1.1Senator Drazkowski moved to amend
S.F. No. 4699 as follows:
1.2Page 290, after line 28, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 4. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 75, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5 Sec. 75.
CHILD CARE CENTER REGULATION MODERNIZATION.
1.6(a) The commissioner of human services shall contract with an experienced and
1.7independent organization or individual consultant to conduct the work outlined in
this
1.8section. If practicable, the commissioner must contract with the National Association
for
1.9Regulatory Administration.
1.10(b) The consultant must develop a proposal for revised licensing standards that includes
1.11a risk-based model for monitoring compliance with child care center licensing standards,
1.12grounded in national regulatory best practices. Violations in the new model must be
weighted
1.13to reflect the potential risk that the violations pose to children's health and safety,
and
1.14licensing sanctions must be tied to the potential risk. The proposed new model must
protect
1.15the health and safety of children in child care centers and be child-centered, family-friendly,
1.16and fair to providers.
1.17(c) The consultant shall develop and implement a stakeholder engagement process that
1.18solicits input from parents, licensed child care centers, staff of the Department
of Human
1.19Services, and experts in child development about appropriate licensing standards,
appropriate
1.20tiers for violations of the standards based on the potential risk of harm that each
violation
1.21poses, and appropriate licensing sanctions for each tier.
1.22(d) The consultant shall solicit input from parents, licensed child care centers,
and staff
1.23of the Department of Human Services about which child care centers should be eligible
for
1.24abbreviated inspections that predict compliance with other licensing standards for
licensed
1.25child care centers using key indicators previously identified by an empirically based
statistical
1.26methodology developed by the National Association for Regulatory Administration and
the
1.27Research Institute for Key Indicators.
1.28(e) No later than February 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a report and proposed
1.29legislation required to implement the new licensing model to the chairs and ranking
minority
1.30members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over child care regulation.
1.31(f) The new licensing model proposed under paragraph (e) cannot be implemented any
1.32earlier than July 1, 2027.
2.1 Sec. 5. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 7, article 2, section 81, is amended to
2.2read:
2.3 Sec. 81.
FAMILY CHILD CARE REGULATION MODERNIZATION.
2.4(a) The commissioner of human services shall contract with an experienced and
2.5independent organization or individual consultant to conduct the work outlined in
this
2.6section. If practicable, the commissioner must contract with the National Association
for
2.7Regulatory Administration.
2.8(b) The consultant must develop a proposal for updated family child care licensing
2.9standards and solicit input from stakeholders as described in paragraph (d).
2.10(c) The consultant must develop a proposal for a risk-based model for monitoring
2.11compliance with family child care licensing standards, grounded in national regulatory
best
2.12practices. Violations in the new model must be weighted to reflect the potential risk
they
2.13pose to children's health and safety, and licensing sanctions must be tied to the
potential
2.14risk. The proposed new model must protect the health and safety of children in family
child
2.15care programs and be child-centered, family-friendly, and fair to providers.
2.16(d) The consultant shall develop and implement a stakeholder engagement process that
2.17solicits input from parents, licensed family child care providers, county licensors,
staff of
2.18the Department of Human Services, and experts in child development about licensing
2.19standards, tiers for violations of the standards based on the potential risk of harm
that each
2.20violation poses, and licensing sanctions for each tier.
2.21(e) The consultant shall solicit input from parents, licensed family child care providers,
2.22county licensors, and staff of the Department of Human Services about which family
child
2.23care providers should be eligible for abbreviated inspections that predict compliance
with
2.24other licensing standards for licensed family child care providers using key indicators
2.25previously identified by an empirically based statistical methodology developed by
the
2.26National Association for Regulatory Administration and the Research Institute for
Key
2.27Indicators.
2.28(f) No later than February 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a report and proposed
2.29legislation required to implement the new licensing model and the new licensing standards
2.30to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction
2.31over child care regulation.
3.1(g) The updated family child care licensing standards proposed under paragraph (b)
and
3.2the risk-based model for monitoring compliance with family child care licensing standards
3.3proposed under paragraph (c) cannot be implemented any earlier than July 1, 2027."
3.4Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.5Amend the title accordingly
3.6The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.