Bill Text: NJ A472 | 2022-2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires licensed child care centers to provide annual notice of emergency procedure requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-11 - Introduced, Referred to Assembly Women and Children Committee [A472 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2022-A472-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
220th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman GABRIELA M. MOSQUERA
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman BRITNEE N. TIMBERLAKE
District 34 (Essex and Passaic)
SYNOPSIS
Requires licensed child care centers to provide annual notice of emergency procedure requirements.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel.
An Act concerning licensed child care centers and supplementing P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a child care center licensed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) shall prepare and make available a notice of the child care center's emergency procedure requirements for ensuring children's safety and for communicating such requirements in the event of evacuation, lockdown, natural or civil disaster, and other emergencies, to every parent or legal guardian of a child attending the center. The notice shall be sent annually, by certified mail, return receipt requested or by receipted first class mail addressed to the parent or legal guardian at the last known address identified in the child care center's records. The notice shall be posted on the child care center's internet website or by other electronic means.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires child care centers licenses pursuant to P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.) to prepare and make available a notice of the child care center's emergency procedure requirements for ensuring children's safety and for communicating such requirements in the event of evacuation, lockdown, natural or civil disaster, and other emergencies, to every parent or legal guardian of a child attending the center. The notice would be sent annually by certified mail, return receipt requested or by receipted first class mail addressed to the parent or legal guardian at the last known address identified in the center's records. The center would also be required to post the notice on its internet website or by other electronic means.
