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Meeting Name: Subcommittee on Early Childhood Education Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/22/2026 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
Jointly with the Committee on Health and the Committee on Oversight & Investigations
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T2026-1529 *   Oversight - Addressing the Childcare Background Check Backlog.Oversight    Not available Not available
Int 0015-2026 *Shaun Abreu  Background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers.IntroductionThis bill would prohibit the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from requiring a subsequent background check for a child care provider, employee, or volunteer if DOHMH has already completed a background check for such child care provider, employee, or volunteer within the past five years, unless the child care provider, employee, or volunteer has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days in the past five years, or a background check is otherwise required by law.   Not available Not available
Int 0135-2026 *Tiffany L. Cabán  Inspections and routine closures of child care centers.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), upon issuing an order to close a child care center pursuant to a determination that such center is being operated in a manner that may give rise to an imminent health hazard or otherwise presents a risk of endangering the health or safety of children or other persons, to post a copy of the closing order at the entrance to the child care center, and to provide a copy of the closing order to the parents or other persons who arrive at the child care center. This bill would also require DOHMH to post summary child care service inspection reports no later than 24 hours following each inspection of a child care service.   Not available Not available
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