Child care: provider training.

Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate family day care home providers and to regulate other nonlicensed persons who provide in-home child care. Violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill, as of July 1, 2017, would require a family child care provider, as defined, to attend a one-time, two-hour training on occupational health and safety risks specific to the child care profession and how to identify and avoid those risks to protect the provider's own health and safety and the health and safety of the children in his or her care. The bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to select an entity to provide the training required, based on a competitive process, and would require the State Department of Social Services to administer the contract with that entity. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.