Current as of: 2009
There is established a Child Day Care Council consisting of the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Social Services, the Commissioner of Children and Families, the Commissioner of Education and the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development or a representative of each designated by him in writing to serve as such representative, and sixteen other persons appointed by the Governor. Said council shall be within the Department of Social Services for administrative purposes only. Of the persons appointed by the Governor, one shall be from among those recommended by the Connecticut Association for Education of Young Children; one shall be a member of a community council; one shall be a member of a community action program; one shall be a member of a child development or early childhood education department of a Connecticut college or university; four shall be providers of child day care services, two of whom shall be family day care providers, and two shall be child day care center providers; one shall be from among those recommended by the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women; one shall be from among those recommended by the Connecticut Commission on Children; one shall be from among those recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics; one shall be a member of an advocacy group concerned with young children and their families; one shall be from among those recommended by the AFL-CIO Labor Council who is a member of organized labor; one shall be a member of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association; and two shall be parents, each of whom shall have a child enrolled in a child day care service. The members of the council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the course of their duties. The chairperson and the vice-chairperson of the council shall be elected by the full membership of the council from among the persons appointed by the Governor and shall serve for a term of one year. The council shall meet at least ten times per year. Any appointed member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned. The council shall recommend to the Commissioner of Public Health regulations which shall effectuate the purposes of this section and sections 17b-733, 19a-77, 19a-79, 19a-80, 19a-82 to 19a-87, inclusive, and 19a-87b to 19a-87e, inclusive, including regulations relating to licensing, operation, program and professional qualifications of the staff of child day care centers, group day care homes and family day care homes and shall make recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Health on the administration of said sections. The Child Day Care Council shall also make recommendations to the Department of Social Services as the lead agency for day care on grants management and the planning and development of child day care services. In addition, the council shall provide guidelines for drop-in supplementary child care operations. Before making such recommendations, the council shall hold public hearings and invite suggestions from parents of children utilizing child day care services, as defined in section 19a-77, and from providers of such services and other interested parties. The Child Day Care Council shall study issues affecting child day care and make recommendations to the General Assembly. The council shall serve as an advisory committee to the Department of Social Services in the development of the state child care plan required pursuant to the Child Care Development and Improvement Act of 1990 and shall conduct biennial public hearings on such state plan.
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