The Committee on Children and Families and Workforce Development in the Senate will be holding a public hearing on the new waiver legislation (SB 642) this Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 10:10 am in Capitol room 411 South (updated room). Last week, the Assembly Committee on Children and Families heard testimony on the same bill. Providers from across the state joined WECA at this hearing to show their support for the bill. Do you have a response to this new legislation? You can make a statement at the hearing or send Senator Jauch, the chairperson of the Committee, a written statement either in favor of or in opposition to the bill.
Representative Tamara Grigsby and Senator Kathleen Vinehout created this new waiver legislation (AB 887 and SB 642) to change the caregiver background check law, or Act 76, in a variety of ways. According to Representative Grigsby, this bill will “address the most burdensome impact of Act 76, those individuals who have lost or surrendered their licenses due to a financial based crime or public assistance fraud. This bill would allow those individuals whose crimes were committed more than 5 years prior to go through the Department of Children and Families’ rehab/review process and request consideration for reinstatement of their license.”
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Did this Bill pass?
Thanks for the question Sherry. The child care background check waiver law has not yet passed. It did pass unanimously through the committee on children and families in the assembly and may go to the full assembly to be voted on soon. Keep checking back to see when/if this bill becomes law.
Do you know if the bill is going to pass or when it is schedule.
We do not yet know when/if the bill will go before the full Assembly. As soon as we know any more details on the movement of the bill through the legislature, we will post an update. Keep checking back or subscribe to our RSS feed for the latest news.
I am interested in this program, my husband also helps me with our child care business, can we both get credit for it at the same time, or do we register seperately. I understand that we watch the program, is there any forms afterwards that we have to fill out about the program? Or do you just send us the verification of watching this program? …Lynn