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. 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 H. MILLER of Webster 1 31 SF 152.502 83 1 32 jp/nh/23219 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-