Senate File 2019 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2019 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to mandatory infant safe sleep training for 1 personnel of child care facilities and child care homes and 2 including applicability provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5447XS (2) 84 ad/nh

S.F. 2019 Section 1. Section 234.7, Code Supplement 2011, is amended 1 by adding the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The department of human services shall 3 establish an infant safe sleep education review panel for 4 review and approval of sudden infant death syndrome and infant 5 safe sleep practices training curricula for operators and 6 employees of child care homes and licensed or registered child 7 care facilities. 8 Sec. 2. Section 237A.3, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. An operator or employee of a child care 11 home shall complete two hours of training relating to sudden 12 infant death syndrome and infant safe sleep practices within 13 six months of initial operation or employment, as applicable. 14 An operator or employee shall complete at least two hours of 15 additional training relating to sudden infant death syndrome 16 and infant safe sleep practices every five years. The operator 17 or employee shall complete the initial or additional training 18 requirements as part of a training program using a curriculum 19 approved by the infant safe sleep education review panel 20 established by the department of human services pursuant to 21 section 234.7, subsection 3. 22 Sec. 3. Section 237A.5, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 23 following new subsection: 24 NEW SUBSECTION . 6. a. An operator or employee of a 25 licensed or registered facility shall complete two hours of 26 training relating to sudden infant death syndrome and infant 27 safe sleep practices within six months of initial operation 28 or employment, as applicable. An operator or employee shall 29 complete at least two hours of additional training relating to 30 sudden infant death syndrome and infant safe sleep practices 31 every five years. The operator or employee shall complete 32 the initial or additional training requirements as part of a 33 training program using a curriculum approved by the infant safe 34 sleep education review panel established by the department of 35 -1- LSB 5447XS (2) 84 ad/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 2019 human services pursuant to section 234.7, subsection 3. 1 b. The department shall require as a condition of renewal 2 of a facility’s licensure or registration that all operators 3 or employees of the licensed or registered facility are in 4 compliance with the training requirements of this subsection. 5 Sec. 4. Section 237A.26, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code 6 Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows: 7 a. Assist families in selecting quality child care. The 8 agency must provide referrals to registered and licensed child 9 care facilities, and to persons providing care, supervision, 10 and guidance of a child which is not defined as child care 11 under section 237A.1 and may provide referrals to unregistered 12 providers whose operators and employees have completed the 13 training required by section 237A.3, subsection 4 . 14 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. A person who is an operator or 15 employee of a child care home or child care facility on the 16 effective date of this Act shall complete the initial two hours 17 of training required by this Act by July 1, 2013. 18 EXPLANATION 19 This bill relates to mandatory training regarding sudden 20 infant death syndrome (SIDS) and infant safe sleep for 21 operators and employees of child care homes and child care 22 facilities. The bill requires operators of and employees 23 at child care homes and child care facilities to complete 24 two hours of training relating to SIDS and infant safe sleep 25 practices within six months of initial employment. Operators 26 and employees must also complete at least two hours of 27 additional training every five years. The bill states that the 28 department of human services shall condition the renewal of a 29 facility’s license or registration on the facility’s operators’ 30 and employees’ compliance with the training requirements. 31 The bill also provides that an agency which receives a child 32 care resource and referral grant may provide referrals to an 33 unregistered provider only if the operators and employees of 34 the provider have completed the required SIDS and infant safe 35 -2- LSB 5447XS (2) 84 ad/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 2019 sleep practices training. The bill provides that current 1 operators and employees of child care homes and facilities must 2 complete two hours of SIDS and infant safe sleep practices 3 training by July 1, 2013. 4 -3- LSB 5447XS (2) 84 ad/nh 3/ 3