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Legislation · Maryland · 2026 Regular Session

SB 359: Child Care Facilities - Criminal History Records Check - Requirement

Summary

Requiring individuals who will have direct contact with children in certain child care facilities to submit to a criminal history records check; requiring the State Department of Education, by June 30, 2027, to establish a centralized unit for the processing and management of information about criminal history records checks; altering the applicability of probationary employment qualifications for first-time child care teachers in child care centers in the State that serve children who are at least 2 years old; etc.

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May 12, 2026

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