BILL NUMBER: AB 2400	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Butler

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 1596.66 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to license-exempt child care providers.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2400, as introduced, Butler. License-exempt child care
providers.
   Existing law requires a license-exempt child care provider
receiving payment for child care services pursuant to specified
provisions of law to be registered as a trustline provider, unless
the provider is exempted from registration due to being the
grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the child in care.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions, and would delete an obsolete cross-reference.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1596.66 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   1596.66.  (a)  Each license-exempt child care provider, as defined
pursuant to Section 1596.60, who is compensated, in whole or in
part, with funds provided pursuant to the Alternative Payment
Program, Article 3 (commencing with Section 8220) of Chapter 2 of
Part 6 of  Division 1 of Title 1 of  the Education Code or
pursuant to the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
Program, except a provider who is, by marriage, blood, or court
decree, the grandparent, aunt, or uncle of the child in care, shall
be registered pursuant to Sections 1596.603 and 1596.605 in order to
be eligible to receive this compensation. Registration under this
chapter shall be required for providers who receive funds under
Section 9858 and following of Title 42 of the United States Code only
to the extent permitted by that law and the regulations adopted
pursuant thereto. Registration under this chapter shall be required
for providers who receive funds under the federal Child Care and
Development Block Grant Program only to the extent permitted by that
program and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
   (b)  For the purposes of registration of the providers identified
in subdivision (a), the following procedures shall apply:
   (1)  Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1596.603, the
provider shall submit the fingerprints and trustline application to
the local child care resource and referral agency established
pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 8210) of Chapter 2 of
Part 6 of  Division 1 of   Title 1 of  the
Education Code. The local child care resource and referral agency
shall transmit the fingerprints and completed trustline applications
to the department and address any local problems that occur in the
registration system. If a fee is charged by the local child care
resource and referral agency that takes a provider's fingerprints,
the provider shall be reimbursed for this charge by the State
Department of Education, through the local child care resource and
referral agency, from federal Child Care and Development Block Grant
funds to the extent that those funds are available.
   (2)  The department shall adhere to the requirements of Sections
1596.603, 1596.605,  1596.606,  and 1596.607 and
shall notify the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network
of any action it takes pursuant to Sections 1596.605  ,
1596.606,  and 1596.607.
   (3)  The California Child Care Resource and Referral Network shall
notify the applicable local child care resource and referral
agencies, alternative payment programs, and county welfare
departments of the status of the trustline applicants and registered
trustline child care providers. The network shall maintain a
toll-free telephone line to provide information to the local resource
and referral agencies, the alternative payment programs, and the
child care recipients of the status of providers.
   (c)  This section shall become operative only if funds
appropriated for the purposes of this article from Item 6110-196-890
of Section 2 of the Budget Act of 1991 are incorporated into and
approved as part of the state plan that is required pursuant to
Section  658(E)(a)   658E(a)  of the
federal Child Care Block Grant Act of 1990 (Sec. 5082, P.L. 101-508).