[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3406 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3406

  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

                           September 28, 2016

  Mr. Isakson 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)(F) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(F)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) Recommendation about liability 
                        insurance.--The State plan shall 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.
                            ``(iii) Notice about liability insurance.--
                        The State plan shall certify that there is in 
                        effect within the State, under State or local 
                        law, a requirement that each such licensed 
                        child care provider for which assistance is 
                        made available under this subchapter--
                                    ``(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.''.

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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