HF 216 (LSB 1811YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 216

BY  EHLERT, BAGNIEWSKI, SRINIVAS, WILSON, KRESSIG, WICHTENDAHL, BROWN-POWERS, COOLING, and B. MEYER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— CHILD CARE CENTERS —— LIABILITY INSURANCE.  The department of health and human services shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 17A to require a child care center that employs a person under the age of eighteen who provides child care or substitute child care to school-age children without additional supervision to provide documentation to the department of professional liability insurance coverage for such employees. For the purposes of this section, “child care” and “child care center” mean the same as defined in section 237A.1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to professional liability insurance by child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under 18 years of age.
   The bill requires the department of health and human services to promulgate rules to require a child care center that employs a person under 18 years of age who provides child care or substitute child care to school-age children without additional supervision to provide documentation to the department of professional liability insurance coverage for such employees. For the purposes of the bill, “child care” and “child care center” mean the same as defined in Code section 237A.1.