(a) The bargaining unit shall be composed of licensed home child care providers, registered home child care providers, and legally exempt child care providers, as defined in this chapter, who have an agreement with the Department to accept a subsidy.

(b) Early care and education providers may select an exclusive representative for the purpose of collective bargaining by using the procedures in sections 3607 and 3608 of this chapter.

(c) The exclusive representative of the early care and education providers is required to represent all of the providers in the unit without regard to membership in the union. (Added 2013, No. 187 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 5, 2014.)