HB 1464-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2499
\t05/09
HOUSE BILL\t1464-FN
AN ACT\trelative to monitoring visits to child day care agencies.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Hogan, Hills. 34; Rep. Prudhomme-O'Brien, Rock. 6; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Doucette, Rock. 8; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20
COMMITTEE:\tHealth, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill provides that the department of health and human services shall not make unannounced visits to child day care agencies unless the department is investigating a complaint against the agency.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2499
\t05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to monitoring visits to child day care agencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Child Day Care Licensing; Monitoring Visits. Amend RSA 170-E:8, III to read as follows:
\t\tIII. The department shall make monitoring visits a minimum of once yearly during each licensing period. [At least one such visit during the licensing period shall be unannounced.] Unless the department is investigating a complaint against the child day care agency, monitoring visits shall be scheduled with the agency and shall not be unannounced. Clear and comprehensive records shall be maintained by the department on each licensed agency showing the dates and findings of each such visit. Such records shall be made available to the child day care agency. If the child day care agency is found not to be in compliance with the statute or with rules adopted by the commissioner, a corrective action plan shall be submitted to the department. Failure to submit an acceptable plan shall result in license suspension, denial, or revocation.
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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HB 1464-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT\trelative to monitoring visits to child day care agencies.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill, as introduced, may have an indeterminable impact on state restricted revenue and state expenditures in FY 2017 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on county or local revenue and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill provides that the Department shall not make unannounced visits to child day care agencies unless investigating a complaint against the agency. The Department states the bill may have some fiscal impact as a result of costs associated with notifying programs of impending inspections. In addition, the Department states the language of the bill conflicts with that of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, which requires the Child Care Licensing Unit to conduct at least one annual, unannounced inspection of each child care facility as a condition of receiving federal grant money.