SF 3827 Summary

• Expands the definition of "controlling individual" in child care programs to include primary providers of care for special family child care programs, effective July 1, 2022.

• Requires licensing agencies to offer exit interviews to family child care and child care center license holders during inspections to discuss violations and provide technical assistance, with disputed interpretations subject to commissioner clarification.

• Changes annual inspection requirement from "at least annually" to "once each calendar year" for licensed child care providers and certified license-exempt centers.

• Updates sudden unexpected infant death prevention regulations to clarify crib requirements, permit helmet use with physician documentation, and standardize swaddling procedures with informed parental consent, effective January 1, 2023.

• Authorizes commissioner to conduct pilot projects through February 1, 2024, testing modernized child care regulation methods and procedures in one or more counties through commissioner's orders waiving specific requirements.