[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1465 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1465

  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
    require child care providers to provide to parents information 
      regarding whether such providers carry liability insurance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2009

  Mr. Isakson (for himself, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Chambliss, and Mr. Burris) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
    require child care providers to provide to parents information 
      regarding whether such providers carry liability insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Anthony DeJuan Boatwright Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 658E(c)(2) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by adding at the end the 
        following: ``The State plan shall also provide assurances that 
        the State includes as part of its regulatory process for 
        issuance and renewal of licenses to providers of child care 
        services, a recommendation to each such provider that the 
        provider carry liability insurance covering the operation of 
        its child care business.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (F)--
                    (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
                            ``(iv) a requirement that each such 
                        licensed child care provider--
                                    ``(I) post publicly and 
                                conspicuously in the service area of 
                                its premises a notice specifying 
                                whether or not such provider carries 
                                liability insurance covering the 
                                operation of its child care business;
                                    ``(II) provide to parents of 
                                children to whom the provider provides 
                                child care services a written notice 
                                stating only whether or not such 
                                provider carries liability insurance 
                                covering the operation of its child 
                                care business, including the amount of 
                                any such coverage;
                                    ``(III) obtain the signature of at 
                                least 1 parent of each such child on 
                                such written notice (without any 
                                addition, attachment, or enclosure) 
                                acknowledging that such parent has 
                                received such notice; and
                                    ``(IV) maintain such notice (or a 
                                copy of such notice) as signed by such 
                                parent (or a copy of the signed notice) 
                                in such provider's records during the 
                                period in which the child receives such 
                                services.''; and
                    (D) in the last sentence, by striking ``Nothing in 
                this subparagraph'' and inserting ``Nothing in clause 
                (i), (ii), or (iii)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1 of the first fiscal year that begins more than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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