State government: office buildings: daycare centers.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not explicitly mention nonprofit organizations running daycare centers as affected parties, even though it forbids charging rent to such providers. This was removed from the 'who_it_affects' section.

State Office Buildings: Daycare Centers

This law requires the state to give priority to licensed daycare providers when building or fixing office buildings for state workers, and it sets rules for using space in these buildings as daycare centers.

What This Bill Does

• Requires that when the state builds new office buildings or makes changes to existing ones, they must consider giving space to licensed daycare providers.
• Sets conditions for how daycare centers can use this space, including safety standards and costs.
• Forbids charging rent to nonprofit daycare providers who accept subsidies.
• Allows the Director of General Services to find other spaces for daycare centers if certain conditions are met.
• Requires existing office buildings to be modified to fit daycare centers if needed funds are available.

Who It Names or Affects

• State government
• Licensed daycare providers

Terms To Know

Director of General Services

The person in charge of managing state-owned buildings and facilities.

Licensure

A legal permission needed to operate a daycare center.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not apply to office buildings that provide care or residential services for patients, inmates, or wards of the state.
• The law does not specify how much funding will be available for these changes.
• It is unclear if all existing office buildings will have enough space for daycare centers.

Official Summary Text

AB 2006, as amended, Michelle Rodriguez.
State government: office buildings:
day care
daycare
centers.
Existing law, the California Child Day Care Facilities Act, sets forth requirements for licensure as a
day care
daycare
center.
This bill would require, on and after January 1, 2027, when the state constructs, acquires, or receives as a gift any office building that can accommodate state employees, or when additions, alterations, or repairs are made to any existing state-owned office building, priority to be given to licensed
child care
childcare
providers, as
defined, that seek to contract with the Director of General Services (director) to use a part of the space as a
day care
daycare
center, as defined. The bill would subject the use of the space as a
day care
daycare
center to terms and conditions set forth by the director, including as to cost.
The bill would prohibit the state from charging
rent to licensed child care providers using the space as a day care center, as specified, if the provider is a nonprofit entity and accepts subsidies.
This bill would authorize the director to secure other space not attached to a state-owned office building for use as a
day care
daycare
center if funds are made available for those purposes and the director determines one of certain conditions exist. The bill would also authorize existing state-owned office buildings to be retrofitted to accommodate a
day care
daycare
center at the director’s discretion, to the extent that state funds
are made available for those purposes. The bill would set forth priority for enrollment of children in
day care
daycare
centers established pursuant to the bill’s provisions.
This bill would require compliance with local and state safety building codes for
day care
daycare
centers in state-owned office buildings. The bill would exclude from the bill’s provisions office buildings used or owned by the state that provide care or 24-hour residential care for patients, inmates, or wards of the state.
The bill would make related findings and
declarations, including findings and declarations related to a gift of public funds.

Current Bill Text

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