House Sponsors: O'BRIEN-MATHIAS-YARBROUGH-KLINGLER-CURRY,JULIE, FORBY, FRANKS, MORROW, JONES,LOU, OSTERMAN, COLLINS AND DART. Senate Sponsors: SULLIVAN Short description: DHS-INFANT-TODDLER DAY CARE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to develop and implement an infant-toddler initiative to address the severe shortage of high quality child care for children under 3 years of age. Requires the status of the infant-toddler initiative to be included in the State's comprehensive day-care plan. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (Department of Human Services) The Department currently has an Infant-Toddler Initiative in place which is included in the Department's annual report to the General Assembly. Therefore, HB 1734 would require no new expenditures provided the Department is not required to expand the program beyond the current initiative. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status