Connecticut 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 936 — AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.

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936 January Session, 2019 LCO No.
936 January Session, 2019 AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
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(ED) AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OFFICE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD.
The Office of Early Childhood shall open and maintain LCO No.
The Office of Early Childhood shall open and maintain enrollment for the child care subsidy program and shall administer such program within the existing budgetary resources available.
4000 1 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 enrollment for the child care subsidy program and shall administer such program within the existing budgetary resources available.
The office shall issue a notice on the office's Internet web site any time the office closes the program to new applications, changes eligibility LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00936-R1 of 18 SB.docx Substitute Bill No.
The office shall issue a notice on the office's Internet web site any time the office closes the program to new applications, changes eligibility requirements, changes program benefits or makes any other change to the program's status or terms, except the office shall not be required to issue such notice when the office expands program eligibility.
936 requirements, changes program benefits or makes any other change to the program's status or terms, except the office shall not be required to issue such notice when the office expands program eligibility.
(1) A priority intake and eligibility system with preference given to serving (A) recipients of temporary family assistance who are employed or engaged in employment activities under the Department of Social Services' "Jobs First" LCO No.
(1) A priority intake and eligibility system with preference given to serving (A) recipients of temporary family assistance who are employed or engaged in employment activities under the Department of Social Services' "Jobs First" program, (B) working families whose temporary family assistance was discontinued not more than five years prior to the date of application for the child care subsidy program, (C) teen parents, (D) low-income LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0092 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
4000 2 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 program, (B) working families whose temporary family assistance was discontinued not more than five years prior to the date of application for the child care subsidy program, (C) teen parents, (D) low-income working families, (E) adoptive families of children who were adopted from the Department of Children and Families and who are granted a waiver of income standards under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, and (F) working families who are at risk of welfare dependency;
936 working families, (E) adoptive families of children who were adopted from the Department of Children and Families and who are granted a waiver of income standards under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, and (F) working families who are at risk of welfare dependency;
and (10) a waiting list for the child care subsidy program that (A) allows the commissioner to exercise discretion in prioritizing within and between existing priority groups, including, but not limited to, children described in 45 CFR 98.46, as amended from time to time, and households with an infant or toddler, and (B) reflects the priority and eligibility system set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, which is reviewed periodically, with the inclusion of LCO No.
and (10) a waiting list for the child care subsidy program that (A) allows the commissioner to exercise discretion in prioritizing within and between existing priority groups, including, but not limited to, children described in 45 CFR 98.46, as amended from time to time, and households with an infant or toddler, and (B) reflects the priority and eligibility system set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection, which is reviewed periodically, with the inclusion of this information in the annual report required to be issued annually by the office to the Governor and the General Assembly in accordance with section 17b-733.
4000 3 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 this information in the annual report required to be issued annually by the office to the Governor and the General Assembly in accordance with section 17b-733.
Such action will include, but not be limited to, LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0093 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
Such action will include, but not be limited to, family income, age of child, region of state and length of time on such waiting list.
936 family income, age of child, region of state and length of time on such waiting list.
Any child care center or group child care home that provides child care services to such foster child at such center or home under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of all such foster children who have attended such center or home for a period of two years after such foster children are no longer receiving child care services at such center or home.
Any child care center or group child care home that provides child care services to a foster child at such center or home under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of such foster child for a period of two years after such foster child is no longer receiving child care services at such center or home.
For purposes of this subsection, "foster child" means a child who is in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families and placed in a foster home licensed pursuant to section 17a-114, foster home approved by a child-placing agency licensed pursuant to section 17a-149 or facility licensed pursuant to section 17a-145.
For purposes of this subsection, "foster child" means a child who is in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families and placed in a foster home licensed pursuant to section 17a-114, foster home approved by a child-placing agency licensed pursuant to section 17a- 149 or facility licensed pursuant to section 17a-145.
Any family child care home that provides child care services to such foster child at such home under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of all such foster children who have attended such home for a period of two years after such LCO No.
Any family child care home that provides child care services to a foster child at such home under this subsection shall maintain a record on file of such foster child for a period of two years after such foster child is no longer receiving child care services at such home.
4000 4 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 foster children are no longer receiving child care services at such home.
For purposes of this subsection, "foster child" means a child who is in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families and placed in a foster home licensed pursuant to section 17a-114, foster home approved by a child-placing agency licensed LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0094 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
For purposes of this subsection, "foster child" means a child who is in the care and custody of the Commissioner of Children and Families and placed in a foster home licensed pursuant to section 17a- 114, foster home approved by a child-placing agency licensed pursuant to section 17a-149 or facility licensed pursuant to section 17a-145.
936 pursuant to section 17a-149 or facility licensed pursuant to section 17a- 145.
(2) "Child care provider" has the same meaning as provided in 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time;
(2) "Child care services provider or staff member" means any person who is (A) a licensee, employee, volunteer or alternate staff, assistant, substitute or household member of a child care facility, (B) a family child care provider, or (C) any other person who provides child care services under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 17b-749, as amended by this act;
and (3) "Child care staff member" has the same meaning as provided in 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time.
and (3) "Family child care provider" means any person who provides child care services under the child care subsidy program established pursuant to section 17b-749, as amended by this act, (A) in a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, or (B) in a home not requiring a license pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 19a-77.
(b) The comprehensive background checks required pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-80, subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, and subsection (a) of section 17b-749k, shall be conducted at least once every five years for child care providers and child care staff members in accordance with the provisions of 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time.
(b) The comprehensive background checks required pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-80, subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, and subsection (a) of section 17b-749k, shall be conducted at least once every five years for each child care services provider or staff member in accordance with the provisions of 45 CFR 98.43, as amended from time to time.
(c) Any person who applies for a position at a child care facility in the state shall not be required to submit to such comprehensive background checks if such person (1) is an employee of a child care facility in the state, or [was previously an employee of a child care facility in the state during the previous one hundred eighty days] has not been separated from employment from a child care provider in the LCO No.
(c) Any person who applies for a position at a child care facility in the state shall not be required to submit to such comprehensive LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0095 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
4000 5 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 state for a period of more than one hundred eighty days, and (2) has successfully completed such comprehensive background checks in the previous five years.
936 background checks if such person (1) is an employee of a child care facility in the state, or [was previously an employee of a child care facility in the state during the previous one hundred eighty days] has not been separated from employment as a child care services provider or staff member in the state for a period of more than one hundred eighty days, and (2) has successfully completed such comprehensive background checks in the previous five years.
Nothing in this section prohibits the Commissioner of Early Childhood from requiring that [an employee or prospective employee of a child care facility to] a person applying for a position at a child care facility in the state, a child care provider or a child care staff member submit to comprehensive background checks more than once during a five-year period.
Nothing in this section prohibits the Commissioner of Early Childhood from requiring that [an employee or prospective employee of a child care facility to] a person applying for a position as a child care services provider or staff member submit to comprehensive background checks more than once during a five-year period.
The commissioner shall thereupon hold a hearing or cause a hearing to be held not later than sixty days after receipt of such application and shall, at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing, mail a notice, giving the time and place of the hearing, to the licensee.
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936 sixty days after receipt of such application and shall, at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing, mail a notice, giving the time and place of the hearing, to the licensee.
The licensee and the commissioner or LCO No.
The licensee and the commissioner or hearing officer may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses.
4000 6 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 hearing officer may issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses.
(c) If the commissioner finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in his or her order, the commissioner may order summary suspension or summary probation of a license issued under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, pending proceedings for revocation or other action.
(c) If the commissioner finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in his or her order, the commissioner may order summary LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0097 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
936 suspension or summary probation of a license issued under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80, inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, pending proceedings for revocation or other action.
Section 19a-87e of the general statutes is repealed and the LCO No.
Section 19a-87e of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
4000 7 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019):
(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood may (1) refuse to license under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, a person to own, conduct, operate or maintain a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, (2) refuse to approve under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, a person to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, or (3) suspend or revoke the license or approval or take any other action that may be set forth in regulation that may be adopted pursuant to section 19a-79, as amended by this act, if the person who owns, conducts, maintains or operates the family child care home, the person who acts as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, a person employed in such family child care home in a position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services or a household member, as defined in subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, who is sixteen years of age or older and resides therein, has been convicted, in this state or any other state of a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, or has a criminal record in this state or any other state that the commissioner reasonably believes renders the person unsuitable to own, conduct, operate or maintain or be employed by a family child care home, or act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, or if such persons or a household member has been convicted in this state or any other state of cruelty to persons under section 53-20, injury or risk of injury to or impairing morals of children under section 53-21, abandonment of children under the age of six years under section 53-23, or any felony where the victim of the felony is a child under eighteen years of LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0098 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
(a) The Commissioner of Early Childhood may (1) refuse to license under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, a person to own, conduct, operate or maintain a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, (2) refuse to approve under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, a person to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, or (3) suspend or revoke the license or approval or take any other action that may be set forth in regulation that may be adopted pursuant to section 19a-79, as amended by this act, if the person who owns, conducts, maintains or operates the family child care home, the person who acts as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, a person employed in such family child care home in a position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services or a household member, as defined in subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, who is sixteen years of age or older and resides therein, has been convicted, in this state or any other state of a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another person, or has a criminal record in this state or any other state that the commissioner reasonably believes renders the person unsuitable to own, conduct, operate or maintain or be employed by a family child care home, or act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home, or if such persons or a household member has been convicted in this state or any other state of cruelty to persons under section 53-20, injury or risk of injury to or impairing morals of children under section 53-21, abandonment of children under the age of six years under section 53-23, or any felony where the victim of the felony is a child under eighteen years of age, a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a- 72b or 53a-73a, illegal manufacture, distribution, sale, prescription, dispensing or administration under section 21a-277 or 21a-278, or illegal possession under section 21a-279, or if such person, a person who acts as assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home or a person employed in such family child care home in a LCO No.
936 age, a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a- 72b or 53a-73a, illegal manufacture, distribution, sale, prescription, dispensing or administration under section 21a-277 or 21a-278, or illegal possession under section 21a-279, or if such person, a person who acts as assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home or a person employed in such family child care home in a position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services, either fails to substantially comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, or conducts, operates or maintains the home in a manner which endangers the health, safety and welfare of the children receiving child care services.
4000 8 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services, either fails to substantially comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, or conducts, operates or maintains the home in a manner which endangers the health, safety and welfare of the children receiving child care services.
The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the denial of an initial application for a license or approval under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, provided the commissioner shall notify the applicant of any such denial and the reasons for such denial by mailing written notice to the applicant at the applicant's address shown on the license or approval application.
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936 subsection shall not apply to the denial of an initial application for a license or approval under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, provided the commissioner shall notify the applicant of any such denial and the reasons for such denial by mailing written notice to the applicant at the applicant's address shown on the license or approval application.
4000 9 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 (c) Any person who is licensed to conduct, operate or maintain a family child care home or approved to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home shall notify the commissioner of any conviction of the owner, conductor, operator or maintainer of the family child care home or of any household member, as defined in subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, who is sixteen years of age or older, or any person employed in such family child care home in a position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services, of a crime which affects the commissioner's discretion under subsection (a) of this section, immediately upon obtaining knowledge of such conviction.
(c) Any person who is licensed to conduct, operate or maintain a family child care home or approved to act as an assistant or substitute staff member in a family child care home shall notify the commissioner of any conviction of the owner, conductor, operator or maintainer of the family child care home or of any household member, as defined in subsection (c) of section 19a-87b, who is sixteen years of age or older, or any person employed in such family child care home in a position connected with the provision of care to a child receiving child care services, of a crime which affects the commissioner's discretion under subsection (a) of this section, immediately upon obtaining knowledge of such conviction.
(e) Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, is operating without a current and valid license or in violation of the regulations adopted under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, or in a manner which may pose a potential danger to the health, welfare and safety of a child receiving child care services, may report such information to the Office of Early Childhood.
(e) Any person having reasonable cause to believe that a family child care home, as defined in section 19a-77, is operating without a LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0010 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
936 current and valid license or in violation of the regulations adopted under section 19a-87b, as amended by this act, or in a manner which may pose a potential danger to the health, welfare and safety of a child receiving child care services, may report such information to the Office of Early Childhood.
The name of the person making the report or complaint shall not be disclosed unless (1) LCO No.
The name of the person making the report or complaint shall not be disclosed unless (1) such person consents to such disclosure, (2) a judicial or administrative proceeding results from such report or complaint, or (3) a license action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section results from such report or complaint.
4000 10 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 such person consents to such disclosure, (2) a judicial or administrative proceeding results from such report or complaint, or (3) a license action pursuant to subsection (a) of this section results from such report or complaint.
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(NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Any licensee child care center or group child care home, as described in section 19a-77 of the general statutes, that fails to provide written notice to (1) the Office of Early Childhood, (2) all staff employed at such child care center or group child care home, and (3) the parents or guardians of children receiving child care services, as described in section 19a-77 of the general statutes, at such child care center or group child care home, at least thirty days prior to the effective date of a proposed closure of such child care center or group child care home, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars.
(NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) Any licensee child care center or group child care home, as described in section 19a-77 of the general statutes, that fails to provide written notice to (1) the Office of Early Childhood, (2) all staff employed at such child care center or LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0011 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
(b) If the Commissioner of Early Childhood has reason to believe LCO No.
936 group child care home, and (3) the parents or guardians of children receiving child care services, as described in section 19a-77 of the general statutes, at such child care center or group child care home, at least thirty days prior to the effective date of a proposed closure of such child care center or group child care home, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars.
4000 11 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 that a violation has occurred for which a civil penalty is authorized by subsection (a) of this section, he or she may send to such licensee by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally serve upon such licensee, a notice which shall include:
(b) If the Commissioner of Early Childhood has reason to believe that a violation has occurred for which a civil penalty is authorized by subsection (a) of this section, he or she may send to such licensee by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally serve upon such licensee, a notice which shall include:
Not later than [July] January first, annually, the Office of Early Childhood shall submit a report regarding the status of school readiness program providers' compliance with the staff qualifications requirement, described in subsection (b) of section 10-16p, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
Not later than [July] January first, annually, the Office of Early Childhood shall submit a report regarding the status of school readiness program providers' compliance with the staff qualifications LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-009312 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
936 requirement, described in subsection (b) of section 10-16p, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a.
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(d) (1) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program to provide spaces in accredited school readiness programs or school readiness programs seeking accreditation located in (A) an area served by a priority school or a former priority school, (B) a town ranked one to fifty when all towns are ranked in ascending order according to town wealth, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10- 262f, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p, (C) a town formerly a town described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, as provided for in subdivision (2) of this subsection, or (D) a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p.
4000 12 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 (d) (1) The commissioner shall establish a competitive grant program to provide spaces in accredited school readiness programs or school readiness programs seeking accreditation located in (A) an area served by a priority school or a former priority school, (B) a town ranked one to fifty when all towns are ranked in ascending order according to town wealth, as defined in subdivision (26) of section 10- 262f, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p, (C) a town formerly a town described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, as provided for in subdivision (2) of this subsection, or (D) a town designated as an alliance district, as defined in section 10-262u, whose school district is not a priority school district pursuant to section 10-266p.
The chief elected official of such town and the superintendent of schools of the school district or the regional school readiness council shall submit a plan, as described in subsection (c) of this section, for the expenditure of such grant funds to the commissioner.
The chief elected official of such town and the superintendent of schools of the school district or the regional school readiness council shall submit a plan, as described LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0013 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
936 in subsection (c) of this section, for the expenditure of such grant funds to the commissioner.
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A town or regional school readiness council awarded a grant pursuant to this subsection shall use the funds to purchase spaces for such children from providers of accredited school readiness programs or school readiness programs seeking accreditation.
4000 13 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 or regional school readiness council awarded a grant pursuant to this subsection shall use the funds to purchase spaces for such children from providers of accredited school readiness programs or school readiness programs seeking accreditation.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, funds appropriated to the lead agency for purposes of section 17a-248, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248f, inclusive, this section and sections 38a-490a and 38a-516a shall not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services that would have been paid from another public or private source but for the enactment of said sections, except for federal funds available pursuant to Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1431 et seq., except that whenever considered necessary to prevent the delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention LCO No.
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4000 14 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 services by the eligible child or family in a timely fashion, funds provided under said sections may be used to pay the service provider pending reimbursement from the public or private source that has ultimate responsibility for the payment.
936 (a) Subject to the provisions of this section, funds appropriated to the lead agency for purposes of section 17a-248, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248f, inclusive, this section and sections 38a-490a and 38a-516a shall not be used to satisfy a financial commitment for services that would have been paid from another public or private source but for the enactment of said sections, except for federal funds available pursuant to Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1431 et seq., except that whenever considered necessary to prevent the delay in the receipt of appropriate early intervention services by the eligible child or family in a timely fashion, funds provided under said sections may be used to pay the service provider pending reimbursement from the public or private source that has ultimate responsibility for the payment.
(c) Providers of early intervention services shall, in the first instance and where applicable, seek payment from all third-party payers prior to claiming payment from the birth-to-three system for services rendered to eligible children, provided, for the purpose of seeking payment from the Medicaid program or from other third-party payers as agreed upon by the provider, the obligation to seek payment shall not apply to a payment from a third-party payer who is not prohibited from applying such payment, and who will apply such payment, to an annual or lifetime limit specified in the third-party payer's policy or contract.
(c) Providers of early intervention services shall, in the first instance and where applicable, seek payment from all third-party payers prior to claiming payment from the birth-to-three system for services rendered to eligible children, provided, for the purpose of seeking payment from the Medicaid program or from other third-party payers as agreed upon by the provider, the obligation to seek payment shall not apply to a payment from a third-party payer who is not prohibited from applying such payment, and who will apply such payment, to an annual or lifetime limit specified in the third-party payer's policy or LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-009315 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
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(e) The commissioner shall establish and periodically revise, in LCO No.
(e) The commissioner shall establish and periodically revise, in accordance with this section, a schedule of fees based on a sliding scale for early intervention services.
4000 15 of 18 Raised Bill No.936 accordance with this section, a schedule of fees based on a sliding scale for early intervention services.
The commissioner may implement procedures for the collection of the schedule of fees while in the process of adopting or amending such criteria in regulation, provided the commissioner posts notice of intention to adopt or amend the regulations on the eRegulations System, established pursuant to section 4-173b, within twenty days of implementing the policy.
The commissioner may implement procedures for the collection of the schedule of fees while in the process of adopting or amending such criteria in regulation, provided the commissioner posts notice of intention to adopt or amend the regulations on the eRegulations System, established pursuant to section 4-173b, within LCO {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-0016 of 18 R02-SB.docx } Substitute Bill No.
936 twenty days of implementing the policy.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of title 38a relating to the permissible exclusion of payments for services under governmental programs, no such exclusion shall apply with respect to payments LCO No.
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of title 38a relating to the permissible exclusion of payments for services under governmental programs, no such exclusion shall apply with respect to payments made pursuant to section 17a-248, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248f, inclusive, this section and sections 38a-490a and 38a-516a.
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936 made pursuant to section 17a-248, sections 17a-248b to 17a-248f, inclusive, this section and sections 38a-490a and 38a-516a.
(Effective from passage) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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936 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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13 from passage Repealer section Statement of Purpose:
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To implement the recommendations of the Office of Early Childhood.
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Action History

  1. SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

  2. TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNOR

  3. TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE

  4. PUBLIC ACT 19-121

  5. IN CONCURRENCE

  6. HOUSE PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  7. HOUSE ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  8. HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBER 707

  9. FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDER

  10. ON CONSENT CALENDAR

  11. SEN. PASSED, SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  12. SEN. ADOPTED SEN. AMEND. SCH. A

  13. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  14. NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ON Judiciary

  15. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  16. FILED WITH LCO

  17. Joint Favorable

  18. REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ON Judiciary

  19. FILE NO. 325

  20. SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 151

  21. FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.

  22. RPTD. OUT OF LCO

  23. REFERRED TO Office of Legislative Research AND Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/19

  24. FILED WITH LCO

  25. Joint Favorable Substitute

  26. PUBLIC HEARING 0306

  27. REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Education

Sponsors

  • Charlie L. Stallworth · Primary
  • Hilda E. Santiago · Primary
  • Geraldo C. Reyes · Primary
  • K. Mccarty · Primary

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4 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

  • Stallworth, Charlie L.
  • Santiago, Hilda E.
  • Reyes, Geraldo C.
  • Mccarty, K.

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Who sponsors SB 936?
SB 936 is sponsored by Stallworth, Charlie L., Santiago, Hilda E., Reyes, Geraldo C., and Mccarty, K..
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