House Amendment 1649


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the Senate amendment, H=1634, to House File
     1  2 761, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the House,
     1  3 as follows:
     1  4 #1.  Page 7, by inserting after line 16 the
     1  5 following:
     1  6    <Sec.    .  Section 237A.1, subsections 6 and 7,
     1  7 Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
     1  8    6.  "Child care home" means a person or program
     1  9 providing child care to five two or fewer children at
     1 10 any one time that is not registered to provide child
     1 11 care under this chapter, as authorized under section
     1 12 237A.3.
     1 13    7.  "Child development home" means a person or
     1 14 program registered under section 237A.3A that may
     1 15 provide child care to six three or more children at
     1 16 any one time.
     1 17    Sec.    .  Section 237A.3, subsection 1, Code 2005,
     1 18 is amended to read as follows:
     1 19    1.  A person or program providing child care to
     1 20 five two children or fewer at any one time is a child
     1 21 care home provider and is not required to register
     1 22 under section 237A.3A as a child development home.
     1 23 However, the person or program may register as a child
     1 24 development home.
     1 25    Sec.    .  Section 237A.4, Code 2005, is amended to
     1 26 read as follows:
     1 27    237A.4  INSPECTION AND EVALUATION.
     1 28    1.  The department shall make periodic inspections
     1 29 of licensed centers to ensure compliance with
     1 30 licensing requirements provided in this chapter, and
     1 31 the local boards of health may make periodic
     1 32 inspections of licensed centers to ensure compliance
     1 33 with health=related licensing requirements provided in
     1 34 this chapter.  The department may inspect records
     1 35 maintained by a licensed center and may inquire into
     1 36 matters concerning these centers and the persons in
     1 37 charge.  The department shall require that the center
     1 38 be inspected by the state fire marshal or a designee
     1 39 for compliance with rules relating to fire safety
     1 40 before a license is granted or renewed.
     1 41    2.  The department or a designee shall visit each
     1 42 registered child development home to conduct an on=
     1 43 site inspection within two months of the child
     1 44 development home's initial registration and shall
     1 45 conduct an on=site inspection of each child
     1 46 development home at least every eighteen months
     1 47 following the initial visit.  The department or a
     1 48 designee may periodically visit registered child
     1 49 development homes for the purpose of evaluation of an
     1 50 inquiry into matters concerning compliance with rules
     2  1 adopted under section 237A.12.  Evaluation of child
     2  2 development homes under this section may include
     2  3 consultative services provided pursuant to section
     2  4 237A.6.>
     2  5 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2  7
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     2  9 SHOULTZ of Black Hawk
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     2 12                               
     2 13 JOCHUM of Dubuque
     2 14 HF 761.707 81
     2 15 jp/gg/4788

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