PRINTER'S NO. 2339
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1742
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY MEHAFFIE, SOLOMON, MILLARD, MUSTIO, THOMAS, RYAN,
STURLA, LEWIS, WARD, V. BROWN, ROEBUCK, SCHLOSSBERG, NEILSON,
WATSON, DALEY, DONATUCCI AND BRADFORD, AUGUST 24, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, AUGUST 24, 2017
AN ACT
Amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), entitled "An
act to consolidate, editorially revise, and codify the public
welfare laws of the Commonwealth," in departmental powers and
duties as to supervision, providing for Keystone STARS
Program participants.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known
as the Human Services Code, is amended by adding a section to
read:
Section 923. Keystone STARS Program Participants.--(a) Each
child day care provider enrolled in the Keystone STARS Program
shall:
(1) conspicuously denote on its publicly accessible Internet
website, if operational, its designated STAR-level rating,
which shall include how many STARS out of four that the child
day care provider has received; and
(2) obtain a department-issued placard that denotes the
facility's participation in the Keystone STARS Program and
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designated STAR-level rating.
(b) The department shall be responsible for issuing placards
to program enrollees. The department shall also be responsible
for designing placards in the following manner:
(1) The placards shall be clear, visible and readable by the
general public.
(2) In addition to any guidelines issued by the department
regarding the form of the placards, placards shall include the
following information:
(i) The name of the recipient facility.
(ii) The name of the agency that issued the placard.
(iii) The date the agency issued the placard.
(iv) The number of STARS out of four that the child day care
provider has received.
(v) The address, phone number, publicly accessible Internet
website and e-mail address of the agency that issued the
placard.
(c) Placards shall be posted in any public-facing window on
or adjacent to the entrance of the child day care facility.
(d) A child day care provider that fails to publicly display
its designated STAR-level rating or alters a department-issued
placard in an attempt to misrepresent the facility's STAR-level
rating may be subject to any penalties that the department deems
appropriate.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 180 days.
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