{"id":"DUT-RI-019","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services (Child Care Licensing)","authority":"DHS emergency child care licensing regulations of May 2020 (recited in Ex. RI-089); Executive Orders 20-32 and 20-40 (Ex. RI-017, RI-019)","instrument":"COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 10, 2020)","title":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services, COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions","dateIssued":"2020-05-10","effective":"2020-05-10","end":"2020-08-29 (the companion CCAP rate enhancements ran June 1 to August 29, 2020; the emergency licensing regulations continued into 2021, Ex. RI-089)","startDate":"2020-05-10","endDate":"2020-08-29","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["COND","CAP","MASK","SCH","DUTY"],"addressees":["specified businesses: licensed child care centers and family child care homes"],"clause":"If you choose to reopen during these new regulations, you will need to submit a COVID-19 plan prior to opening.... Yes, monitoring visits will continue to occur. These visits will include a short-flow monitoring form based on the new regulations and other active high-risk regulations.","enforcement":"licensure enforcement (monitoring visits; plan approval as the condition of operating); no reimbursement for closed providers","functions":[],"notes":"A State agency\u0027s FAQ of the period stating the operating condition in terms: a licensed child-care provider could reopen only after submitting a COVID-19 plan for approval under the emergency regulations, at reduced licensed capacities posted with the license, in stable groups, with staff masked (\u0027we are asking the staff that care for children to wear masks\u0027), with mandatory pre-submission webinars (\u0027you will be required to participate in two webinars\u0027), and subject to monitoring visits enforcing \u0027the new regulations\u0027; providers that stayed closed were not reimbursed for subsidized children. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_operating_condition layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.reopeningri.com/resource_pdfs/COVID19-FAQs_ENGLISH-FINAL_Updated-05.12.20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200602045301/https://www.reopeningri.com/resource_pdfs/COVID19-FAQs_ENGLISH-FINAL_Updated-05.12.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":189688,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-019","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-019","citation":"Rhode Island Department of Human Services (Child Care Licensing), COVID-19 Re-opening Plan -- Frequently Asked Questions (updated May 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-RI-019)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-089"]}