House Approves Day Care Oversight Bill

The House voted today to increase oversight of day care facilities and to ensure that parents have easy access to the results of the Department of Human Services (DHS) inspections of the day care facility that they choose for their children.

"We want to empower parents by giving them access to information they need to make decisions about the care of their child," said Rep. Ron Peters, R-Tulsa. "They need to know what's going on in their childcare facility. They shouldn't have to rely on DHS to make the decision."

House Bill 2643, by Peters, would require the Department of HumanServices to post all childcare inspection records on the Internet. The bill also requires centers to publicly post the availability of inspection records at the facility.

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