Sec. 17b-739. (Formerly Sec. 17-597). Child care facilities in state buildings. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-739. (Formerly Sec. 17-597). Child care facilities in state buildings. Whenever the state (1) constructs, acquires or receives as a gift any office building which accommodates three hundred or more state employees or (2) alters, repairs or makes additions to an existing state building which accommodates three hundred or more employees and such alterations, repairs or additions affect at least twenty-five per cent of the square footage of such building, the Department of Public Works shall notify the Department of Social Services. The Department of Social Services, with the assistance of the Department of Administrative Services, shall determine the need for child care services for the employees in such building and other potential participants. If a demonstrated need for child care exists for thirty or more children of such employees and other potential participants and such care is unavailable, the Department of Public Works shall set aside adequate space for child care facilities in such building. If openings occur for other potential participants in such a child care facility, priority for such openings shall be given to families at or below seventy-five per cent of the state's median income. Such facilities shall meet all state licensure requirements. The provisions of this section shall not apply to correctional institutions.

      (P.A. 89-248; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 96-262, S. 6, 11.)

      History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-597 transferred to Sec. 17b-739 in 1995; P.A. 96-262 required priority be given to families at or below 75% of the state's median income if openings occur for other potential participants, effective July 1, 1996.