Senate Bill 2090 Summary

• Expands criminal history record check requirements to include providers, applicants, emergency designees, staff members, and household members of early childhood services programs, with checks valid for five years before renewal required.

• Redefines "staff member" to include any employee or individual whose activities involve care, supervision, guidance, or unsupervised access to children in early childhood programs or self-declaration providers.

• Requires governmental organizations to receive public approval by certifying compliance with all applicable rules before establishing or operating early childhood programs, rather than obtaining licenses like non-governmental entities.

• Modifies application fee structure requiring submission of nonrefundable fees 60-90 days before expiration of current license or self-declaration, with double fees if submitted less than 60 days before expiration.

• Updates language throughout the chapter regarding licensing prerequisites, self-declarations, and in-home provider registration, with effective date of January 1, 2018 for most substantive provisions.