House File 2485 - Enrolled House File 2485 AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN EXCEPTION TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ALLOWED TO BE PRESENT FOR CHILD CARE AT ANY ONE TIME IN A CHILD DEVELOPMENT HOME UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 237A.3A, subsection 3, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: NEW PARAGRAPH . f. The department shall adopt rules to allow registered child development homes providing care to school-aged children to exceed the child-to-staff ratio for school-aged children when a school-aged child’s school starts late, is dismissed early, or is canceled due to inclement weather, a public health emergency, or structural damage regardless of whether the child development home provider is able to be assisted by a department-approved assistant or co-provider, provided the child is currently enrolled at the registered child development home and the registered child

House File 2485, p. 2 development home does not exceed the child development home’s registration capacity. ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 2485, Eighty-eighth General Assembly. ______________________________ MEGHAN NELSON Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor