author notes that currently a child can be dropped off at  
            a health club, "big box" store (such as Ikea or Costco), or  








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            mall and be supervised by employees of that particular  
            business.  Unlike other child care facilities in the state,  
            these employees do not have to undergo any type of criminal  
            background check or screening.  The author contends that this  
            lack of oversight places children at greater risk of abuse. 

           2)Trustline Child Care Registry  . Trustline is California's  
            registry of in-home child care providers, tutors and in-home  
            counselors who have passed a background screening.  It was  
            created by the California Legislature in 1987 and is used as a  
            resource for parents hiring a nanny or baby-sitter.  All  
            caregivers listed with Trustline have been cleared through a  
            fingerprint check of records at the California Department of  
            Justice.  This means they have no disqualifying criminal  
            convictions or substantiated child abuse reports in  
            California.  Trustline is administered by DSS and the  
            non-profit Child Care Resource and Referral Network.

            Applicants to Trustline complete a one-page form and are  
            required to submit fingerprints along with a one-time fee of  
            approximately $130 to DSS.  An applicant who has a clean  
            background is usually granted Trustline approval within one to  
            two days.  For applicants who have criminal history the  
            background check can take longer, as much as two to three  
            months or longer, because the applicant must provide written  
            details of the circumstances of the crime or issue, and DSS  
            must review the crimes to determine if they disqualify the  
            individual from providing being placed in the registry.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081