Amendment ID: S2973-7

Amendment 7

Family child care provider definition

Ms. Comerford, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Moran, Ms. Chang-Diaz, Ms. DiZoglio and Messrs. Moore, Timilty, Pacheco, Montigny, Gomez, O'Connor, Feeney and Keenan move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section 13 the following section:-

“SECTION 13A. Subsection (a) of section 17 of said chapter 15D is hereby amended by striking the definition of ''Family child care provider'' and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

''Family child care provider'', a person who provides family child care services on behalf of low-income, at-risk, and other children receiving state-subsidized child care and receives payment from the commonwealth for such services under a grant program or rate structure for subsidized, voucher or contracted payments.”.