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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1465 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 

require child care providers to provide to parents information regarding 

whether such providers carry liability insurance. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 16, 2009 

Mr. ISAKSON (for himself, Mr. DODD, Mr. CHAMBLISS, and Mr. BURRIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

Act of 1990 to require child care providers to provide 

to parents information regarding whether such providers 

carry liability insurance. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anthony DeJuan 

5 Boatwright Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 

2 Section 658E(c)(2) of the Child Care and Develop3 ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by adding at the 

6 end the following: ‘‘The State plan shall also provide 

7 assurances that the State includes as part of its reg8 ulatory process for issuance and renewal of licenses 

9 to providers of child care services, a recommendation 

10 to each such provider that the provider carry liabil11 ity insurance covering the operation of its child care 

12 business.’’; and 

13 (2) in subparagraph (F)— 

14 (A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

15 end; 

16 (B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 

17 the end and inserting a semicolon; 

18 (C) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(iv) a requirement that each such li21 censed child care provider— 

22 ‘‘(I) post publicly and conspicu23 ously in the service area of its prem24 ises a notice specifying whether or not 

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1 ance covering the operation of its 

2 child care business; 

3 ‘‘(II) provide to parents of chil4 dren to whom the provider provides 

5 child care services a written notice 

6 stating only whether or not such pro7 vider carries liability insurance cov8 ering the operation of its child care 

9 business, including the amount of any 

10 such coverage; 

11 ‘‘(III) obtain the signature of at 

12 least 1 parent of each such child on 

13 such written notice (without any addi14 tion, attachment, or enclosure) ac15 knowledging that such parent has re16 ceived such notice; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) maintain such notice (or a 

18 copy of such notice) as signed by such 

19 parent (or a copy of the signed notice) 

20 in such provider’s records during the 

21 period in which the child receives such 

22 services.’’; and 

23 (D) in the last sentence, by striking 

24 ‘‘Nothing in this subparagraph’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘Nothing in clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 

3 take effect on October 1 of the first fiscal year that begins 

4 more than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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