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EHS:cjs:jf
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
October 18, 2013 - Introduced by Representatives Hesselbein, Krug, Berceau,
Brooks, Genrich, Kahl, Kerkman and Thiesfeldt. Referred to Committee on
Children and Families.
AB443,1,2
1An Act to create 48.654 of the statutes;
relating to: the unexplained absence
2of a child receiving care from a child care provider.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a person who holds a license or a probationary license to
operate a child care center, a person certified as a child care provider for purposes
of reimbursement under the Wisconsin Works child care subsidy program, or a
person established or contracted by a school board to provide a child care program
(collectively, "child care provider") must comply with certain statutes and rules to
protect the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the child care provider's care.
Under this bill, before providing care and supervision to a child, a child care provider
must obtain from the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian the child's expected
arrival time for each day on which care and supervision is to be provided. If the child
has not arrived at the provider's facility by one hour past the child's expected arrival
time and if the absence is unexplained, the child care provider must contact by
telephone the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, or the individual
designated as the child's emergency contact.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB443,1
3Section
1. 48.654 of the statutes is created to read:
AB443,2,4
148.654 Unexplained absence. (1) In this section, "child care provider"
2means a child care center that holds a license under s. 48.65 or a probationary license
3under s. 48.69, a child care provider that is certified under s. 48.651, or a child care
4program that is established or contracted for under s. 120.13 (14).
AB443,2,7
5(2) Prior to providing care and supervision to a child, a child care provider shall
6obtain from the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian the child's expected
7arrival time for each day on which care and supervision is to be provided.
AB443,2,14
8(3) If a child who is receiving care and supervision from a child care provider
9has not arrived at the child care provider's facility by one hour past the child's
10expected arrival time and if the absence is unexplained, the child care provider shall
11contact the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian by telephone to determine a
12reason for the absence. If unable to reach the child's parent, guardian, or legal
13custodian, the child care provider shall contact by telephone any other individual
14designated as an emergency contact for the child.
