House
File
2198
H-8118
Amend
House
File
2198
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
and
2
inserting:
3
<
Section
1.
Section
726.23,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
4
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Fingerprints
are
voluntarily
given
with
6
the
written
permission
of
the
child
and
parent
or
guardian
for
7
the
purpose
of
allowing
the
child
to
work
as
an
employee
or
8
substitute
at
a
child
care
center
as
defined
in
section
237A.1.
9
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER
10
MINIMUM
AGE
REQUIREMENT.
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1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
its
12
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
that
13
employees
and
substitutes
working
at
a
child
care
center
who
14
are
sixteen
years
of
age
or
older
may
provide
child
care
to
ten
15
or
fewer
school
age
children
without
additional
supervision,
16
provided
that
none
of
those
children
have
disabilities
or
17
special
needs.
18
2.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
require
employees
19
and
substitutes
working
at
a
child
care
center
to
submit
to
20
background
checks
and
fingerprinting
requirements
that
are
21
otherwise
required
for
child
care
center
employees
eighteen
22
years
of
age
or
older.
>
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