(a) The director shall annually publish and make available to interested persons a list or lists covering all licensed child daycare facilities, other than small family daycare homes, and the services for which each facility has been licensed or issued a special permit. The lists shall also specify the licensed capacity of the facility and whether it is licensed by the department or by another public agency.
(b) To encourage the recruitment of small family daycare homes and protect their personal privacy, the department shall prevent the use of lists containing names, addresses, and other identifying information of facilities identified as small family daycare homes, except as necessary for administering the licensing program, facilitating the placement of children in these facilities, and providing the names and addresses to resource and referral agencies funded by the State Department of Education, food and nutrition programs funded by the State Department of Education, alternative payment programs funded by the State Department of Education, county programs under the Greater Avenues for Independence Act of 1985 (Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code), family daycare organizations, provider organizations that have been determined to be provider organizations pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8432 of the Education Code, the Department of Human Resources and the Public Employment Relations Board for the administration of Article 19.5 (commencing with Section 8430) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, or specialized health care service plans licensed under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, as contained in Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340), which provide employee assistance program services that include childcare referral services. Upon request, parents seeking local daycare services may receive the names and telephone numbers of local small family daycare providers.
(c) The department, in consultation with the Child Development Division of the State Department of Education, shall adopt regulations relating to the confidentiality of information provided pursuant to subdivision (b) on small family daycare homes. These regulations shall include procedures for updating lists or other information on small family daycare providers to ensure referral only to licensed homes in good standing with the department. Any person or entity violating the regulations under this subdivision may be denied access by the department to information on small family daycare homes and shall be reported by the department to the appropriate funding or licensing department.
(Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 197. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)