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S3024 2026 -- S 3024 ======== LC006014 ======== STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2026 ____________ A N A C T RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES Introduced By: Senators Bissaillon, Murray, DiMario, LaMountain, Ciccone, DiPalma, and Lawson Date Introduced: March 05, 2026 Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 42-12-25 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-12 entitled Department 2 of Human Services is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 42-12-25. Childcare training, accreditation, technical assistance, and monitoring. 4 (a) The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the department of human services 5 such funds as it deems necessary to enable the department to assist providers in obtaining national 6 accreditation, to expand childcare staff development and training, and for technical assistance and 7 monitoring, including but not limited to, activities that provide: 8 (1) Training opportunities for childcare providers which foster a coordinated link between 9 the providers and the schools; 10 (2) Specialized training for providers of infant/toddler and/or pre-adolescent care; 11 (3) Evaluation of childcare providers and programs through parent surveys and formal 12 evaluation techniques; 13 (4) Technical assistance and training for current and prospective non-English speaking 14 providers. 15 (b) The general assembly shall annually appropriate to the department of human services 16 funding for the hiring of additional state childcare licensing inspectors in order to meet the National 17 Association for Regulatory Administration (NARA) recommended average of one inspector for 18 every fifty (50) to sixty (60) childcare providers. 1 (b) (c) The director of the department of human services is further authorized to request 2 such appropriation for each state fiscal year as the director deems necessary to carry out the 3 programs and purposes of this section. 4 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. ======== LC006014 ======== LC006014 - Page 2 of 3 EXPLANATION BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF A N A C T RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES *** 1 This act would increase the number of state childcare licensing inspectors to meet the 2 national recommended average of one inspector for every fifty (50) to sixty (60) childcare 3 providers. 4 This act would take effect upon passage. ======== LC006014 ======== LC006014 - Page 3 of 3
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