Senate Bill 2092

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2092

    By Senator Dyer





    14-1293A-98                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child care facilities;

  3         amending s. 402.302, F.S.; excluding operators

  4         of transient establishments from the definition

  5         of "child care facility"; providing an

  6         effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 402.302, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         402.302  Definitions.--

13         (2)  "Child care facility" includes any child care

14  center or child care arrangement which provides child care for

15  more than five children unrelated to the operator and which

16  receives a payment, fee, or grant for any of the children

17  receiving care, wherever operated, and whether or not operated

18  for profit.  The following are not included:

19         (a)  Public schools and nonpublic schools and their

20  integral programs, except as provided in s. 402.3025;

21         (b)  Summer camps having children in full-time

22  residence;

23         (c)  Summer day camps; and

24         (d)  Bible schools normally conducted during vacation

25  periods; and.

26         (e)  Operators of transient establishments licensed

27  under chapter 509 that provide child care services solely for

28  the guests of their resort, provided all child care personnel

29  of the establishment are screened according to the level 2

30  screening requirements of chapter 435.

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2092
    14-1293A-98                                             See HB




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  5                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Excludes from the definition of "child care facility,"
  7    for purposes of the regulation of such facilities,
      operators of transient establishments licensed under ch.
  8    509, F.S., that provide child care services solely for
      their guests, provided that all child care personnel of
  9    the establishment meet level 2 screening requirements of
      ch. 435, F.S.
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