Senate
File
301
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
301
BY
SINCLAIR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
county
hospital
operation
of
a
child
care
1
facility.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
347.14,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
Operate
a
child
care
facility
3
established
under
section
347.27
in
conjunction
with
the
4
hospital.
The
board
of
trustees
may
contract
with
a
person
5
licensed
to
operate
a
child
care
facility
under
chapter
237A
to
6
operate
the
hospital’s
child
care
facility.
7
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
347.27
County
hospital
child
care
8
facility.
9
A
county
hospital
may
establish
a
child
care
facility
as
10
defined
in
section
237A.1.
The
operation,
maintenance,
and
11
improvement
of
a
child
care
facility
established
by
a
county
12
hospital
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
chapter
237A.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
permits
a
county
hospital
(hospital)
to
establish
17
a
child
care
facility
(facility).
A
hospital’s
board
of
18
trustees
may
operate
the
facility,
or
the
board
of
trustees
19
may
contract
with
a
person
licensed
to
operate
a
facility
to
20
operate
the
hospital’s
facility.
The
operation,
maintenance,
21
and
improvement
of
a
hospital’s
facility
must
comply
with
the
22
requirements
of
Code
chapter
237A
(child
care
facilities).
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