Child care.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a trustline registry for trustline providers who meet prescribed requirements. Existing law defines a trustline provider as a person 18 years of age or older who provides child care, supervision, or any person providing in-home educational or counseling services to a minor, and who is not required to be licensed as a child day care provider. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2011, provides that a person who provides care or supervision in an ancillary day care center, as defined, shall be registered as a trustline provider, and specifically defines a trustline provider as also meaning a person who provides child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center, other than the parent or guardian of the child receiving the care. This bill would, instead, require that, commencing January 1, 2011, a person 18 years of age or older who provides child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center, be registered as a trustline provider. It would specifically provide that nothing in the trustline provider provisions shall be construed to prevent a person under 18 years of age from being employed in an ancillary day care center. This bill would specify that a person is ineligible for employment in a position providing child care or child care supervision in an ancillary day care center if that person is denied trustline registration or has his or her trustline registration revoked, as prescribed. This bill would also permit an employee or prospective employee in an ancillary day care center to work in a position providing child care or child care supervision pending the department's review of his or her trustline application and any related appeal. Existing law authorizes the department to charge a fee to trustline applicants, as specified. Existing law requires the department to charge a fee to each trustline applicant who provides care in an ancillary day care center equal to the total amount required by the department to process applications and maintain the trustline registry for these providers. The bill would provide that the fee charged by the department shall be equal to and shall not exceed the total amount required by the department to process applications and maintain the trustline registry. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.