The California Child Day Care Facilities Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services (Department), provides for the licensure and regulation of child day care facilities. Existing regulations impose various requirements on child day care facilities, including the requirement to maintain an Incidental Medical Services (IMS) plan regarding the provision of certain medical services to children in the day care facility’s care. A willful or repeated violation of these regulations is a misdemeanor.
Senate Bill 722 (SB 722) requires the Department, on or before January 1, 2025, to create template forms for plans of operations and IMS plans. The bill also requires the Department, upon completion of these template forms, to revise its regulations, notices, practices, and bulletins to eliminate any requirement that the Department approve a child day care or child development program’s IMS plan or amended plan of operation before a child with exceptional needs, as defined, is allowed to attend the program.
The bill authorizes a licensed child day care facility that submits to the Department a completed IMS plan using the Department’s template form to enroll a child prior to Departmental approval of the plan.
(SB 722 adds section 1596.802 to the Health and Safety Code.)