Notification of Parents and Facilities

18224.2

(a) When an Alternative Payment program is notified by the Resource and Referral program that a licensed child care facility's license has been temporarily suspended or revoked, the Alternative Payment program shall do the following within two business days of receiving the notification:

(1) Terminate payment to the licensed child care facility for services provided as of the effective date of the temporary suspension or license revocation. The facility will be reimbursed for services provided prior to that date;

(2) Notify the licensed child care facility and the parents funded by the Alternative Payment program and enrolled in the facility in writing that the payment has been terminated and the reason for the termination; and

(b) To extent feasible, the Alternative Payment program shall provide the notice to the parent in the primary language of the parent.

(c) The Alternative Payment program shall document action taken pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) above. The Alternative Payment program shall retain the documentation and make it available to the California Department of Education upon request.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 8261, Education Code. Reference: Sections 8212 and 8220, Education Code; and Sections 1596.773 and 1596.886, Health and Safety Code.