House Journal: Page 1878: Thursday, April 29, 1999

SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED

Barry of Harrison called up for consideration House File 761, a 
bill for an act relating to child care provisions administered by the 
department of human services and to the terminology used to 
describe child care, and including effective dates and applicability 
provisions, amended by the Senate, and moved that the House concur 
in the following Senate amendment H-1891:
H-1891
 1     Amend House File 761, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the House, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 3, by striking lines 21 and 22 and
 4   inserting the following:
 5     "6.  "Child care home" means a person or program
 6   providing child care as a family child care home or a
 7   group child care home as authorized under section
 8   237A.3."
 9     2.  By striking page 3, line 28 through page 4,
10   line 1 and inserting the following:
11     "8.  a.  "Family day child care home" means a
12   person or program which provides child day care to
13   less than seven children at any one time or to less
14   than twelve children at any one time as authorized by
15   section 237A.3, subsection 1.
16     b.  "Group day child care home" means a facility
17   providing child day care for more than six but less
18   than twelve children as authorized in accordance with
19   section 237A.3, subsection 2, or for less than sixteen
20   children at any one time as authorized in accordance
21   with section 237A.3, subsection 3."
22     3.  Page 6, by striking lines 20 through 30.
23     4.  Page 6, by inserting before line 31 the
24   following:
25     "Sec. ___.  Section 237A.3, Code 1999, is amended
26   to read as follows:
27     237A.3  REGISTRATION OF FAMILY AND GROUP DAY 
CHILD
28   CARE HOMES.
29     1.  a.  A person who operates or establishes a
30   family day child care home may apply to the department
31   for registration under this chapter.  The department
32   shall issue a certificate of registration upon receipt
33   of a statement from the family day child care home
34   that the home complies with rules adopted by the
35   department.  The registration certificate shall be
36   posted in a conspicuous place in the family day child
37   care home, shall state the name of the registrant, the
38   number of individuals who may be received for care at
39   any one time, and the address of the home, and shall

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