The bill requires the department of human services (department),
in consultation with the early childhood leadership commission (commission) and various stakeholders, to draft a strategic action plan addressing the declining availability of family child care homes and infant child care.
The bill requires the department to submit the completed strategic
action plan to the commission, the state board of human services, the joint budget committee, the health and human services and education committees of the senate or any successor committees, and the public health care and human services and education committees of the house of representatives or any successor committees no later than December 1, 2019.
