{"id":"WA-022","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 20-31","title":"Department of Children, Youth, and Families - Child Care and Background Checks","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26","end":"Waivers to midnight April 25, 2020 by their terms; extended by 20-31.1 through 20-31.11; series rescinded 2022 (20-31.12)","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["Department of Children, Youth, and Families","licensed child care providers and their staff"],"clause":"[Proclamation 20-05 is amended to] waive and suspend specified statutes that prevent, hinder or delay necessary action [in licensing emergency child care and conducting background checks]... the language of each statutory and regulatory provision specified below is hereby waived and suspended in its entirety, except as otherwise provided herein, until midnight on April 25, 2020","enforcement":"Waiver instrument; DCYF licensing","functions":["EC extended care and child care","HR (background checks)","WF"],"notes":"Child care remained open as essential under 20-25, subject to DCYF and DOH requirements (group sizes, screening, masking); this proclamation waived licensing statutes to allow emergency child care for essential workers.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/20-31%20-%20COVID-19%20DCYF%20Child%20Care-Background%20Checks%20(tmp).pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":239729,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-022","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-022","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-31 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. WA-022)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-019","WA-020","WA-016","WA-015","WA-024","WA-013","WA-014","WA-025","WA-004","WA-005","WA-009","WA-010"]}