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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3406 

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 

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016 

Mr. ISAKSON 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)(F) of the Child Care and Devel3 opment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 

4 9858c(c)(2)(F)) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv); 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following: 

8 ‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATION ABOUT LI9 ABILITY INSURANCE.—The State plan shall 

10 provide assurances that the State includes 

11 as part of its regulatory process for 

12 issuance and renewal of licenses to pro13 viders of child care services, a rec14 ommendation to each such provider that 

15 the provider carry liability insurance cov16 ering the operation of its child care busi17 ness. 

18 ‘‘(iii) NOTICE ABOUT LIABILITY IN19 SURANCE.—The State plan shall certify 

20 that there is in effect within the State, 

21 under State or local law, a requirement 

22 that each such licensed child care provider 

23 for which assistance is made available 

24 under this subchapter— 

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1 ises a notice specifying whether or not 

2 such provider carries liability insur3 ance covering the operation of its 

4 child care business; 

5 ‘‘(II) provide to parents of chil6 dren to whom the provider provides 

7 child care services a written notice 

8 stating only whether or not such pro9 vider carries liability insurance cov10 ering the operation of its child care 

11 business, including the amount of any 

12 such coverage; 

13 ‘‘(III) obtain the signature of at 

14 least 1 parent of each such child on 

15 such written notice (without any addi16 tion, attachment, or enclosure) ac17 knowledging that such parent has re18 ceived such notice; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) maintain such notice (or a 

20 copy of such notice) as signed by such 

21 parent (or a copy of the signed notice) 

22 in such provider’s records during the 

23 period in which the child receives such 

24 services.’’. 


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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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