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Committee advances bill to restore anonymous childcare complaint hotline
Summary
A House committee voted unanimously to advance a bill from Representative Anne Kelly that would restore anonymity for people who report concerns about childcare facilities, after staff moved licensing responsibility into the Office of Childhood and complaints began appearing online with reporters' names.
Representative Anne Kelly told the House Committee on Consent and House Procedures that a bill she sponsored would restore anonymity for people who report suspected problems at childcare facilities.
Kelly said the change is needed after the state moved childcare licensing into the Office of Childhood and some statutory language was not carried over, resulting in complaint records being published with the reporter’s name. "Before this movement, when someone hotlined a facility, it would be an anonymous hotline call. Now, it is not anonymous hotline call. The department publishes…
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