care providers that are licensed by the State or that re-
ceive funds under the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990. 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) STATE PLAN.—Section 658E(c)(2) of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(I) CRIMINAL
BACKGROUND
CHECK.— 
Certify that the State will— 
‘‘(i) require each eligible child care 
provider (excluding an eligible child care 
provider described in section 658P(5)(B)) 
that is licensed by the State or receives 
funds provided under this subchapter— 
‘‘(I) to obtain from the State a 
comprehensive criminal background 
check of— 
‘‘(aa) each employee who 
provides child care services; 
‘‘(bb) each applicant for em-
ployment to provide such serv-
ices; and 
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‘‘(cc) each family child care 
provider who provides or applies 
to provide such services; 
‘‘(II) to refuse to employ an indi-
vidual to provide such services— 
‘‘(aa) if such individual was 
convicted, in the then most re-
cent 5-year period ending on the 
date of receipt of such a criminal 
background check, of— 
‘‘(AA) a crime of vio-
lence (as defined in section 
20101 of subtitle A of title 
II of the Violent Crime Con-
trol and Law Enforcement 
Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 
13701)); or 
‘‘(BB) a crime against 
a child for which the penalty 
exceeds imprisonment for a 
term exceeding 1 year; 
‘‘(bb) to an eligible child 
without the supervision of an em-
ployee 
whose 
criminal 
back-
ground check satisfies the re-
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quirements of the subparagraph, 
pending receipt of such a crimi-
nal background check of such in-
dividual; and 
‘‘(cc) to an eligible child 
with the supervision of an em-
ployee 
whose 
criminal 
back-
ground check satisfies the re-
quirements of the subparagraph 
and for a period exceeding 90 
days, pending receipt of such a 
criminal background check of 
such individual; and 
‘‘(ii) carry out at the request of an eli-
gible child care provider, as soon as prac-
ticable, a comprehensive criminal back-
ground check (at the State option for a fee 
not to exceed the actual cost to the State) 
of each employee of, and each applicant for 
employment by, a child care provider that 
is licensed by the State or receives funds 
provided under this subchapter by the 
State, and make the results of such check 
available to such provider and to such em-
ployee or applicant. 
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At the request of a State, the Secretary may 
waive for 1 fiscal year the application of this 
subparagraph to the State if the State dem-
onstrates a good faith effort to comply with the 
requirements specified in this subparagraph and 
its inability to so comply. 
‘‘(J) INSPECTIONS.—The State shall cer-
tify that each eligible child care provider (ex-
cluding an eligible child care provider described 
in section 658P(5)(B)) that is licensed by the 
State will be inspected not less frequently than 
at 3-month intervals. 
‘‘(K) TRAINING.—The State shall certify 
that each eligible child care provider (excluding 
an eligible child care provider described in sec-
tion 658P(5)(B)) that receives funds provided 
under this subchapter will receive not less 
than— 
‘‘(i) 40 hours of initial training; and 
‘‘(ii) annually 24 hours of training 
that includes CPR, first aid, recognizing 
child abuse, basic safety and health, and 
child behavior and development.’’. 
(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 658I(b)(2) of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
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U.S.C. 9858g(i)(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘If a State fails to comply substantially with 
the 
requirements 
specified 
in 
section 
658e(c)(2)(I), the Secretary shall reduce by 10 
percent the State allotment for the fiscal year 
following the fiscal year with respect to which 
noncompliance is found.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
take effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
Æ 
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