H.F. 260 Section 1. Section 237A.1, subsections 6 and 7, Code 2021, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 6. “Child care home” means a person or program providing 3 child care to five or fewer any of the following children at 4 any one time that is not registered to provide child care under 5 this chapter , as authorized under section 237A.3 . : 6 a. Five or fewer children. 7 b. Six or fewer children, if at least one of the children 8 is school-aged. 9 7. “Child development home” means a person or program 10 registered under section 237A.3A that may provide child care to 11 six seven or more children at any one time. 12 Sec. 2. Section 237A.3, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 1. A person or program providing child care to five children 15 or fewer at any one time is a in a child care home provider and 16 is not required to register under section 237A.3A as a child 17 development home. However, the person or program may register 18 as a child development home. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill relates to the number of children receiving child 23 care at any one time in a child care home. 24 The bill allows a person or program providing child care in 25 a child care home to care for five or fewer children or six or 26 fewer children if at least one of the children is school-aged. 27 Current law requires a child care home to register as a child 28 development home if the child care home provides child care to 29 more than five children at any one time. 30 The bill makes conforming Code changes including a change to 31 the definition of “child development home”. 32 -1- LSB 1237HV (3) 89 dg/rh 1/ 1