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NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-14 - Child Care Advisory Council.

30:5B-14 Child Care Advisory Council.  14. a. The Director of the Division of Family Development in the Department of Human Services, a designee of the Commissioner of Children and Families, and the Director of the Division on Women in the Department of Children and Families shall establish a Child Care Advisory Council which shall consist of at least 15 individuals who have experience, training, or other interests in child care issues. To the extent possible, the directors shall designate members of existing councils or task forces heretofore established on child care in New Jersey as the advisory council.  b. The advisory council shall: (1) Review rules and regulations or proposed revisions to existing rules and regulations governing the licensing of child care centers;  (2) Review proposed statutory amendments governing the licensing of child care centers and make recommendations to the commissioner;  (3) Advise the commissioner on the administration of the licensing responsibilities under this act;  (4) Advise the Commissioners of Human Services and Children and Families and other appropriate units of State government on the needs, priorities, programs, and policies relating to child care throughout the State;  (5) Study and recommend alternative resources for child care; and (6) Facilitate employer supported child care through information and technical assistance.  c. The advisory council may accept from any governmental department or agency, public or private body, or any other source grants or contributions to be used in carrying out its responsibilities under P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.).  L.1983, c.492, s.14; amended 1992, c.95, s.4; 2006, c.47, s.165; 2012, c.16, s.119.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-15 - Annual report

30:5B-15. Annual report  15. The Child Care Advisory Council shall prepare and submit to the Senate and General Assembly an annual report of its findings and recommendations.  L.1983,c.492,s.15; amended 1992,c.95,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-15.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-15.1 - Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.

30:5B-15.1 Children's products deemed unsafe prohibited in certain child care centers; duties of Department of Children and Families.  5. a. A child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) may not use or have on its premises a children's product deemed unsafe in accordance with section 2 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.2). This subsection does not apply to an antique or collectible children's product if it is not used by, or accessible to, any child in the child care center. b. The Department of Children and Families shall make the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), available to child care centers by posting the list on the department's website or providing electronic access to the list through its website to the list's posting on the Internet by the Division of Consumer Affairs, so that child care centers may more effectively inspect children's products and identify unsafe children's products. c. (1) The department shall prepare a certification form and require each center to complete the certification form during the process of licensing, renewal, or periodic updating. (2) The department shall retain the certification form completed by each center in each respective center's licensing file. d. Each child care center shall: (1) as part of the licensing, licensing renewal, or periodic inspection process conducted by the department, certify in writing that it has reviewed the list created by the Division of Consumer Affairs regarding unsafe children's products pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.3), and that there are no unsafe products in the center; and (2) review the list periodically and make the list accessible to the center staff members and to parents of the children who attend the center. e. The department may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any child care center, or refuse to issue a license to a center, should the center not comply with any section of P.L.2007, c.124 (C.56:8-53.1 et al.). L.2007,c.124,s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-15.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-15.2 - Child care center communication with parent, guardian regarding child's absence.

30:5B-15.2 Child care center communication with parent, guardian regarding child's absence.  1. a. Whenever a child who is enrolled in a child care center licensed pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) will be absent from the child care center, the child's parent or guardian shall notify the sponsor of the child care center or the sponsor's designee. b. If a child who is enrolled in a licensed child care center is determined to be absent without notification from the child's parent or guardian, and if the reason for the child's absence is unknown to child care center staff, the sponsor of the child care center or the sponsor's designee shall immediately attempt to contact the child's parent or guardian to notify the parent or guardian of the absence and to determine the reason for the absence. L.2020, c.152.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-16 - Short title

30:5B-16. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Family Day Care Provider Registration Act."  L. 1987, c. 27, s. 1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-17 - Findings

30:5B-17. Findings  The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to fund and develop a system for the voluntary registration of family day care providers to assure care, maintenance and supervision for children which will be beneficial to their health, safety, welfare and development.  L. 1987, c. 27, s. 2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-18 - Definitions.

30:5B-18 Definitions.  3. As used in this act: a. "Certificate of registration" means a certificate issued by the department to a family day care provider, acknowledging that the provider is registered pursuant to the provisions of this act. b. "Department" means the Department of Children and Families. c. "Family day care home" means a private residence in which child care services are provided for a fee to no less than three and no more than five children at any one time for no less than 15 hours per week; except that the department shall not exclude a family day care home with less than three children from voluntary registration. A child being cared for under the following circumstances is not included in the total number of children receiving child care services: (1) The child being cared for is legally related to the provider; or (2) Care is being provided as part of an employment agreement between the family day care provider and an assistant or substitute provider where no payment for the care is being provided.  d. "Family day care provider" means a person at least 18 years of age who is responsible for the operation and management of a family day care home. e. "Family day care sponsoring organization" means an agency or organization which contracts with the department to assist in the registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area.  f. "Monitor" means to visit a family day care provider to review the provider's compliance with the standards established pursuant to this act.  L.1987, c.27, s.3; amended 1991, c.278, s.3; 1992, c.13, s.2; 2004, c.130, s.103; 2006, c.47, s.166.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-19 - Responsibility; authority; contractual terms.

30:5B-19 Responsibility; authority; contractual terms.  4. a. The department has the responsibility and authority to contract with family day care sponsoring organizations for the voluntary registration of family day care providers and shall adopt regulations for the operation and maintenance of family day care sponsoring organizations.  b. The department shall contract in writing with an agency or organization authorizing the agency or organization to operate as a family day care sponsoring organization to assist in the voluntary registration of family day care providers in a specific geographical area and to perform other functions with regard to family day care providers in accordance with the provisions of this act and the regulations adopted thereunder for which purposes the organization shall receive funds from the department based upon a fee for the service. The department shall contract with a family day care sponsoring organization for a period of one year. c. The department shall contract with one family day care sponsoring organization to serve each county; however, the department may, as it deems appropriate, contract with additional family day care sponsoring organizations in a county, except that the department shall make all necessary arrangements to avoid duplication of effort and to promote a cooperative working relationship among the sponsoring organizations. Within one year following the effective date of this act there shall be a family day care sponsoring organization serving each county in this State. L.1987,c.27,s.4; amended 2004, c.130, s.104.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-20 - Contracting organizations; responsibilities, duties.

30:5B-20 Contracting organizations; responsibilities, duties.  5. a. A family day care sponsoring organization with which the department contracts is authorized to register family day care providers within its designated geographical area and is responsible for providing administrative services, including, but not limited to, training, technical assistance, and consultation to family day care providers and inspection, supervision, monitoring and evaluation of family day care providers.  b. The family day care sponsoring organization shall maintain permanent records for each family day care provider it registers. The sponsoring organization shall also maintain its own staff and administrative and financial records. All records are open to inspection by an authorized representative of the department for the purpose of determining compliance with this act.  c. The family day care sponsoring organization shall provide a program of outreach and public relations to inform providers of the provisions of this act.  L.1987,c.27,s.5; amended 2004, c.130, s.105.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-21 - Evaluation; registration; monitoring

30:5B-21. Evaluation; registration; monitoring  6. a. The family day care sponsoring organization shall evaluate a family day care provider prior to the issuance of a certificate of registration. The evaluation shall include at least one visit to the family day care home in addition to personal and health references, and shall be made part of the family day care sponsoring organization's permanent records for that provider. The certificate of registration shall be renewed every three years. The family day care provider is required to pay a registration fee of $25.00 to the sponsoring organization each time a certificate is granted or renewed.  b. The family day care sponsoring organization shall provide a minimum of one preservice training or orientation session for each applicant for a certificate of registration prior to the issuance of the certificate of registration and shall provide appropriate training, consultation and technical assistance to the family day care provider after the certificate of registration has been issued.  c. The family day care sponsoring organization is authorized to monitor and evaluate each registered family day care provider at least once every two years. In addition, the sponsoring organization shall annually monitor no less than 20% of the family day care providers in its designated geographic area on a random basis to insure compliance with the standards established under this act, provide assistance and insure that corrective action is taken as needed.  d. The family day care provider registered by a family day care sponsoring organization shall post and display the certificate of registration at all times in a prominent location within the home. A certificate of registration issued pursuant to this act is not transferable.  e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.13). f. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1992, c.13). L.1987,c.27,s.6; amended 1991,c.278,s.4; 1992,c.13,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-22 - Providers; standards

30:5B-22. Providers; standards  a. Each family day care provider registered by a family day care sponsoring organization shall be of good character with sufficient intelligence, stability, energy and maturity to care for children and shall guarantee that each child being cared for within the provider's home is under competent supervision at all times. The provider shall provide appropriate discipline, excluding physical punishment, as necessary.  b. Each registered family day care home shall meet minimum life safety requirements, including adequate space, light, and ventilation, in addition to providing clean, nonhazardous facilities and furnishings.  L. 1987, c. 27, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-22.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-22.1 - Findings, declarations relative to family child care providers.

30:5B-22.1 Findings, declarations relative to family child care providers.  1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Family child care providers in the State of New Jersey provide an invaluable and essential service to working parents and guardians by providing a healthy, safe and productive environment for their children while they are engaged in work or training; b. The State recognizes the importance of these services and recognizes the need to continue and improve both the quality of care and the living and working conditions of the providers; c. The Department of Children and Families is vested with the authority to regulate and set standards for the registration of family child care homes, and the Department of Human Services provides funding for the administration and enforcement of the operation of family child care homes, establishes reimbursement rates, and administers child care subsidy services for the Child Care Development Fund; d. To ensure quality standards of care, it is in the public interest for New Jersey to maintain a child care delivery system that encourages the recruitment and retention of quality family child care providers to deliver these vital services; e. In 2006, a majority of family child care providers selected a union to be their representative by individually signed authorization cards, and the State Board of Mediation certified the Child Care Workers Union (CCWU), a union formed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO (AFSCME) and the Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO (CWA) to be the providers' exclusive majority representative; and f. The State subsequently entered into an agreement with the CCWU in its capacity as exclusive majority representative for the family child care providers. L.2009, c.299, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-22.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-22.2 - Meeting of departments, representative; agreement.

30:5B-22.2 Meeting of departments, representative; agreement.  2. a. The Commissioner of the Department of Human Services or, if applicable, the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, on behalf of the State of New Jersey, shall, in a timely manner, meet in good faith with a recognized exclusive majority representative of all family child care providers who are registered and approved as family day care providers pursuant to P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.), for the purpose of entering into an agreement, or negotiating a renewal or extension, with any agreed upon modifications, of any agreement in effect upon the effective date of this act, regarding reimbursement rates, collection and payment of fees, dispute resolution, reporting procedures, benefits, health and safety conditions, and any other matters that would improve recruitment and retention of qualified family child care providers and the quality of the programs they provide, subject to the provisions of this section. Although family child care providers are not State employees, the subjects which may be included in an agreement shall be consistent with the areas which are considered negotiable for public employees who are subject to the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.). Nothing in this act shall require that an agreement be reached on any particular matter, provided the parties act in good faith. b. The purpose of this section is to permit family child care providers to select an exclusive majority representative to represent them as provided in this section. This act is intended by the Legislature to provide state action immunity under federal and State antitrust laws for any actions of the State, or joint actions of family child care providers and their exclusive majority representative, to the extent those actions are authorized by this act. The protections and prohibitions regarding unfair practices provided by section 1 of P.L.1974, c.123 (C.34:13A-5.4) shall apply to any family child care providers subject to this act, to the State as their employer, and to their employee organizations, representatives or agents. c. Any agreement entered into, renewed or extended pursuant to this section shall be embodied in writing, shall be binding upon the State of New Jersey, and shall provide for the payment of union dues and representation fees in a manner consistent with the provisions of the "New Jersey Employer-Employee Relations Act," P.L.1941, c.100 (C.34:13A-1 et seq.) which apply to the payment of union dues and representation fees by public employees. d. For the purposes of this act, "family child care provider" shall include all in-home, voluntary, registered, approved family friend and neighbor caregivers and nationally accredited child care providers included in any agreement entered into under the provisions of Executive Order 23, signed August 2, 2006.  L.2009, c.299, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-22.3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-22.3 - Construction of act.

30:5B-22.3 Construction of act.  3. No provision of this act or provision of any agreement entered into, renewed or extended pursuant to this act, shall be construed as: a. Interfering with the rights of parents or guardians to choose family child care providers; b. Granting family child care providers any right to engage in a strike or collective cessation of the delivery of child care services; or c. Granting family child care providers status as employees of the State for the purposes of the "New Jersey Tort Claims Act," N.J.S.59:1-1 et seq., the "Temporary Disability Benefits Law," P.L.1948, c.110 (C.43:21-25 et seq.), the New Jersey "unemployment compensation law," R.S.43:21-1 et seq., and the workers' compensation law, R.S.34:15-1 et seq., nor status as employees of the State for any other purposes except for the purposes indicated in sections 1 and 2 of this act, including selecting representatives to negotiate and enter into agreements with the State as provided in section 2. L.2009, c.299, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-22.4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-22.4 - Limitations of act.

30:5B-22.4 Limitations of act.  4. No action may be taken under this act that would derogate from the status, functions or authority of the Department of Human Services in its capacity as Lead Agency pursuant to the State Plan for Child Care Development Services filed by the Commissioner of Human Services with the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. No provision of this act shall supersede the authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families under the provisions of P.L.1987, c.27 (C.30:5B-16 et seq.). L.2009, c.299, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-23 - Certificate of registration, standards, violations.

30:5B-23 Certificate of registration, standards, violations.  8. a. The department shall also establish standards for the issuance, renewal, denial, suspension and revocation of a certificate of registration which the family day care sponsoring organization shall apply. In developing the standards, the department shall consult with the Advisory Council on Child Care established pursuant to the "Child Care Center Licensing Act," P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.). b. A person operating as a registered family day care provider who violates the provisions of this act by failing to adhere to the standards established by the department pursuant to this act shall be notified in writing of the violation of the provisions of this act and provided with an opportunity to comply with those provisions. For a subsequent violation, the person's certificate of registration may be revoked, or the person may be fined in an amount determined by the Commissioner of Human Services, or both. The receipt of excessive complaints by the municipal police or other local or State authorities concerning neglect of children, excessive noise, or property damage resulting from the operation of a family day care home may be considered by the department when renewing, suspending or revoking a certificate of registration.  c. The department, before denying, suspending, revoking or refusing to renew a certificate of registration, shall give notice thereof to the provider personally, or by certified or registered mail to the last known address of the family day care home with return receipt requested. The notice shall afford the provider the opportunity to be heard. The hearing shall take place within 60 days from the receipt of the notice and shall be conducted in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.).  d. If the certificate of registration is suspended or revoked or not renewed, the provider shall so notify the parent of each child attending the family day care home in writing within 10 days of the action.  e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1993, c.350). L.1987,c.27,s.8; amended 1991, c.278, ss.5,14; (s.14 amended 1992, c.13, ss.4,5); 1993, c.350, s.6; 2004, c.130, s.106.
NJ Rev Stat § 30:5B-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 30 - Institutions and Agencies|Section 30:5B-24 - Report

30:5B-24. Report  The division shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report of its findings and recommendations no later than two years after the effective date of this act. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: the number of family day care homes registered; the number of children served and their ages; the estimated number of family day care homes not registered; the number of inquiries by parents or guardians to the family day care sponsoring organizations or to the State-operated child care clearinghouse; and an evaluation of the need for mandatory family day care registration.  L. 1987, c. 27, s. 9.