CHAPTER 278
An Act to amend and reenact the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 189 and the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 751 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017, relating to child care providers; criminal history background check; sunset and contingency.
Approved March 9, 2018
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 189 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017 are amended and reenacted as follows:
4. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1,
2018 2020.
5. That if any provision of the federal Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing requirements for national
fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for (i) employees,
applicants for employment, volunteers at or applicants to serve as volunteers
at any licensed family day system, registered family day home, family day home
approved by a family day system, child day center exempt from licensure
pursuant to § 63.2-1716 of the Code of Virginia; (ii) applicants for licensure
as a family day system, registration as a family day home or approval as a
family day home by a family day system, agents of such applicants, and adults
living in such family day homes; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter
into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day
center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services
funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act is repealed prior to
July 1, 2018 2020, the provisions of this act enacting such
requirement shall expire upon the date such provision is repealed.
2. That the fourth and fifth enactments of Chapter 751 of the Acts of Assembly of 2017 are amended and reenacted as follows:
4. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1,
2018 2020.
5. That if any provision of the federal Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 2014 establishing requirements for national
fingerprint-based criminal history background checks for (i) employees,
applicants for employment, volunteers at or applicants to serve as volunteers
at any licensed family day system, registered family day home, family day home
approved by a family day system, child day center exempt from licensure
pursuant to § 63.2-1716 of the Code of Virginia; (ii) applicants for licensure
as a family day system, registration as a family day home or approval as a
family day home by a family day system, agents of such applicants, and adults
living in such family day homes; and (iii) individuals who apply for or enter
into a contract with the Department of Social Services under which a child day
center, family day home, or child day program will provide child care services
funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act is repealed prior to
July 1, 2018 2020, the provisions of this act enacting such
requirement shall expire upon the date such provision is repealed.