Daycare facilities: incidental medical services plans.

Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, administered by the State Department of Social Services, provides for the licensure and regulation of child daycare facilities, as defined. Existing regulations impose various requirements on child daycare facilities, including, among others, the administration of medication to children. A willful or repeated violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2025, to create a template form for plans of operations and incidental medical services plans. The bill would also require the department, upon completion of these template forms, to revise its regulations, notices, practices, and bulletins to eliminate any requirement that an incidental medical services plan or amended plan of operation be approved before a child with exceptional needs, as defined, is allowed to attend a child daycare or child development program. The bill would authorize a licensed child daycare facility that submits to the department a completed incidental medical services plan using the template form described above to enroll a child prior to departmental approval of the plan.