A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers thereunder shall require staff-to-child ratios of one adult for each child under 6 weeks old and (subject to State action in certain cases) one adult for each eight children between 6 weeks and 3 years old.

Provides, under title XX (Grants to States for Services) of the Social Security Act, that the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose staffing standards for day care centers shall require staff-to-child ratios of one adult for each child under six weeks old and (subject to State action in specified cases) one adult for each eight children between six weeks and three years old.