HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08231988 - 1.29 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS y'�t
FROM: JAMES A. RYDINGSWORD, DIRECTOR Contra
Social Service Department Costa
DATE: August 16, 1988 Coin
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR AB 3961 - CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
Board Agenda 8/23/88
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
That the Board support AB 3961 - Child Care Provider
Information, authored by Baker, Bates, and Ferguson.
BACKGROUND:
AB 3961 establishes procedures for obtaining background
information on professional child care providers.
Under the bill the Department of Justice, shall review
services of FBI records, Criminal History System, and Child
Abuse Central Index for providers initiating such a process.
The results from these searches is to be given to the State
Department of Social Services for use in deciding whether to;
license the provider.
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of
Justice to establish a toll-free telephone line : to allow
interested parents, employment agencies, child care referral
groups or registries to determine if a provider'" is registered.
The bill ensures both a screening process before licensing a,
provider and a check for parents regarding a provider with
whom they may be placing their child.
LA:ed
LA3/AB3961.doc
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNAT E:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOM NDATI F BO RD COMM TEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON AUG 19RA APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
.G1. UNANIMOUS (ABSENT . ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
AUG 2 $ 198$
CC: Social Service Dept. - Louise Aiello ATTESTED
Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County AdrainistratAr
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