Military Child Care Protection Act of 2016

Bill: 114-s-2515
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2016-02-09
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child care and development

Criminal justice information and records

Domestic violence and child abuse

Military personnel and dependents

Personnel records
Latest action: action_date: 2016-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Military Child Care Protection Act of 2016</strong></p> <p>This bill requires that the criminal background check of military child care system employees that is required pursuant to the Crime Control Act of 1990 be conducted pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Department of Defense in accordance with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, which includes: </p> <ul> <li> searches of state criminal and sex offender registries and child abuse and neglect registries, </li> <li>a search of the National Crime Information Center, and </li> <li>a Federal Bureau of Investigation fingerprint check. </li> </ul> <p>A provider of military child care services or youth program services must comply with criminal background check requirements under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 for the state in which such services are provided.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2515 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 9, 2016 Mr. Burr (for himself and Mrs. Boxer ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure criminal background checks of employees of the military child care system and providers of child care services and youth program services for military dependents.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Military Child Care Protection Act of 2016 . 2. Criminal background checks of employees of the military child care system and providers of child care services and youth program services for military dependents (a) Employees of military child care system Section 1792 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d): (d) Criminal background check The criminal background check of child care employees under this section that is required pursuant to section 231 of the Crime Control Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 13041 ) shall be conducted pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense in accordance with the provisions of section 658H of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858f ). . (b) Providers of child care services and youth program services Section 1798 of such title is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): (c) Criminal background check A provider of child care services or youth program services may not provide such services under this section unless such provider complies with the requirements for criminal background checks under section 658H of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858f ) for the State in which such services are provided. .