House File 2048

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to child development home provider
  2    qualifications.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5050HH 80
  5 jp/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237A.3A, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1  2 2003, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  The standards for provider
  1  4 qualifications under category "C" which are applicable at
  1  5 times when more than one qualified provider must be present
  1  6 shall require one of the providers to meet the provider
  1  7 qualifications for category "C" and allow any other providers
  1  8 required to be present to meet the provider qualifications for
  1  9 either category "B" or "C".
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill relates to the standards for child development
  1 12 home provider qualifications adopted as rules by the
  1 13 department of human services.
  1 14    Under current law, the department standards for the child
  1 15 development homes are required to utilize three categories
  1 16 ("A", "B", and "C") ranked from least stringent to most
  1 17 stringent.  The bill applies to the standards for provider
  1 18 qualifications in category "C" when more than one provider is
  1 19 required to be present.  The bill provides that one of the
  1 20 providers present must meet the provider qualifications for
  1 21 category "C", but other providers required to be present shall
  1 22 be allowed to meet the provider qualifications for either
  1 23 category "B" or "C".
  1 24 LSB 5050HH 80
  1 25 jp/sh/8
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