CHILD CARE: LICENSING NOTEBOOK S.B. 723 (S-1): FLOOR SUMMARY
[Please see the PDF version of this analysis, if available, to view this image.]






Senate Bill 723 (Substitute S-1 as reported)
Sponsor: Senator Tupac A. Hunter
Committee: Families and Human Services

CONTENT
The bill would amend the child care licensing Act to require the operator of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home to maintain on its premises a licensing notebook that included reports from all licensing inspections and special investigations, and a summary sheet outlining those reports. The information in the notebook would have to be updated as provided by the Department of Human Services (DHS) and be made available at all times during the facility's normal hours of operation.


The DHS would have to include on its "child in care/receipt" form or any successor form a check box allowing the parent or guardian to acknowledge that he or she was aware of the information available in the licensing notebook, and that the information was available on the Department's website. The form would have to contain in bold print the DHS website address where the information could be located.


The DHS could not issue or renew a license or certificate of registration of a child care center, group child care home, or family child care home if the licensee, registrant, or applicant had had a previous license or registration revoked for a violation of the Act, the rules promulgated under the Act, or the terms of the license or registration that resulted in the serious injury or death of a child while under its care.


MCL 722.121 et al. Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker

FISCAL IMPACT
The Department of Human Services could see a small, indeterminate increase in cost associated with modifying the Child in Care/Receipt form and adjusting procedures for the inspection of licensed child day care facilities to meet the requirement of the bill.


Date Completed: 1-27-10 Fiscal Analyst: David Fosdick

Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb723/0910