| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to child care facilities; providing a |
| 3 | short title; amending s. 402.305, F.S.; requiring |
| 4 | vehicles used by child care facilities and large |
| 5 | family child care homes to be equipped with an alarm |
| 6 | system that prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle |
| 7 | for children before exiting the vehicle; requiring the |
| 8 | Department of Children and Family Services to adopt |
| 9 | rules and maintain a list of approved alarm systems; |
| 10 | providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Haile Brockington |
| 15 | Act." |
| 16 | Section 2. Subsection (10) of section 402.305, Florida |
| 17 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 18 | 402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.- |
| 19 | (10) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.- |
| 20 | (a) Minimum standards shall include requirements for child |
| 21 | restraints or seat belts in vehicles used by child care |
| 22 | facilities and large family child care homes to transport |
| 23 | children, requirements for annual inspections of the vehicles, |
| 24 | limitations on the number of children in the vehicles, and |
| 25 | accountability for children being transported. |
| 26 | (b)1. On or after January 1, 2013, such vehicles must be |
| 27 | equipped with an alarm system approved by the department which |
| 28 | prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle for children before |
| 29 | exiting the vehicle. |
| 30 | 2. The department shall adopt rules to administer this |
| 31 | paragraph and shall maintain a list of alarm manufacturers and |
| 32 | alarm systems that are approved to be installed in such |
| 33 | vehicles. |
| 34 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |