Child Care Advisory Committee

December 11, 2019

Members Present:

Members not Present:  

Others Present:

• Meeting Notices:
• The Agenda and Meeting Notice were posted  11/27/2019 on publisher@ecapitol.net  with a  list of all CCAC meetings for 2019 submitted to the Secretary of State on 01/09/2019
• The Meeting Notice was posted at Boys Town Ranch on 12/10/2019

• Call to Order:
• Jason Charles called meeting to order at 10:03 am

• Reflection:
• Brent Thackerson provided words of reflection

• Introductions

• Approval of Minutes:  
• September 11, 2019 minutes were approved  

• Standing Membership Subcommittee Report:
• Rachel Proper provided report
• Vacancies:
• Tribal Child Care Representative

• Committee recommends Gayla Carnagey to replace Eloise Locust
• Gayla's designee will be Angela Whisnant
• Gayla has also volunteered to chair the Membership Subcommittee
• Motion to approve recommendation was voted on and approved           

• Rural Family Child Care Homes – still vacant
• Part-day Programs – still vacant
• Motion to approve these two recommendations was voted on and approved unanimously     
• Private Partnership vacancy previously held by Annie VanHanken whose term expired

• The discussion to allow this position to term out and not fill the vacancy on the committee was tabled from September meeting
• An employee of Sunbeam Family Services has volunteered for this position
• The subcommittee's initial recommendation was to allow position to term but after today's discussion they now recommend to retain this position
• Motion to approve recommendation was voted on and approved unanimously           

• Six attended this morning's New Member Orientation

• Angela Duckett – OPSR designee
• Stephanie Lippert
• Gayla Carnagey – Tribal Child Care
• Angela Whisnant – Tribal Child Care designee
• Kathy Castleberry – Kay Floyd's designee
• Malcom Phillips – Brent Thackerson's designee
  
  

• Standing Subcommittee Reports:
• Child Care Facilities (centers) Standing Subcommittee
• Tammy Maus/Gayla Ham provided report

• The subcommittee has met several times over the last year in the OKC and Tulsa area – out of those meetings a workgroup was created specifically to provide recommendations regarding child care complaints
• Final report of the workgroup was reviewed and discussed

• Family Child Care Homes Standing Subcommittee
• No report
• QRIS Standing Subcommittee
• Rachel Proper provided report

• Last met on Nov. 13
• Viewed presentation on the Pyramid Model which is an example of a Model of Care. The subcommittee is considering incorporating this in to their recommendations
• They continue their work on the draft of the possible expansion of the STARS program to a 5 star system
• Next meeting is today, Dec. 11, at this location

• Residential Standing Subcommittee
• Brent Thackerson provided report
• Last met on Nov. 5

• An issue that was raised by a provider in the Tulsa area was First Aid CPR - A lot of hospitals require their nurses to do BLS (Basic Life Support), which is AED and CPR, but don't require them to do First Aid. If they hire a nurse that's been certified through a hospital they may have done their BLS training yesterday but they would still have to do a First Aid training separately because most hospitals believe if you have a nursing license you've been trained in First Aid – that's not necessarily something that changes a lot – AED and CPR which they should be updated on regularly
• The request is that nurses who are licensed in BLS be recognized as having an appropriate level of training without having to go through extra steps that delay hiring
• After a recommendation is submitted, Licensing will review and look at what requirements would need to be changed, then that would be presented to the group that does policy and requirement changes
  
   

• Legislative Update:
• Linda Whaley provided report and handout

• Licensing Sanctions Report:
• Kristi Simpson provided report and handout

• Old Business:
• Ad Hoc Committee convened to provide recommendations for changing the legislation that forms the CCAC.
• Committee members – Brent Thackerson (Chairperson), Peggy Byerly, Tammy Maus, Rachel Proper, Ari Conner, Jason Charles, Mitzi Lee, Gayla Ham
• Senator Paul Scott attended today to take any questions about the amended bill
• Representative Louis Moore was also presented with committee's recommended changes and he provided feedback
• The subcommittee will meet today for a brief discussion after CCAC

• New Business:
• Everyone received a copy of the new copy of the law that was effective Nov. 1, 2019
• The only change to this law is the change for an options for programs that participate the Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) as a 1 STAR plus or higher and has a center with a capacity of 50 or more – can request their annual STAR review

• There are 3 STAR reviews per year – 2 partial and 1 full – their 1 full can be by appointment
  
  

• Public Comments:
• Shane Williams – Faith Learning Center, Guymon
• Comments regarding Bill 1020 

• Main focus is false claims submitted to complaint system within Child Care Licensing
• Complaints should not be anonymous or require a deposit to submit to help reduce the amount of false claims
• Help DHS prioritize investigations

• Christy Kastl, Executive Director Crème de la Crème
• In TX and other states people that make false claims are charged with a misdemeanor
• Has four degrees and is working towards her PhD

• CECPD Professional Development tells her that two of her degrees don't count and has to spend $20 to take a course online
• She was formerly a trainer for CECPD and is also an adjunct professor for MACU
• She can/is teaching college students but yet her degree doesn't count to teach child care workers
• There needs to be a level system for CECPD
• Would like to be involved with trying to change the regulations for training hours

• Janell Wheat, Child Care Center Operator, Purcell    
• Due to what other providers in the area believe is over-regulation she is the:

• Only center that serves DHS subsidy families and the;
• Only center that takes infants

• Also agreed with deposits for complaints and misdemeanors for false claims and changes regarding First Aid CPR requirements
• Recently expanded her center with an upstairs addition – paid $54,000 for a sprinkler system – meet requirements set by code enforcement and fire marshal – DHS has to measure and won't accept the engineered plans that were approved by code enforcement and fire marshal

• DHS licensing workers that came to facility at different times to take measurements – were all different – wants DHS to accept engineering plans

• Co-pay issues

• Parents should pay the state the co-pay instead of providers because they have no recourse before non-payment
  
  

• Meeting adjourned at 11:45 am

• Next Meetings:
• Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – Catholic Charities
• Wednesday, June 10, 2020 – TBD
• Wednesday, September 9, 2020 – TBD
• Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - TBD