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Committee advances bill letting deployed family childcare providers name substitutes for up to 45 days
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee childcare subcommittee moved HB 430, which allows family childcare providers called to active military reserve duty to designate substitutes who may work up to 45 days in a 12-month period and preserves the department's authority to require background checks and training. The amendment and the bill passed unanimously and will be followed up with stakeholders about the 45-day limit.
The Ways and Means Committee childcare subcommittee advanced HB 430 on a unanimous voice vote after adopting an amendment clarifying that the state may continue to set substitute-provider qualifications.
The bill, introduced as Delegate Ken Kerr's measure, would let a family childcare provider who is called up for active military reserve duty designate a substitute provider to cover up to 45 days in a 12-month period. "The bill is a bill that says if a child a family childcare provider is in the military reserves and they're called up to active military reserve duty, that they can designate a substitute child care provider who will work for not more than 45 days in a 12 month period,"…
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