CA SB1154

Establishes the Patricia Siegel Child Care Resource and Referral Memorial Act of 2016, requiring child care resource and referral programs to provide training, workshops, community resource assistance, and collaboration with other agencies to improve child care services.

Mandates that programs provide basic child care referrals at no cost to all persons regardless of income, while limiting distribution of small family day care home lists except for emergency preparedness and response efforts.

Requires programs to develop and implement written complaint procedures for documenting and resolving complaints, referring licensing violations, and removing or reinstating child care providers from referral files.

Establishes two California Child Care Initiative Projects (State Program and Quality Plan Program) with the objective of increasing availability of quality child care, requiring state funds to be matched by two dollars from other sources for every one state dollar allocated.

Imposes additional trustline registry requirements on resource and referral programs, including reviewing applications for license-exempt, home-based child care providers paid through state or federal subsidies and facilitating the trustline Web-based application process.