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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2312 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR CHILD DAY CARE REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND 1 5 FOR THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVING CARE UNDER THE CHILD 1 6 CARE HOME PILOT PROJECTS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 237A.3A, subsection 3, paragraph d, 1 11 Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 12 d. (1) Four levels of registration requirements are 1 13 applicable to registered child care homes in accordance with 1 14 subsections 10 through 13 and rules adopted to implement this 1 15 section. The rules shall apply requirements to each level for 1 16 the amount of space available per child, provider 1 17 qualifications and training, and other minimum standards. 1 18 (2) The rules shall allow a child day care home to be 1 19 registered at level II, III, or IV for which the provider is 1 20 qualified even though the amount of space required to be 1 21 available for the maximum number of children authorized for 1 22 that level exceeds the actual amount of space available in 1 23 that child care home. However, the total number of children 1 24 authorized for the child care home at that level of 1 25 registration shall be limited by the amount of space available 1 26 per child. 1 27 Sec. 2. Section 237A.3A, subsection 13, paragraph a, Code 1 28 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 29 a. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, not 1 30 more than twelve children shall be present at any one time. 1 31 If more thanseveneight children are present, a second person 1 32 must be present who meets the individual qualifications for 1 33 child care home registration established by rule of the 1 34 department. 1 35 Sec. 3. Section 237A.5, Code Supplement 1997, is amended 2 1 by adding the following new subsection: 2 2 NEW SUBSECTION. 7. A person who serves as an unpaid 2 3 volunteer in a child day care facility shall not be required 2 4 to complete training as a mandatory reporter of child abuse 2 5 under section 232.69 or under any other requirement. 2 6 Sec. 4. CHILD CARE HOME PILOT PROJECTS – TRANSITION 2 7 EXCEPTION. The exception provisions of this section are 2 8 applicable to child care homes registering under section 2 9 237A.3A during a transition period beginning with the 2 10 effective date of this Act and ending two years from that 2 11 date. During the transition period, the following provisions 2 12 shall apply, notwithstanding section 237A.3A: 2 13 1. A child care home provider who is providing child day 2 14 care to four infants at the time of registration in the pilot 2 15 project at level I, II, or III may continue to provide care to 2 16 those four infants. However, if the child care home no longer 2 17 provides care to one or more of the infants or one or more of 2 18 the infants reaches the age of twenty-four months, the 2 19 transition period exception authorized in this section shall 2 20 no longer apply. The overall limitation on the number of 2 21 children authorized for the level of care remains applicable. 2 22 2. A child care home provider who at the time of 2 23 registration in the pilot project at level I, II, or III is 2 24 providing child day care to school age children in excess of 2 25 the number of school age children authorized for the 2 26 registration level may continue to provide care for those 2 27 children. The child care home provider may exceed the total 2 28 number of children authorized for the level of registration by 2 29 the number of school age children in excess of the number 2 30 authorized for the registration level. This transition period 2 31 exception is subject to all of the following: 2 32 a. The provider must comply with the other requirements as 2 33 to number of children which are applicable to that 2 34 registration level. 2 35 b. The maximum number of children attributable to the 3 1 authorization for school age children at the applicable 3 2 registration level is five. 3 3 c. If more than eight children are present at any one 3 4 time, the provider shall be assisted by a responsible person 3 5 who is at least fourteen years of age. 3 6 d. If the child care home no longer provides care to an 3 7 individual school age child who was receiving care at the time 3 8 of the registration, the excess number of children allowed 3 9 under the transition period exception shall be reduced 3 10 accordingly. 3 11 Sec. 5. CHILD DAY CARE AVAILABILITY. The department of 3 12 human services shall consult with the child day care advisory 3 13 council and child day care resource and referral services in 3 14 studying the availability, accessibility, affordability, and 3 15 quality of child day care services in the state. The report 3 16 of the study shall be submitted to the governor and the 3 17 general assembly by January 1, 1999. The report shall include 3 18 estimates as to the need for child day care services in all 3 19 areas of the state, the availability of providers versus the 3 20 need, and identification of the areas with the greatest need 3 21 and the extent of the need. 3 22 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 23 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 MARY E. KRAMER 3 28 President of the Senate 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 32 RON J. CORBETT 3 33 Speaker of the House 3 34 3 35 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 4 1 is known as Senate File 2312, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 5 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 4 6 Secretary of the Senate 4 7 Approved , 1998 4 8 4 9 4 10 4 11 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 4 12 Governor
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