CARE for Kids Act of 2012
Latest action · Mar 29, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Childcare Accountability and Responsibility Act of 2012 or the CARE for Kids Act of 2012 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require a national criminal background check for an individual who is a child care staff member, a family child care provider, or an adult who resides in the home of a family child care provider in any state that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program. Requires that such background check include: (1) a search of the national Sex Offender Registry, the National Crime Information Center, state criminal registries, and state-based abuse and neglect registries and databases; and (2) a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) fingerprint check.
Makes a child care provider ineligible for Program funds if the criminal background check reveals an adult felony conviction of any such individual for: (1) child abuse or neglect; (2) spousal abuse; (3) a crime against children (including child pornography); (4) a violent crime; or (5) distribution, possession with intent to distribute, or importation of a controlled substance committed within the previous five years.
Allows: (1) a child care provider or an individual subject to a background check to appeal the results to the appropriate designated state agency, and (2) a state to collect a fee from providers for such background checks to defray costs.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2012 to Apr 16, 2012; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Original | Jan 25, 2012 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jan 25, 2012 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jan 25, 2012 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jan 25, 2012 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 9, 2012 | |
| D-MO | Russ Carnahan | Feb 14, 2012 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 16, 2012 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 25, 2012 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Jan 25, 2012Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H182.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require a criminal background check for employees of child care providers, family child care providers, and adults who reside in the private residences of family child care providers in States that receive funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- CARE for Kids Act of 2012
- Childcare Accountability and Responsibility Act of 2012
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Families.
- Administrative remedies
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Crimes against children
- Criminal justice information and records
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Families
- Government information and archives
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
- User charges and fees
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2012Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
