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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Wilson
DATE TYPED 3/1/2005 HB 804
SHORT TITLE Child Care Licensing Surveyor Training
SB
ANALYST Dunbar
APPROPRIATION
Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY05
FY06
FY05
FY06
$200.0
Recurring General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 804 appropriates $200 thousand dollars from the general fund for expenditure in
FY05 and subsequent year to CYFD to hire and provide ongoing training of childcare licensing
surveyors. The bill contains an emergency provision.
Significant Issues
Each CYFD child care licensing surveyor is currently responsible for regulatory oversight of 70-
85 child care facilities. CYFD indicates a manageable caseload is approximately 50 child care
facilities per surveyor. There are currently over 1,000 licensed providers in the State. CYFD
notes that hiring of additional child care surveyors would provide for manageable caseloads, al-
low for ongoing training, and increase capacity to monitor additional after school programs.