House
Study
Bill
7
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
MEYER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
number
of
children
receiving
child
care
1
at
any
one
time
in
a
child
care
home.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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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
c.
Seven
or
fewer
children,
if
at
least
two
of
the
children
10
are
school-aged.
11
7.
“Child
development
home”
means
a
person
or
program
12
registered
under
section
237A.3A
that
may
provide
child
care
to
13
six
eight
or
more
children
at
any
one
time.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
237A.1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
15A.
“School-age”
or
“school-aged”
means
17
a
child
who
is
older
than
four
years
of
age
but
younger
than
18
fourteen
years
of
age.
19
Sec.
3.
Section
237A.3,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
1.
A
person
or
program
providing
child
care
to
five
children
22
or
fewer
at
any
one
time
is
a
in
a
child
care
home
provider
and
23
is
not
required
to
register
under
section
237A.3A
as
a
child
24
development
home.
However,
the
person
or
program
may
register
25
as
a
child
development
home.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
relates
to
the
number
of
children
receiving
child
30
care
at
any
one
time
in
a
child
care
home.
31
The
bill
creates
a
definition
of
“school-age”
or
32
“school-aged”
to
mean
a
child
older
than
4
years
of
age
but
33
younger
than
14
years
of
age.
34
The
bill
allows
a
person
or
program
providing
child
care
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in
a
child
care
home
to
care
for
the
following
number
of
1
children
at
any
one
time:
five
or
fewer
children;
six
or
fewer
2
children,
if
at
least
one
of
the
children
is
school-aged;
3
or
seven
or
fewer
children,
if
at
least
two
of
the
children
4
are
school-aged.
Current
law
requires
a
child
care
home
to
5
register
as
a
child
development
home
if
the
child
care
home
6
provides
child
care
to
more
than
five
children
at
any
one
time.
7
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
the
definition
of
8
“child
development
home”.
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