Child CARE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1973
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-17
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Child care and development

Child safety and welfare

Congressional oversight

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-17
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Child Care Accessibility Report and Evaluation Act of 2021 or the Child CARE Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families to report on the regulations in each state relating to child care. The report must include the average cost of child care in each state and any effects of regulations that address the quality of child care on the cost and supply of child care.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1973 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2021 Mrs. Hinson (for herself, Mr. Jacobs of New York , Mr. Stivers , Mr. Feenstra , Mr. Armstrong , Mrs. Miller of Illinois , Mr. Norman , and Mrs. Miller-Meeks ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to submit to the Congress a report on State child care regulations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Child Care Accessibility Report and Evaluation Act of 2021 or the Child CARE Act of 2021 . 2. Report Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administration for Children and Families, shall submit to the Congress a report that contains the following information: (1) The list of child care regulations in each State by State. (2) Whether each regulation is best described as related to— (A) child safety, (B) quality of child care, (C) both child safety and quality of care, or (D) neither. (3) An analysis of any effect of State regulations categorized as “quality of child care” regulations on the cost of child care and the supply of child care. (4) The average cost of child care in each State. (5) The number of child care providers per 100,000 children in each State, disaggregated by type (home-based or center-based). (6) A ranking of States by the number of quality regulations. 3. Definition For purposes of this Act, the term State means any of the several States, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico.