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Int 0015-2026
| * | Shaun Abreu | | Proposed Int. No. 15-A | Requirements and reporting for background checks for child care providers, employees, and volunteers. | Introduction | This bill would prohibit the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) from requiring a subsequent background check an individual for the purposes of working in a center-based child care program if DOHMH has already completed a background check for such individual for the purposes of working in a center-based child care program unless the individual has not been employed by a child care provider in the city for more than 180 consecutive days in the past five years, a child care program requests a background check, or a background check is otherwise required by law or necessary for the purposes of safety. The bill would also require DOHMH to use best efforts to utilize existing information for the purposes of all other child care program background checks. | | |
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Int 0580-2026
| * | Jennifer Gutiérrez | | Proposed Int. No. 580-A | Establishing an office of child care and early childhood education to oversee the planning and implementation of child care for any child who resides in the city at no cost to a parent, stepparent, guardian, or relative of such child. | Introduction | This bill would create an Office of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (the “Office”) to assist the mayor in planning and implementing child care for any child who resides in the city at no cost to a parent, stepparent, guardian, or relative of such child. The bill would require the Office to coordinate the provision of child care in the city, including, among other mandates, developing recommendations for implementation; considering costs and potential sources of funding for the expansion of child care; and supporting agencies in identifying potential locations for additional child care programs. | | |
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