Family daycare homes: secondary licensees.

The California Child Day Care Facilities Act generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license, inspect, and regulate various types of child daycare facilities, including, among others, family daycare homes. Existing law specifies that a family daycare home is where the provider resides. A violation of the act or a willful or repeated violation of any rule or regulation promulgated under the act is a crime and enforceable with a civil penalty. This bill would authorize a person to apply to be a secondary licensee for a licensee and require a secondary licensee to meet all licensure requirements applicable to a licensee except the requirement to reside in the home in which the family daycare home is operated. The bill would specify that, if a family daycare home provider is a secondary licensee, a family daycare home is where the licensee resides. The bill would require a secondary licensee to have specified educational qualifications. The bill would make all rules and regulations related to the maintenance and operation of a family daycare home that are applicable to a licensee applicable to a secondary licensee. By expanding the scope of a 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.