SB170 (2023) Detail

Relative to small group child day care centers.


CHAPTER 218

SB 170-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

03/16/2023   0843s

8Jun2023... 1899h

 

2023 SESSION

23-0806

06/04

 

SENATE BILL 170-FN

 

AN ACT relative to small group child day care centers.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill creates a definition for "small group child day care center" for child day care licensing.

 

This bill removes the inclusion of school age children from the definition of "child day care agency" to make licensing rules more consistent with the national fire protection association's requirements for capacity.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/16/2023   0843s

8Jun2023... 1899h 23-0806

06/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to small group child day care centers.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

218:1  Legislative Findings.  The general court finds that modifying the existing family child care definitions would allow new child care businesses to be formed.  The child care licensing unit (CCLU) recommended drafting a new category for small child care centers caring for less than 12 children in commercial locations.  Creation of this new rule provides alignment with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) life safety codes and provides a new option for providing small group child care in a commercial setting, while meeting the more flexible mixed age rules of family care settings.

218:2  New Subparagraph; Child Day Care Licensing; Definitions.  Amend RSA 170-E:2, IV by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i)  “Small group child day care center” means a child day-care agency in which child day care is provided for not more than 12 preschool children, whether or not the service is known as day nursery, nursery school, kindergarten, cooperative, child development center, day-care center, center for the developmentally disabled, progressive school, Montessori school, or by any other name.

218:3  Child Day Care Licensing; Definitions.  Amend RSA 170-E:2, IV(a) and (b) to read as follows:

(a)  "Family day care home" means an occupied residence in which child day care is provided for less than 24 hours per day, except in emergencies, for up to 6 children from one or more unrelated families.  The 6 children shall include any foster children residing in the home and all children who are related to the caregiver except children who are 10 years of age or older.  In addition to the 6 children, up to 3 children attending a full day school program may also be cared for up to 5 hours per day on school days and all day during school holidays, provided that the after school and holiday increase in capacity is permitted by the state fire code and in compliance with any local ordinance.

(b)  "Family group day care home" means an occupied residence in which child day care is provided for less than 24 hours per day, except in emergencies, for 7 to 12 children from one or more unrelated families.  The 12 children shall include all children related to the caregiver and any foster children residing in the home, except children who are 10 years of age or older.  In addition to the 12 children, up to 5 children attending a full day school program may also be cared for up to 5 hours per day on school days and all day during school holidays, provided that the after school and holiday increase in capacity is permitted by the state fire code and in compliance with any local ordinance.

218:4  Applicability.  The provisions of this act shall apply to programs licensed on or after the effective date of this act.  Also, this act shall not apply to programs already licensed before the effective date of this act.  Those programs will continue to operate under prior law unless and until such time as their license is not timely renewed or no longer valid.

218:5  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect June 30, 2024.

 

Approved: August 04, 2023

Effective Date: June 30, 2024

 

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
March 8, 2023 2023-0843s
May 18, 2023 2023-1899h

Links


Date Body Type
Feb. 1, 2023 Senate Hearing
March 16, 2023 Senate Floor Vote
May 10, 2023 House Hearing
May 17, 2023 House Exec Session
May 17, 2023 House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

SB170 Revision: 39363 Date: Aug. 9, 2023, 8:30 a.m.
SB170 Revision: 39155 Date: June 15, 2023, 4 p.m.
SB170 Revision: 39049 Date: June 8, 2023, 11:24 a.m.
SB170 Revision: 38830 Date: May 18, 2023, 10:33 a.m.
SB170 Revision: 38276 Date: April 20, 2023, 1:03 p.m.
SB170 Revision: 38125 Date: March 8, 2023, 11:44 a.m.
SB170 Revision: 37677 Date: Jan. 20, 2023, 9:33 a.m.

Docket


Aug. 9, 2023: Signed by the Governor on 08/04/2023; Chapter 0218; Effective 06/30/2024


July 19, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17


July 18, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20


July 19, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/29/2023 HJ 17 P. 18


July 18, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/29/2023); SJ 20


June 15, 2023: Sen. Birdsell Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19


June 8, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1899h: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 16


June 8, 2023: Amendment # 2023-1899h: AA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 16


May 19, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1899h 05/17/2023 (Vote 9-0; CC)


May 11, 2023: Executive Session: 05/17/2023 10:15 am LOB 104


May 10, 2023: Full Committee Work Session: 05/17/2023 10:00 am LOB 104


May 4, 2023: Full Committee Work Session: 05/10/2023 11:15 am LOB 104


May 4, 2023: Public Hearing: 05/10/2023 10:30 am LOB 104


March 21, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Special Committee on Childcare


March 16, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0843s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/16/2023; SJ 10


March 16, 2023: Committee Amendment # 2023-0843s, AA, VV; 03/16/2023; SJ 10


March 16, 2023: Sen. Murphy Moved to Remove SB 170 from the Consent Calendar; 03/16/2023; SJ 10


March 8, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0843s, 03/16/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 13


Jan. 24, 2023: Hearing: 02/01/2023, Room 101, LOB, 09:30 am; SC 8


Jan. 20, 2023: Introduced 01/19/2023 and Referred to Health and Human Services; SJ 5