CaliforniaChildcare.
What it does
Existing law, the Child Care and Development Services Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, requires the department to administer childcare and development programs that offer a full range of services to eligible children from infancy to 13 years of age, inclusive. Existing law requires childcare providers reimbursed through these programs to submit monthly attendance records for each child under specified circumstances. For purposes of the act, existing law defines "attendance" to mean the number of children present at a childcare and development facility, and includes extended absences due to specified reasons for purposes of reimbursement.
More detail
This bill would add medical and educational appointments to the list of reasons for extended absences that are included in attendance for purposes of reimbursement. For purposes of reimbursement, the bill would also authorize a contractor to claim attendance for days that the contractor or provider is required to hold a space for a child during the period that a family is assumed to have abandoned care or is engaging in the appeal process based on disenrollment for abandoning care.
Existing law requires the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education, to establish a fee schedule for families who utilize the above-mentioned childcare and development programs and to be assessed in a single monthly flat fee that is based on income, certified family need for full-time or part-time care services, and enrollment. Existing law authorizes that a family may be exempt from being charged family fees for receiving child protective services for up to 12 months.
This bill would extend the exemption period to up to 24 months.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jun 5In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.Latest
- May 28Referred to Com. on HUMAN S.Minor
- May 15In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 1528 Human Services Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- May 15Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1570.)Passed Assembly
- May 8Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- May 7From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 28Referred to Com. on HUM. S.Minor
- Mar 26From printer. May be heard in committee April 25.
- Mar 25Read first time. To print.Introduced