§ 40-6.6-4. Right of CCAP family childcare providers to choose provider representative — Subjects
of negotiation.
(a) CCAP family childcare providers may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in
§ 40-6.6-9, choose a provider organization to be their provider representative and to negotiate
with the director, or his or her designee, over the terms and conditions of CCAP family
childcare providers' participation in CCAP, including, but not limited to:
(1)Expanding
training and professional development opportunities;
(2)Improving the recruitment
and retention of qualified CCAP family childcare providers;
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§ 40-6.6-4. Right of CCAP family childcare providers to choose provider representative — Subjects
of negotiation.
(a) CCAP family childcare providers may, in accordance with the procedures set forth in
§ 40-6.6-9, choose a provider organization to be their provider representative and to negotiate
with the director, or his or her designee, over the terms and conditions of CCAP family
childcare providers' participation in CCAP, including, but not limited to: (1) Expanding
training and professional development opportunities; (2) Improving the recruitment
and retention of qualified CCAP family childcare providers; (3) Reimbursement rates
and other economic matters; (4) Benefits; (5) Payment procedures; and (6) A grievance-resolution
process.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, all matters within the scope of the department of children,
youth and families (DCYF) childcare-licensing regulations and the DCYF's regulatory
authority over childcare licensing shall be excluded from and not subject to negotiations
and/or the collective bargaining process as recognized in this section. DCYF's authority
to initiate licensing action pertaining to family childcare providers shall be exclusively
governed by provisions in § 42-72.1-6 and chapter 35 of title 42.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, CCAP family childcare providers must first be qualified
as CCAP family childcare providers by the department of human services and must operate
in conformance with the relevant sections of chapter 12 of title 42 and regulations promulgated by the department.
(d) The director shall work in consultation with the secretary of the executive office
of health and human services, as well as the director of the department of human services,
regarding the terms and conditions of CCAP family childcare providers' participation
in CCAP including, but not limited to, the terms and conditions in subsection (a).