House Amendment 1298


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 152, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 5, by inserting after line 13 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 237B.1, subsection 3, Code
     1  6 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    3.  In establishing the initial and subsequent
     1  8 standards, the department of human services shall
     1  9 review other certification and licensing standards
     1 10 applicable to the centers.  The standards established
     1 11 by the department shall be broad facility standards
     1 12 for the protection of children's safety.  The
     1 13 department shall also apply criminal and abuse
     1 14 registry background check requirements for the persons
     1 15 who own, operate, staff, participate in, or otherwise
     1 16 have contact with the children receiving services from
     1 17 a children's center.  The background check
     1 18 requirements shall be substantially equivalent to
     1 19 those applied under chapter 237 for a child foster
     1 20 care facility provider.  The department of human
     1 21 services shall not establish program standards or
     1 22 other requirements under this section involving
     1 23 program development or oversight of the programs
     1 24 provided to the children served by children's
     1 25 centers.>
     1 26 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 30 H. MILLER of Webster
     1 31 SF 152.502 83
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