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Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act
This bill provides immunity from civil liability for employers and host entities who allow child care providers to operate on their property, under certain conditions.
What This Bill Does
- Creates a new law called the Tennessee Child Care Hosting Safe Harbor Act.
- Provides that an employer or host entity cannot be sued if a licensed child care provider causes harm while providing services on the employer's or host entity's property.
- Excludes protection for employers and host entities who directly manage, control, operate, employ, supervise, or direct staff of the child care provider.
- Clarifies that simply providing space, utilities, maintenance, security, improvements, or financial support does not mean an employer or host entity is managing the child care provider.
Who It Names or Affects
- Employers who provide child care services on their property for employees' children.
- Host entities like nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and educational institutions that allow child care providers to use their property.
- Child care providers licensed by the state of Tennessee.
Terms To Know
- Employer
- A person or entity that subsidizes child care costs for employees or hosts a child care provider on its premises, without operating or managing it.
- Host Entity
- An organization that allows a child care provider to operate on property they own or control, regardless of whether the children are those of their employees.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not protect employers and host entities if they directly manage, control, operate, employ, supervise, or direct staff at the child care provider.
- It only applies to actions arising on or after July 1, 2026.
- Does not change any rights of action against a child care provider.