HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                             Bill No. CS/CS/HB 179
    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Council for Healthy Communities offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 4, between lines 11 and 12 of the bill
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17         Section 5.  Subsection (6) of section 402.301, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         402.301  Child care facilities; legislative intent and
20  declaration of purpose and policy.--It is the legislative
21  intent to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the
22  children of the state and to promote their emotional and
23  intellectual development and care.  Toward that end:
24         (1)  It is the purpose of ss. 402.301-402.319 to
25  establish statewide minimum standards for the care and
26  protection of children in child care facilities, to ensure
27  maintenance of these standards, and to approve county
28  administration and enforcement to regulate conditions in such
29  facilities through a program of licensing.
30         (2)  It is the intent of the Legislature that all
31  owners, operators, and child care personnel shall be of good
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    File original & 9 copies    04/18/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 179 Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only) 1 moral character. 2 (3) It shall be the policy of the state to ensure 3 protection of children and to encourage child care providers 4 and parents to share responsibility for and to assist in the 5 improvement of child care programs. 6 (4) It shall be the policy of the state to promote 7 public and private employer initiatives to establish day care 8 services for their employees. 9 (5) It is the further legislative intent that the 10 freedom of religion of all citizens shall be inviolate. 11 Nothing in ss. 402.301-402.319 shall give any governmental 12 agency jurisdiction or authority to regulate, supervise, or in 13 any way be involved in any Sunday School, Sabbath School, or 14 religious services or any nursery service or other program 15 conducted during religious or church services primarily for 16 the convenience of those attending such services. 17 (6) It is further the intent that membership 18 organizations that do not provide child care for school-age 19 children for more than four hours per day, and are affiliated 20 with national organizations which do not provide child care, 21 whose primary purpose is providing activities that contribute 22 to the development of good character or good sportsmanship or 23 to the education or cultural development of minors in this 24 state, which charge only a nominal annual membership fee, 25 which are not for profit, and which are certified by their 26 national associations as being in compliance with the 27 association's minimum standards and procedures, shall not be 28 considered child care facilities and therefore, their 29 personnel shall not be required to be screened. Care for 30 children under the age of Kindergarten is considered child 31 care and is subject to the provisions of s. 402.301 through 2 File original & 9 copies 04/18/01 hcf0003 09:00 am 00179-hcc -402153
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 179 Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only) 1 402.19. 2 3 4 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 5 And the title is amended as follows: 6 On page 1, line 18 7 8 insert: 9 10 amending s. 402.301, F.S., specifying which membership 11 organizations are not considered child care facilities; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/18/01 hcf0003 09:00 am 00179-hcc -402153