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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 237A.3B MANDATORY REGISTRATION
1 2 OF CHILD CARE HOMES PILOT PROJECT.
1 3 1. DEFINITION. For the purposes of this section unless
1 4 the context otherwise requires:
1 5 a. "Relative" means a person who by blood, marriage, or
1 6 adoption is a parent, grandparent, brother, sister,
1 7 stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt,
1 8 or first cousin.
1 9 b. "Resource and referral agency" means a child care
1 10 resource and referral service grantee under section 237A.26.
1 11 2. PILOT PROJECT. a. The department shall implement a
1 12 pilot project applying the provisions of this section to
1 13 family child care homes located in the pilot project counties.
1 14 The pilot project shall be established in counties where there
1 15 is interest among child care providers and consumers in
1 16 implementing the pilot project. The department shall work
1 17 with those resource and referral agencies which are receiving
1 18 state grants in identifying such counties.
1 19 b. In order for a county to participate in the pilot
1 20 project, the county's board of supervisors must adopt a
1 21 resolution requesting that the department include the county
1 22 in the pilot project for mandatory registration of the family
1 23 child care homes located in the county. The period of
1 24 operation of the pilot project in a county shall be three
1 25 years and may be extended at the end of the period if the
1 26 county board of supervisors adopts a resolution requesting
1 27 that the department extend the pilot project for another three
1 28 years.
1 29 c. During the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, the
1 30 department shall implement the pilot project in one county in
1 31 each of the department's five regions. In addition, the
1 32 department may implement the pilot project in up to five other
1 33 counties in the state. If a county complies with the
1 34 participation requirement in paragraph "b", a county
1 35 participating in the pilot project under section 237A.3A may
2 1 also participate in the pilot project under this section.
2 2 d. If a definition in section 237A.1, a provision in
2 3 section 237A.3, or an administrative rule adopted under this
2 4 chapter is in conflict with this section, this section and the
2 5 rules adopted to implement this section shall apply to the
2 6 pilot project.
2 7 2. Notwithstanding section 237A.3, in a pilot project
2 8 county, a person who operates or establishes a family child
2 9 care home must apply to the department for registration under
2 10 this chapter. All other requirements under this chapter
2 11 applicable to family child care home registration shall be
2 12 applicable to the family child care homes operating in a pilot
2 13 project county. However, a person residing in a pilot project
2 14 county may provide child care without registration to not more
2 15 than four children in addition to the person's own children,
2 16 if each of the additional children is a relative of the
2 17 person.
2 18 3. The department shall work closely with the resource and
2 19 referral agency for a county in implementing the pilot project
2 20 in that county. In order to implement the pilot project in an
2 21 orderly manner that is not burdensome, during the first year
2 22 of operating the pilot project in a county, the department may
2 23 stagger the dates of initial registration of family child care
2 24 homes. In a pilot project county, the department shall
2 25 continue to apply the department's administrative goal of
2 26 making an inspector visit to at least twenty percent of
2 27 registered family child care homes in a year. However, in
2 28 meeting that goal in a pilot project county the department
2 29 shall not include those site visits made in response to a
2 30 complaint.
2 31 4. The department shall work with resource and referral
2 32 agencies in preparing an annual progress report for submission
2 33 to the governor and general assembly concerning the pilot
2 34 project. The department may report more frequently as deemed
2 35 necessary. The annual report shall be submitted on or before
3 1 December 15.
3 2 EXPLANATION
3 3 This bill amends Code chapter 237A to require the
3 4 department of human services to establish a pilot project for
3 5 mandatory registration of the family child care homes located
3 6 in the pilot project counties.
3 7 The department is required to work with child care resource
3 8 and referral agencies in identifying appropriate counties that
3 9 have an interest in participating. In order to participate,
3 10 the county board of supervisors must adopt a resolution
3 11 requesting that the department include the county in the pilot
3 12 project. The duration of the project in a county is a three-
3 13 year period, subject to extension by adoption of resolution by
3 14 the county board of supervisors requesting renewal for a
3 15 three-year period. The department is required to implement
3 16 the pilot project in at least one county in each of the
3 17 department's five regions and may implement the project in
3 18 five additional counties. A county participating in the
3 19 existing pilot project under Code section 237A.3A for levels
3 20 of care for child care homes may also participate in this
3 21 pilot project.
3 22 Current law allows family child care home registration to
3 23 be optional. In a pilot project county, a family child care
3 24 home provider would be required to apply for registration with
3 25 the state. However, the bill allows a person to provide child
3 26 care without registration to not more than four children in
3 27 addition to the person's own children, provided each of the
3 28 additional children are relatives as defined by the bill.
3 29 The department is required to work closely with child care
3 30 resource and referral service agencies in implementing the
3 31 pilot project. During the first year of implementation in a
3 32 county, the department may stagger the dates of initial
3 33 registration of family child care homes. The department is to
3 34 submit an annual report to the governor and general assembly
3 35 and may report more frequently.
4 1 LSB 1815XS 79
4 2 jp/cls/14.2
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