Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10420.5 · Chapter 25. Building a Better Early Care and Education System

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 10420.5

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to promote quality, access, and stability in the early care and education system by authorizing an appropriate unit of family child care providers to choose a provider organization to act as their unit’s representative on all matters specified in this chapter. It is also the purpose of this chapter to promote full communication between family child care providers and the state by permitting a provider organization certified as the representative of family child care providers to meet and confer with the state regarding matters within the scope of representation and other areas as mutually agreed upon in negotiations.

(b) This chapter is not intended to change the family child care providers’ status as employees or independent business owners or classify family child care providers as public employees.

(c) This chapter is not intended to change or interfere with the requirements governing licensing or enforcement thereof set forth in the California Child Day Care Facilities Act (Chapter 3.4 (commencing with Section 1596.70), Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1596.90), and Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 1597.30) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code).

(d) This chapter is not intended to interfere with the ability of the state, the department, another department or agency, or a political subdivision of the state to comply with the requirements of federal grants or federal funding.

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History

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 116, Sec. 260. (AB 131) Effective July 23, 2021.

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Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=10420.5.
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