COACH Act

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3072 To amend the Small Business Act to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to publish or update a resource guide for small business concerns operating as child care providers, and for other pur- poses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 7, 2021 Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia (for herself, Mr. STAUBER, and Ms. CHU) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to require the Adminis- trator of the Small Business Administration to publish or update a resource guide for small business concerns operating as child care providers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Convening Operations 4 Assistance for Childcare Heroes Act’’ or the ‘‘COACH 5 Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3072.IH H3072 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3072 IH SEC. 2. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 1 The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 2 amended— 3 (1) by redesignating section 49 as section 50; 4 and 5 (2) by inserting after section 48 the following 6 new section: 7 ‘‘SEC. 49. CHILD CARE RESOURCE GUIDE. 8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 9 date of the enactment of this section and not less fre- 10 quently than every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator 11 shall publish or update a resource guide, applicable to var- 12 ious business models as determined by the Administrator, 13 for small business concerns operating as child care pro- 14 viders. 15 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE ON SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN 16 MATTERS.—The resource guide required under subsection 17 (a) shall include guidance for such small business concerns 18 related to— 19 ‘‘(1) operations (including marketing and man- 20 agement planning); 21 ‘‘(2) finances (including financial planning, fi- 22 nancing, payroll, and insurance); 23 ‘‘(3) compliance with relevant laws (including 24 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and this Act); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3072.IH H3072 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3072 IH ‘‘(4) training and safety (including equipment 1 and materials); 2 ‘‘(5) quality (including eligibility for funding 3 under the Child Care and Development Block Grant 4 Act of 1990 as an eligible child care provider); and 5 ‘‘(6) any other matters the Administrator deter- 6 mines appropriate. 7 ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION REQUIRED.—Before publication 8 or update of the resource guide required under subsection 9 (a), the Administrator shall consult with the following: 10 ‘‘(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 11 ices. 12 ‘‘(2) Representatives from lead agencies des- 13 ignated under section 658D of the Child Care and 14 Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 15 ‘‘(3) Representatives from local or regional 16 child care resource and referral organizations de- 17 scribed in section 658E(c)(3)(B)(iii)(I) of the Child 18 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. 19 ‘‘(4) Any other relevant entities as determined 20 by the Administrator. 21 ‘‘(d) PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION RE- 22 QUIRED.— 23 ‘‘(1) PUBLICATION.—The Administrator shall 24 publish the resource guide required under subsection 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3072.IH H3072 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3072 IH (a) in English and in the 10 most commonly spoken 1 languages, other than English, in the United States, 2 which shall include Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, 3 and Korean. The Administrator shall make each 4 translation of the resource guide available on a pub- 5 licly accessible website of the Administration. 6 ‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTION.— 7 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATOR.—The Adminis- 8 trator shall distribute the resource guide re- 9 quired under subsection (a) to offices within the 10 Administration, including district offices, and to 11 the persons consulted under subsection (c). 12 ‘‘(B) OTHER ENTITIES.—Women’s busi- 13 ness centers (as described under section 29), 14 small business development centers, chapters of 15 the Service Corps of Retired Executives (estab- 16 lished under section 8(b)(1)(B)), and Veteran 17 Business Outreach Centers (as described under 18 section 32) shall distribute to small business 19 concerns operating as child care providers, sole 20 proprietors operating as child care providers, 21 and child care providers that have limited ad- 22 ministrative capacity, as determined by the Ad- 23 ministrator— 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3072.IH H3072 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 3072 IH ‘‘(i) the resource guide required under 1 subsection (a); and 2 ‘‘(ii) other resources available that the 3 Administrator determines to be relevant.’’. 4 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:12 Jun 10, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3072.IH H3072 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS