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H. B. 4608

(By Delegates Webster, Brown, Fleischauer, Palumbo, Perdue, Reynolds, Lane, Beach, Craig, Moye and White)


[Introduced February 18, 2008; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]




A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-1-12, relating to a study and investigation by the Department of Administration on the feasibility, implementation, effects and related issues in connection with creating a pilot program for child day centers operated by the State; and requiring that the Department of Administration report on same to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance prior to the first day of January, two thousand nine.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §5A-1-12, to read as follows:
CHAPTER 5A. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.
ARTICLE 1. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.
§5A-1-12. Study on pilot program for state-operated child day
care centers.

(a) The Legislature finds that state-owned or leased facilities are suitable for the provision of child day care and that such day care centers are needed by public employees and other parents in the State. Further, the Legislature finds that such facilities should be designed, constructed or improved so as to maximize the attending children's safety, health, education and development. Further, the Legislature finds that management and staff personnel at such facilities should be adequately educated, trained and compensated, including healthcare insurance and other benefits, for the services they provide to the attending children and their families, and that retention of such personnel is imperative to the continuity of development of attending children. Finally, the Legislature finds that the operation of such facilities should be undertaken so as to balance cost-effectiveness in all aspects of such facilities' operations with the availability of affordable day care services for public employees and other parents in the State.
(b) The Department of Administration, in consultation with other appropriate agencies and interested parties, shall undertake a comprehensive study to
investigate the feasibility, implementation, effects and any related issues in connection with creating a pilot program for child day centers operated by the State. Such study and investigation shall initially center on all aspects of the operation and management of the Public Employees' Day Care Center in Charleston. Such study and investigation shall include, but is not limited to, other locations in which such facilities would likely prosper; the costs and benefits associated with appropriate design of, construction of or improvements to the subject facilities; the costs and benefits associated with hiring and retaining adequately educated, trained and compensated management and staff personnel; the costs and benefits associated with offering programs, instruction and activities designed to provide attending children with modern, effective opportunities for enhanced safety, health, education and development; and the costs and benefits of providing available, affordable child day care services to child attendees and their families.
(c) The Department of Administration, in consultation with other appropriate agencies and interested parties, shall report to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance prior to the first day of January, two thousand nine, on its findings, recommendations, and suggested legislation to implement the creation of a pilot program for child day care centers operated by the State, beginning with the Public Employees' Day Care Center in Charleston. Such report shall include, but is not limited to, findings on the costs associated with creating and implementing the pilot program; the benefits to be realized by employees, child attendees and parents of child attendees; problems incident to the operation and management of such facilities; and other matters relevant to their operation
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