Children

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the bill affects multiple titles or requires completion within 80 days.

Changing Childcare License Review Time

This bill changes the time limit for reviewing temporary childcare licenses from 90 days to 80 days.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the time limit for reviewing temporary childcare licenses from 90 days to 80 days.

Who It Names or Affects

• Childcare providers who need a permanent license after getting a temporary one.
• The Department of Children's Services, which reviews these licenses.

Terms To Know

Temporary License

A short-term permit given to childcare providers while they are being reviewed for a permanent license.

Permanent License

A long-term permit that allows childcare providers to operate without further review, once all requirements are met.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the Department of Children's Services cannot complete its review within 80 days.
• It is unclear how this change will affect existing temporary licenses or childcare providers currently in the process of getting a permanent license.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1365
By Watson

HOUSE BILL 1091
By Haston

HB1091
002847
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 13; Title 37;
Title 49; Title 62; Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71,
relative to childcare.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-5-502(d)(3), is amended by
deleting "ninety (90)" and substituting instead "eighty (80)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.