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128 STAT. 1997 PUBLIC LAW 113–186—NOV. 19, 2014 receiving assistance under this subchapter, listed by type of child care provider and indicating whether the providers (excluding child care providers described in section 658P(6)(B)) are licensed or license-exempt.’’. (d) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Section 658L of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended— (1) by striking the section heading and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘SEC. 658L. REPORTS, HOTLINE, AND WEB SITE.’’; (2) by striking ‘‘Not later’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) REPORT BY SECRETARY.—Not later’’; (3) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2016’’; (4) by striking ‘‘to the Committee’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate’’; (5) by inserting after ‘‘States.’’ the following: ‘‘Such report shall contain a determination around whether each State that uses amounts provided under this subchapter has com- plied with the priority for services described in sections 658E(c)(2)(Q) and 658E(c)(3)(B).’’; and (6) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(b) NATIONAL TOLL-FREE HOTLINE AND WEB SITE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall operate, directly or through the use of grants or contracts, a national toll-free hotline and Web site, to— ‘‘(A) develop and disseminate publicly available child care consumer education information for parents and help parents access safe and quality child care services in their community, with a range of price options, that best suits their family’s needs; and ‘‘(B) to allow persons to report (anonymously if desired) suspected child abuse or neglect, or violations of health and safety requirements, by an eligible child care provider that receives assistance under this subchapter or a member of the provider’s staff. ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the hotline and Web site meet the following requirements: ‘‘(A) REFERRAL TO LOCAL CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—The Web site shall be hosted by ‘childcare.gov’. The Web site shall enable a child care consumer to enter a zip code and obtain a referral to local child care providers described in subparagraph (B) within a specified search radius. ‘‘(B) INFORMATION.—The Web site shall provide to con- sumers, directly or through linkages to State databases, at a minimum— ‘‘(i) a localized list of all eligible child care pro- viders, differentiating between licensed and license- exempt providers; ‘‘(ii) any provider-specific information from a Quality Rating and Improvement System or informa- tion about other quality indicators, to the extent the information is publicly available and to the extent prac- ticable; Public information. VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:40 Nov 10, 2020 Jkt 039194 PO 00002 Frm 00573 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 G:\GSDD\STATUTES\2014\PT2\39194PT2.001 39194PT2 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with DISTILLER (1)