An exception to child care center licensing requirements for care and supervision provided while a parent participates in a coworking space on the premises

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, no person may for compensation provide care and supervision for four or more children under the age of seven for less than 24 hours a day unless that person obtains a license to operate a child care center from the Department of Children and Families. To be licensed, current law requires a person to meet the minimum requirements established by DCF. However, rules promulgated by DCF specify that these requirements do not apply to care and supervision provided for no more than three hours a day while a child's parent is employed on the premise. This bill expands this exception to cover if the child's parent is participating in a coworking space on the premises. Under the bill, a coworking space is an arrangement under which participants share office space and common infrastructure within a facility but not a common employer. The bill also provides that, under the exception, one day per week a child may receive care and supervision for no more than 5 hours as long as the total number of hours of care and supervision received in one week does not exceed 15.

Who's behind it

2 representatives are its authors⁠. 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.