I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION H. R. 10258 
To protect babies and young children in childcare settings by strengthening 
transparency and safety requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 26, 2024 
Mr. FALLON (for himself, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. SESSIONS, Ms. VAN DUYNE, and 
Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To protect babies and young children in childcare settings 
by strengthening transparency and safety requirements. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Kairo Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘certain child care provider’’ 
means a center-based child care provider, a family 
child care provider, a sectarian child care provider, 
or other provider of child care services for compensa-
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
tion that receives any amount of Federal funding to-
wards providing child care or early learning pro-
grams, including but not limited to Child Care De-
velopment Block Grants and Head Start funding. 
(2) The term ‘‘Center-based child care pro-
vider’’ means a provider licensed or otherwise au-
thorized to provide child care services for fewer than 
24 hours per day per child in a non-residential set-
ting, unless care in excess of 24 hours is due to the 
nature of the parent(s)’ work. 
(3) The term ‘‘family child care provider’’ 
means one or more individual(s) who provide child 
care services for fewer than 24 hours per day per 
child, in a private residence other than the child’s 
residence, unless care in excess of 24 hours is due 
to the nature of the parent(s)’ work. 
(4) The term ‘‘sectarian organization and sec-
tarian child care provider’’ means a religious organi-
zation or religious provider generally. The terms em-
brace any organization or provider that engages in 
religious conduct or activity or that seeks to main-
tain a religious identity in some or all of its func-
tions. There is no requirement that a sectarian orga-
nization or provider be managed by clergy or have 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
any particular degree of religious management, con-
trol, or content. 
SEC. 3. PARENTAL RIGHTS AS A CONDITION OF FUNDING. 
(a) Any provider receiving Federal funds towards 
providing child care or early learning programs, including 
but not limited to Child Care Development Block Grants 
or Head Start funding must develop a parent’s bill of 
rights for child care that includes— 
(1) contact information for the state child 
abuse hotline and agency responsible for inves-
tigating suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation in 
a child care operation; 
(2) information on how to access the State’s 
electronic database, if applicable, of child care moni-
toring and inspection reports as described in section 
658E(c)(2)D) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act; 
(3) for Head Start and Early Head Start pro-
grams information on how to access monitoring re-
ports conducted by the Office of Head Start; 
(4) access to review such child care facility’s 
written records concerning the such child; 
(5) receive from the child care facility, upon re-
quest, the responsible state agency’s inspection re-
ports for the child care facility and information 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
about how to access the child care facility’s compli-
ance history online; 
(6) compliance by the facility with a court order 
preventing another parent or guardian of such child 
from visiting or removing such child from such facil-
ity; 
(7) the contact information for the division re-
sponsible for regulating the child care facility, in-
cluding the division’s name, address, and phone 
number; 
(8) access, within 2 business days from time of 
written request, to any video recording of an alleged 
incident of abuse or neglect involving such child if— 
(A) such a video recording of the alleged 
incident is available; 
(B) such parent or guardian is prohibited 
from retaining any part of the video recording 
depicting a child who is not the child of such 
parent or guardian; and 
(C) the parent or guardian of any other 
child captured in such video recording receives 
written notice from such provider of a request 
for access to such video recording; 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
(D) a copy of the child care facility’s poli-
cies and procedures; access to review such pro-
vider’s— 
(i) staff training records; and 
(ii) any in-house staff training cur-
riculum used by such provider; and 
(E) freedom from any retaliatory action by 
such a provider for exercising any of the par-
ent’s or guardian’s rights under this Act. 
(b) A child care provider shall provide the parent or 
guardian of a child for whom it provides child care services 
a written copy of the rights listed in subsection (a) no 
later than 45 days after the effective date of this Act; or 
not later than the child’s 1st day on which such services 
begin after such effective date. 
(c) This section does not affect the ability of a law 
enforcement agency or a local- or state-run child protective 
services agency to access a video recording as part of an 
investigation of an incident depicted in such video record-
ing. 
SEC. 4. NOTICE OF REQUIREMENT TO COMPLY. 
Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this 
Act, the Director of the Department of Health and 
Human Services will direct the Office of Child Care (OCC) 
and the Office of Head Start (OHS) to make all current 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
and future potential recipients of Child Care Development 
Block Grants and Head Start funding aware of the new 
requirements. 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall take effect 30 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
Æ 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
19:03 Dec 09, 2024
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00006
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H10258.IH
H10258
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS