TITLE 40
Human services
CHAPTER 40-6.6
Quality Family Child Care Act
SECTION 40-6.6-4
§ 40-6.6-4 Right of CCAP family child care
providers to choose provider representative; subjects of negotiation.
(a) CCAP family child care providers may, in accordance with the procedures set
forth in § 40-6.6-9, choose a provider organization to be their provider
representative and to negotiate with the director, or his or her designee, over
the terms and conditions of CCAP family child care providers' participation in
CCAP, including, but not limited to: (1) Expanding training and professional
development opportunities; (2) Improving the recruitment and retention of
qualified CCAP family child care providers; (3) Reimbursement rates and other
economic matters; (4) Benefits; (5) Payment procedures; and (6) A grievance
resolution process.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, all matters within the scope
of the department of children, youth and families (DCYF) child care licensing
regulations and the DCYF's regulatory authority over child care licensing shall
be excluded from and not subject to negotiations and/or the collective
bargaining process as recognized in this section. DCYF's authority to initiate
licensing action pertaining to family child care providers shall be exclusively
governed by provisions in § 42-72.1-6 and chapter 42-35.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, CCAP family child care
providers must first be qualified as CCAP family child care providers by the
department of human services and must operate in conformance with the relevant
sections of 42-12 of the general laws and regulations promulgated by the
department.
(d) The director shall work in consultation with the
secretary of the executive office of health and human services as well as the
director of the department of human services regarding the terms and conditions
of CCAP family child care providers' participation in CCAP including, but not
limited to, the terms and conditions in subsection (a) above.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2013, ch. 456, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 465, § 1.)