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House Study Bill 220

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237A.1, subsections 3 and 8, Code 1997,
  1  2 are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  "Child care center" or "center" means a facility
  1  4 providing child day care for seven eight or more children,
  1  5 except when the facility is registered as a family day care
  1  6 home or group day care home.
  1  7    8.  a.  "Family day care home" means a person or program
  1  8 which provides child day care to less than seven eight
  1  9 children at any one time or to less than twelve fourteen
  1 10 children at any one time as authorized by section 237A.3,
  1 11 subsection 1.
  1 12    b.  "Group day care home" means a facility providing child
  1 13 day care for more than six seven but less than twelve fourteen
  1 14 children, or for less than sixteen eighteen children at any
  1 15 one time as authorized in accordance with section 237A.3,
  1 16 subsection 3, provided each child in excess of six seven
  1 17 children is attending school in kindergarten or a higher grade
  1 18 level.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.2, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997,
  1 20 is amended to read as follows:
  1 21    A person denied a license under the provisions of this
  1 22 section shall receive written notice of the denial stating the
  1 23 reasons for denial and shall be provided with an opportunity
  1 24 for an evidentiary hearing.  Licenses granted under this
  1 25 chapter shall be valid for one year from the date of issuance
  1 26 unless revoked or suspended in accordance with the provisions
  1 27 of section 237A.8.  A record of the license shall be kept by
  1 28 the department.  The license shall be posted in a conspicuous
  1 29 place in the center and shall state the particular premises in
  1 30 which child day care may be offered and the number of
  1 31 individuals who may be received for care at any one time.  No
  1 32    PARAGRAPH DIVIDED.  A greater number of children than is
  1 33 authorized by the license shall not be kept in the center at
  1 34 any one time.  However, the center may provide care for up to
  1 35 thirty percent more children than the number authorized by the
  2  1 license during a day with inclement weather following the
  2  2 cancellation of school classes, if the center has prior
  2  3 written approval from the parent or guardian of each child
  2  4 present concerning the presence of the excess number of
  2  5 children, and if each child present in the center in excess of
  2  6 the number authorized either would be unattended if the child
  2  7 were not present in the center or that child's sibling is
  2  8 regularly provided care by the center.
  2  9    Sec. 3.  Section 237A.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  2 10 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 11    b.  No greater number of children than is authorized by the
  2 12 registration certificate shall be kept in the family day care
  2 13 home at any one time.  However, a registered or unregistered
  2 14 family day care home may provide care for more than six seven
  2 15 but less than twelve fourteen children at any one time for a
  2 16 period of less than two hours, provided that each child in
  2 17 excess of six seven children is attending school in
  2 18 kindergarten or a higher grade level.
  2 19    Sec. 4.  Section 237A.3, subsection 1, paragraph c,
  2 20 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  2 21 follows:
  2 22    A family day care home may provide care in accordance with
  2 23 this subsection for more than six seven but less than twelve
  2 24 fourteen children for two hours or more during a day with
  2 25 inclement weather following the cancellation of school
  2 26 classes.  The home must have prior written approval from the
  2 27 parent or guardian of each child present in the home
  2 28 concerning the presence of excess children in the home
  2 29 pursuant to this paragraph.  The home must have a responsible
  2 30 individual, age fourteen or older, on duty to assist the home
  2 31 provider when more than six seven children are present in
  2 32 accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.  In
  2 33 addition, one or more of the following conditions shall apply
  2 34 to each child present in the home in excess of six seven
  2 35 children:
  3  1    Sec. 5.  Section 237A.3, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  3  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  3  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  dd.  A family or group day care home shall
  3  4 not have more than four children present at any one time who
  3  5 are less than two years of age.
  3  6    Sec. 6.  Section 237A.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
  3  7 amended to read as follows:
  3  8    2.  A person shall not operate or establish a group day
  3  9 care home unless the person obtains a certificate of
  3 10 registration under this chapter.  In order to be registered,
  3 11 the group day care home shall have at least one responsible
  3 12 individual, age fourteen or older, on duty to assist the group
  3 13 day care home provider when there are more than six seven
  3 14 children present for more than a two-hour period.  All other
  3 15 requirements of this chapter for registered family day care
  3 16 homes and the rules adopted under this chapter for registered
  3 17 family day care homes apply to group day care homes.  In
  3 18 addition, the department shall adopt rules relating to the
  3 19 provision in group day care homes for a separate area for sick
  3 20 children.  In consultation with the state fire marshal, the
  3 21 department shall adopt rules relating to the provision of fire
  3 22 extinguishers, smoke detectors, and two exits accessible to
  3 23 children.
  3 24    Sec. 7.  Section 237A.3, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
  3 25 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  3 26    A registered group day care home may provide care in
  3 27 accordance with this subsection for more than eleven thirteen
  3 28 but less than sixteen eighteen children for a period of less
  3 29 than two hours or for a period of two hours or more during a
  3 30 day with inclement weather following the cancellation of
  3 31 school classes.  The home must have the prior written approval
  3 32 from the parent or guardian of each child present in the home
  3 33 concerning the presence of excess children in the home.  In
  3 34 addition, one or more of the following conditions shall apply
  3 35 to each child present in the home in excess of eleven thirteen
  4  1 children during a period of inclement weather:  
  4  2                           EXPLANATION
  4  3    This bill relates to the number of children authorized for
  4  4 child day care providers.
  4  5    The bill amends Code section 237A.2 to allow a child care
  4  6 center to provide care for up to 30 percent above the maximum
  4  7 authorized for the center during a day with inclement weather
  4  8 following the cancellation of school classes.  The center must
  4  9 have the written approval of the parents of the children
  4 10 receiving care concerning the presence of the excess number of
  4 11 children.  In addition, other conditions apply to the extra
  4 12 children.
  4 13    Family day care homes are authorized to increase the number
  4 14 of full-time children which may be cared for at one time by
  4 15 one child, increasing from six to seven.  In addition, the
  4 16 number of school age children in excess of seven children
  4 17 which may receive care for a period of two hours or less is
  4 18 increased by two from five to seven.  Similar increases are
  4 19 authorized during a period of inclement weather when the
  4 20 number of children which may receive care for more than two
  4 21 hours is increased from less than 12 to less than 14.  A new
  4 22 paragraph limits the number of children who are less than two
  4 23 years of age who may be present in a family or group day care
  4 24 home to not more than four children.
  4 25    For both family and group day care homes, the number of
  4 26 children beyond which an assistant is required is increased
  4 27 from more than six to more than seven children.
  4 28    An increase in the number of children is also authorized
  4 29 for group day care homes in the same amount as is authorized
  4 30 for family day care homes.  The authorized count during a
  4 31 period of inclement weather is increased by two from less than
  4 32 16 to less than 18 children.  
  4 33 LSB 2396HC 77
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