AB 2621,
as amended, Garcia. Child day care facilities:begin delete licensing reports.end deletebegin insert licensing information.end insert
Under the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, the State Department of Social Services 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 require 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’s Internet Web site. 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 deleteThis bill would require the department to post licensing information on its Internet Web site for day care centers, small family day care homes, and large family day care homes, as specified. The bill would require the department to update this information on at least a monthly basis.
end insertVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 1596.819 is added to the end insertbegin insertHealth and
2Safety Codeend insertbegin insert, to read:end insert
(a) Except as otherwise prohibited by law, the
4department shall post licensing information on its Internet Web
5site as follows:
6(1) For each day care center and large family day care home,
7the information shall include, but is not limited to, the name and
8address of the facility, the status of the license, and the number of
9site visits, including the number of substantiated and inconclusive
10complaint inspections and noncomplaint inspections, during the
11preceding five-year period.
12(2) For each small family day care home, the information shall
13include, but is not limited to, the name of the home, the status of
14the license, and the number of site visits, including the number of
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substantiated and inconclusive complaint inspections and
16noncomplaint inspections, during the preceding five-year period.
17(b) The department shall update the information posted under
18subdivision (a) on at least a monthly basis.
Section 1596.819 is added to the Health and
20Safety Code, to read:
All inspection reports, consultation reports, lists of
22violations, and plans of correction for child day care facilities shall
23be open to public inspection and posted on the department’s
P3 1Internet Web site. The department shall also post on the
2department’s Internet Web site the number and nature of
3complaints filed against a facility within each calendar year,
4including whether a complaint is undergoing investigation, whether
5the complaint has been substantiated or unsubstantiated, and
6whether the complaint has been found to be inconclusive. The
7department shall update this information on a quarterly basis. The
8department shall redact all personally identifiable information of
9children and their families, the complainant, and individuals named
10in any documents who are not associated with the facility prior to
11the information being made available to the public or being posted
12to the department’s Internet Web site pursuant to this section.
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