AB 60 — Subsidized child care and development services: stages of child care: CalWORKs.

Summary

The Child Care and Development Services Act has a purpose to provide a comprehensive, coordinated, and cost-effective system of child care and development services for children from infancy to 13 years of age and their parents, including a full range of supervision, health, and support services through full- and part-time programs. The act provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that recipients and former recipients of CalWORKs are connected as soon as possible to local child care resources, make stable child care arrangements, and continue to receive subsidized child care services after they no longer receive aid as long as they require those services and meet eligibility requirements. The act establishes 3 stages of child care services through which a recipient of CalWORKs will pass. This bill would prohibit the first stage or the 2nd stage of child care services from being discontinued until confirmation is received from the administrator of the subsequent stage of child care that the family has been enrolled in the subsequent stage of child care, or that the family is ineligible for services in the subsequent stage of child care, in order to ensure that there is no disruption in child care services due to the planned transition between the stages of CalWORKs child care. Existing law makes confidential and prohibits the release of information about applicants for public social services. Notwithstanding this prohibition, existing law authorizes a county welfare department to share information necessary for the administration of child care programs and the CalWORKs program. This bill would require that specified information be made available by a county welfare department to a contractor that provides child care services. The bill would require, beginning no later than November 1, 2019, a county welfare department to provide a monthly report to stage 2 contractors containing specified information. The bill would require that report to be jointly designed with representatives from the State Department of Social Services, the County Welfare Directors Association of California, and Parent Voices, and in consultation with county welfare departments and the Statewide Automated Welfare System. The bill would require a county welfare department to provide training on security protocols and confidentiality of individual family data to a contractor who is given access to data pursuant to those provisions. By imposing new duties on county welfare departments, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Enrolled 08/31/18 - Enrolled Current pdf August 31, 2018
• Amended 06/06/18 - Amended Senate pdf June 06, 2018
• Amended 05/01/18 - Amended Senate pdf May 01, 2018
• Introduced 12/07/16 - Introduced pdf December 07, 2016
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Action History

1. September 30, 2018

   Vetoed by Governor.

2. September 06, 2018

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

3. August 29, 2018

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6810.).

4. August 24, 2018

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

5. August 24, 2018

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5701.).

6. August 21, 2018

   Ordered to special consent calendar.

7. August 17, 2018

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 17, 2018

   From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16).

9. July 02, 2018

   In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

10. June 21, 2018

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

11. June 13, 2018

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

12. June 06, 2018

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

13. May 08, 2018

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

14. May 07, 2018

    Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S.

15. May 07, 2018

    Withdrawn from committee.

16. May 01, 2018

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

17. June 29, 2017

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

18. June 19, 2017

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

19. June 08, 2017

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and HUMAN S.

20. May 30, 2017

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

21. May 30, 2017

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1806.)

22. May 26, 2017

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

23. May 26, 2017

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26).

24. May 17, 2017

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

25. March 08, 2017

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

26. March 08, 2017

    Coauthors revised.

27. January 19, 2017

    Referred to Com. on HUM. S.

28. January 04, 2017

    Read first time.

29. December 08, 2016

    From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.

30. December 07, 2016

    Read first time. To print.

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• Santiago · Primary

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