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    By Senator Lynn





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to family child care homes;

  3         amending ss. 125.0109 and 166.0445, F.S.;

  4         redesignating family day care homes as family

  5         child care homes; deleting provisions relating

  6         to the regulation of registered family child

  7         care homes under local zoning regulations;

  8         conforming provisions to the licensure statute;

  9         amending s. 402.27, F.S.; requiring licensed

10         family child care homes and large family child

11         care homes to provide specified information to

12         resource and referral agencies; amending s.

13         402.302, F.S.; defining the term "family child

14         care home"; amending s. 402.3051, F.S.;

15         deleting references to registered family child

16         care homes; conforming provisions to the

17         licensure statute; amending s. 402.306, F.S.;

18         requiring the department and local licensing

19         agencies to provide information on large family

20         child care homes; deleting reference to

21         registered family care homes; conforming

22         provisions to the licensure statute; amending

23         s. 402.312, F.S.; deleting provisions relating

24         to the registration of family child care homes;

25         amending s. 402.313, F.S.; requiring all family

26         child care homes to be licensed; deleting

27         provisions relating to registration of family

28         child care homes; deleting provisions relating

29         to voluntary licensing of family child care

30         homes; requiring registered family child care

31         homes to obtain a license by a specified date;

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 1         requiring the Department of Children and Family

 2         Services to adopt rules for minimum licensing

 3         standards; amending ss. 409.1671 and 627.70161,

 4         F.S.; deleting provisions relating to

 5         registered family child care homes; conforming

 6         provisions to the licensure statute; reenacting

 7         s. 400.953(3), F.S., relating to proof of

 8         compliance with background screening

 9         requirements, to incorporate the amendment to

10         s. 402.313, F.S., in a reference thereto;

11         providing that the act will not take effect

12         unless a specified number of positions are

13         funded for licensing family child care homes;

14         providing an effective date.

15  

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

17  

18         Section 1.  Section 125.0109, Florida Statutes, is

19  amended to read:

20         125.0109  Family child day care homes; local zoning

21  regulation.--The operation of a residence as a family child

22  day care home, as defined by law, registered or licensed with

23  the Department of Children and Family Services constitutes

24  shall constitute a valid residential use for purposes of any

25  local zoning regulations, and the no such regulation may not

26  shall require the owner or operator of the such family child

27  day care home to obtain any special exemption or use permit or

28  waiver, or to pay any special fee in excess of $50, to operate

29  in an area zoned for residential use.

30         Section 2.  Section 166.0445, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:

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 1         166.0445  Family child day care homes; local zoning

 2  regulation.--The operation of a residence as a family child

 3  day care home, as defined by law, registered or licensed with

 4  the Department of Children and Family Services constitutes

 5  shall constitute a valid residential use for purposes of any

 6  local zoning regulations, and the no such regulation may not

 7  shall require the owner or operator of the such family child

 8  day care home to obtain any special exemption or use permit or

 9  waiver, or to pay any special fee in excess of $50, to operate

10  in an area zoned for residential use.

11         Section 3.  Subsection (10) of section 402.27, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         402.27  Child care and early childhood resource and

14  referral.--The Department of Children and Family Services

15  shall establish a statewide child care resource and referral

16  network. Preference shall be given to using the already

17  established central agencies for subsidized child care as the

18  child care resource and referral agency.  If the agency cannot

19  comply with the requirements to offer the resource information

20  component or does not want to offer that service, the

21  Department of Children and Family Services shall select the

22  resource information agency based upon a request for proposal.

23  At least one child care resource and referral agency must be

24  established in each district of the department, but no more

25  than one may be established in any county.  Child care

26  resource and referral agencies shall provide the following

27  services:

28         (10)  A child care facility licensed under s. 402.305

29  and a licensed and registered family child day care home or

30  large family child care home licensed under s. 402.313 or s.

31  402.3131, respectively, homes must provide the statewide child

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 1  care and resource and referral agencies with the following

 2  information annually:

 3         (a)  Type of program.

 4         (b)  Hours of service.

 5         (c)  Ages of children served.

 6         (d)  Fees and eligibility for services.

 7         Section 4.  Subsections (3), (7), and (8) of section

 8  402.302, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

 9         402.302  Definitions.--

10         (3)  "Child care personnel" means all owners,

11  operators, employees, and volunteers working in a child care

12  facility. The term does not include persons who work in a

13  child care facility after hours when children are not present

14  or parents of children in Head Start.  For purposes of

15  screening, the term includes any member, over the age of 12

16  years, of a child care facility operator's family, or person,

17  over the age of 12 years, residing with a child care facility

18  operator if the child care facility is located in or adjacent

19  to the home of the operator or if the family member of, or

20  person residing with, the child care facility operator has any

21  direct contact with the children in the facility during its

22  hours of operation. Members of the operator's family or

23  persons residing with the operator who are between the ages of

24  12 years and 18 years shall not be required to be

25  fingerprinted but shall be screened for delinquency records.

26  For purposes of screening, the term shall also include persons

27  who work in child care programs that which provide care for

28  children 15 hours or more each week in public or nonpublic

29  schools, summer day camps, family child day care homes, or

30  those programs otherwise exempted under s. 402.316.  The term

31  does not include public or nonpublic school personnel who are

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 1  providing care during regular school hours, or after hours for

 2  activities related to a school's program for grades

 3  kindergarten through 12. A volunteer who assists on an

 4  intermittent basis for less than 40 hours per month is not

 5  included in the term "personnel" for the purposes of screening

 6  and training, provided that the volunteer is under direct and

 7  constant supervision by persons who meet the personnel

 8  requirements of s. 402.305(2).  Students who observe and

 9  participate in a child care facility as a part of their

10  required coursework shall not be considered child care

11  personnel, provided the such observation and participation are

12  on an intermittent basis and the students are under direct and

13  constant supervision of child care personnel.

14         (7)  "Family day care home" or "family child care home"

15  means an occupied residence in which child care is regularly

16  provided for children from at least two unrelated families and

17  which receives a payment, fee, or grant for any of the

18  children receiving care, whether or not operated for profit. A

19  family child day care home is shall be allowed to provide care

20  for one of the following groups of children, which shall

21  include those children under 13 years of age who are related

22  to the caregiver:

23         (a)  A maximum of four children from birth to 12 months

24  of age.

25         (b)  A maximum of three children from birth to 12

26  months of age, and other children, for a maximum total of six

27  children.

28         (c)  A maximum of six preschool children if all are

29  older than 12 months of age.

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 1         (d)  A maximum of 10 children if no more than 5 are

 2  preschool age and, of those 5, no more than 2 are under 12

 3  months of age.

 4         (8)  "Large family child care home" means an occupied

 5  residence in which child care is regularly provided for

 6  children from at least two unrelated families, which receives

 7  a payment, fee, or grant for any of the children receiving

 8  care, whether or not operated for profit, and which has at

 9  least two full-time child care personnel on the premises

10  during the hours of operation. One of the two full-time child

11  care personnel must be the owner or occupant of the residence.

12  A large family child care home must first have operated as a

13  licensed family child day care home for 2 years, with an

14  operator who has had a child development associate credential

15  or its equivalent for 1 year, before seeking licensure as a

16  large family child care home. A large family child care home

17  is shall be allowed to provide care for one of the following

18  groups of children, which shall include those children under

19  13 years of age who are related to the caregiver:

20         (a)  A maximum of 8 children from birth to 24 months of

21  age.

22         (b)  A maximum of 12 children, with no more than 4

23  children under 24 months of age.

24         Section 5.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and

25  subsection (2) of section 402.3051, Florida Statutes, are

26  amended to read:

27         402.3051  Child care market rate reimbursement; child

28  care grants.--

29         (1)  As used in this section, the term:

30  

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 1         (b)  "Market rate" means the price that a child care

 2  provider charges for daily, weekly, or monthly child care

 3  services.  Market rate shall:

 4         1.  Be established for licensed child care facilities

 5  or facilities that are not subject to s. 402.305, licensed or

 6  registered family child day care homes, licensed before-school

 7  and after-school child care programs, and unregulated care

 8  provided by a relative or other caretaker.

 9         2.  Differentiate among child care for children with

10  special needs or risk categories, infants, toddlers, and

11  preschool and school-age children.

12         3.  Differentiate between full-time and part-time care.

13         4.  Consider reductions in the cost of care for

14  additional children in the same family.

15         (2)  The department shall establish procedures to

16  reimburse licensed or, exempt, or registered child care

17  providers who hold a Gold Seal Quality Care designation at the

18  market rate for child care services for children who are

19  eligible to receive subsidized child care; and licensed or,

20  exempt, or registered child care providers at the prevailing

21  market rate for child care services for children who are

22  eligible to receive subsidized child care, unless prohibited

23  by federal law under s. 402.3015. The department shall

24  establish procedures to reimburse providers of unregulated

25  child care at not more than 50 percent of the market rate. The

26  payment system may not interfere with the parents' decision as

27  to the appropriate child care arrangement, regardless of the

28  level of available funding for child care. The child care

29  program assessment tool may not be used to determine

30  reimbursement rates.

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 1         Section 6.  Subsection (3) of section 402.306, Florida

 2  Statutes, is amended to read:

 3         402.306  Designation of licensing agency; dissemination

 4  by the department and local licensing agency of information on

 5  child care.--

 6         (3)  The department and local licensing agencies, or

 7  their the designees thereof, shall coordinate and disseminate

 8  be responsible for coordination and dissemination of

 9  information on child care to the community. and shall make

10  available Upon request, the department and each local

11  licensing agency must make available to the public all

12  licensing standards and procedures, in addition to the names

13  and addresses of licensed child care facilities and, where

14  applicable pursuant to ss. s. 402.313 and 402.3131, licensed

15  or registered family child day care homes and large family

16  child care homes.

17         Section 7.  Section 402.312, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         402.312  License required; injunctive relief.--

20         (1)  The operation of a child care facility without a

21  license, a family child day care home without a license or

22  registration, or a large family child care home without a

23  license is prohibited.  If the department or the local

24  licensing agency discovers that a child care facility is being

25  operated without a license, a family child day care home is

26  being operated without a license or registration, or a large

27  family child care home is being operated without a license,

28  the department or local licensing agency may is authorized to

29  seek an injunction in the circuit court where the facility is

30  located to enjoin continued operation of the such facility,

31  family child day care home, or large family child care home.

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 1  When the court is closed for the transaction of judicial

 2  business, the department or local licensing agency may is

 3  authorized to seek an emergency injunction to enjoin continued

 4  operation of the such unlicensed facility, unregistered or

 5  unlicensed family child day care home, or unlicensed large

 6  family child care home, which injunction shall be continued,

 7  modified, or revoked on the next day of judicial business.

 8         (2)  Other grounds for seeking an injunction to close a

 9  child care facility, family child day care home, or a large

10  family child care home are that:

11         (a)  There is any violation of the standards applied

12  under ss. 402.301-402.319 which threatens harm to any child in

13  the child care facility, a family child day care home, or

14  large family child care home.

15         (b)  A licensee or registrant has repeatedly violated

16  the standards provided for under ss. 402.301-402.319.

17         (c)  A child care facility, family child day care home,

18  or large family child care home continues to have children in

19  attendance after the closing date established by the

20  department or the local licensing agency.

21         (3)  The department or local licensing agency may

22  impose an administrative fine on any child care facility,

23  family child day care home, or large family child care home

24  operating without a license or registration, consistent with

25  the provisions of s. 402.310.

26         Section 8.  Section 402.313, Florida Statutes, is

27  amended to read:

28         402.313  Family child day care homes.--

29         (1)  Family child day care homes shall be licensed

30  under this section. act if they are presently being licensed

31  under an existing county licensing ordinance, if they are

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 1  participating in the subsidized child care program, or if the

 2  board of county commissioners passes a resolution that family

 3  day care homes be licensed.  If no county authority exists for

 4  the licensing of a family day care home, the department shall

 5  have the authority to license family day care homes under

 6  contract for the purchase-of-service system in the subsidized

 7  child care program.

 8         (a)  If not subject to license, family day care homes

 9  shall register annually with the department, providing the

10  following information:

11         1.  The name and address of the home.

12         2.  The name of the operator.

13         3.  The number of children served.

14         4.  Proof of a written plan to provide at least one

15  other competent adult to be available to substitute for the

16  operator in an emergency. This plan shall include the name,

17  address, and telephone number of the designated substitute.

18         5.  Proof of screening and background checks.

19         6.  Proof of successful completion of the 30-hour

20  training course, as evidenced by passage of a competency

21  examination, which shall include:

22         a.  State and local rules and regulations that govern

23  child care.

24         b.  Health, safety, and nutrition.

25         c.  Identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect.

26         d.  Child development, including typical and atypical

27  language development; and cognitive, motor, social, and

28  self-help skills development.

29         e.  Observation of developmental behaviors, including

30  using a checklist or other similar observation tools and

31  techniques to determine a child's developmental level.

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 1         f.  Specialized areas, including early literacy and

 2  language development of children from birth to 5 years of age,

 3  as determined by the department, for owner-operators of family

 4  day care homes.

 5         7.  Proof that immunization records are kept current.

 6         8.  Proof of completion of the required continuing

 7  education units or clock hours.

 8         (a)(b)  The department or local licensing agency may

 9  impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $100, for failure

10  to comply with licensure or registration requirements.

11         (c)  A family day care home not participating in the

12  subsidized child care program may volunteer to be licensed

13  under the provisions of this act.

14         (b)(d)  The department may provide technical assistance

15  to counties and family child day care home providers to enable

16  counties and family child day care providers to achieve

17  compliance with family child day care homes standards.

18         (2)  This Information shall be included in a directory

19  to be published annually by the department to inform the

20  public of available child care facilities.

21         (3)  Child care personnel in family child day care

22  homes are shall be subject to the applicable screening

23  provisions contained in ss. 402.305(2) and 402.3055.  For

24  purposes of screening in family child day care homes, the term

25  includes any member over the age of 12 years of a family child

26  day  care home operator's family, or persons over the age of

27  12 years residing with the operator in the family child day

28  care home. Members of the operator's family, or persons

29  residing with the operator, who are between the ages of 12

30  years and 18 years are shall not be required to be

31  fingerprinted, but shall be screened for delinquency records.

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 1         (4)  Operators of family child day care homes must

 2  successfully complete an approved 30-clock-hour introductory

 3  course in child care, as evidenced by passage of a competency

 4  examination, before caring for children.

 5         (5)  In order to further develop their child care

 6  skills and, if appropriate, their administrative skills,

 7  operators of family child day care homes shall be required to

 8  complete an additional 1 continuing education unit of approved

 9  training or 10 clock hours of equivalent training, as

10  determined by the department, annually.

11         (6)  Operators of family child day care homes shall be

12  required to complete 0.5 continuing education unit of approved

13  training in early literacy and language development of

14  children from birth to 5 years of age one time. The year that

15  this training is completed, it shall fulfill the 0.5

16  continuing education unit or 5 clock hours of the annual

17  training required in subsection (5).

18         (7)  Operators of family child day care homes shall be

19  required annually to complete a health and safety home

20  inspection self-evaluation checklist developed by the

21  department in conjunction with the statewide resource and

22  referral program. The completed checklist shall be signed by

23  the operator of the family child day care home and provided to

24  parents as certification that basic health and safety

25  standards are being met.

26         (8)  Family child day care home operators may avail

27  themselves of supportive services offered by the department.

28         (9)  The department shall prepare a brochure on family

29  child day care for distribution by the department and by local

30  licensing agencies, if appropriate, to family child day care

31  homes for distribution to parents utilizing such child care,

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 1  and to all interested persons, including physicians and other

 2  health professionals; mental health professionals; school

 3  teachers or other school personnel; social workers or other

 4  professional child care, foster care, residential, or

 5  institutional workers; and law enforcement officers. The

 6  brochure shall, at a minimum, contain the following

 7  information:

 8         (a)  A brief description of the requirements for family

 9  child day care licensure registration, training, and

10  fingerprinting and screening.

11         (b)  A listing of those counties that license require

12  licensure of family child day care homes. The Such counties

13  shall provide an addendum to the brochure that provides a

14  brief description of the licensure requirements or may provide

15  a brochure in lieu of the one described in this subsection,

16  provided it contains all the required information on licensure

17  and the required information in the subsequent paragraphs.

18         (c)  A statement indicating that information about the

19  family child day care home's compliance with applicable state

20  or local requirements can be obtained by telephoning the

21  department office or the office of the local licensing agency,

22  if appropriate, at a telephone number or numbers which shall

23  be affixed to the brochure.

24         (d)  The statewide toll-free telephone number of the

25  central abuse hotline, together with a notice that reports of

26  suspected and actual child physical abuse, sexual abuse, and

27  neglect are received and referred for investigation by the

28  hotline.

29         (e)  Any other information relating to competent child

30  care that the department or local licensing agency, if

31  preparing a separate brochure, deems would be helpful to

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 1  parents and other caretakers in their selection of a family

 2  child day care home.

 3         (10)  On an annual basis, the department shall evaluate

 4  the registration and licensure system for family child day

 5  care homes. The Such evaluation shall, at a minimum, address

 6  the following:

 7         (a)  The number of family child day care homes

 8  registered and licensed and the dates of the such registration

 9  and licensure.

10         (b)  The number of children being served in both

11  registered and licensed family child day care homes and any

12  available slots in the such homes.

13         (c)  The number of complaints received concerning

14  family child day care, the nature of the complaints, and the

15  resolution of the such complaints.

16         (d)  The training activities used utilized by child

17  care personnel in family child day care homes for meeting the

18  state or local training requirements.

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20  The evaluation shall be used utilized by the department in any

21  administrative modifications or adjustments to be made in the

22  licensure registration of family child day care homes or in

23  any legislative requests for modifications to the system of

24  licensure registration or to other requirements for family

25  child day care homes.

26         (11)  In order to inform the public of the state

27  requirement for licensure registration of family child day

28  care homes as well as the other requirements for the such

29  homes to legally operate in the state, the department shall

30  institute a media campaign to accomplish this end. The Such a

31  campaign shall include, at a minimum, flyers, newspaper

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 1  advertisements, radio advertisements, and television

 2  advertisements.

 3         (12)  Notwithstanding any other state or local law or

 4  ordinance, any family child day care home licensed under

 5  pursuant to this chapter or under pursuant to a county

 6  ordinance shall be charged the utility rates accorded to a

 7  residential home. A licensed family child day care home may

 8  not be charged commercial utility rates.

 9         (13)  The department shall, by rule, establish minimum

10  licensing standards for family child day care homes that are

11  required to be licensed by county licensing ordinance or

12  county licensing resolution or that voluntarily choose to be

13  licensed. The standards should include requirements for

14  staffing, training, maintenance of immunization records,

15  minimum health and safety standards, reduced standards for the

16  regulation of child care during evening hours by

17  municipalities and counties, and enforcement of standards.

18         Section 9.  Each family child care home that is

19  registered with the Department of Children and Family Services

20  or a local licensing agency on June 30, 2005, must obtain a

21  license from the department as required under section 402.313,

22  Florida Statutes, by July 1, 2006.

23         Section 10.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

24  409.1671, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

25         409.1671  Foster care and related services;

26  privatization.--

27         (5)

28         (b)  Substitute care providers who are licensed under

29  s. 409.175 and have contracted with a lead agency authorized

30  under this section may shall also be authorized to provide

31  registered or licensed family child day care homes under s.

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 1  402.313, if consistent with federal law and if the home has

 2  met the requirements of s. 402.313.

 3         Section 11.  Section 627.70161, Florida Statutes, is

 4  amended to read:

 5         627.70161  Family child day care home insurance.--

 6         (1)  PURPOSE AND INTENT.--The Legislature recognizes

 7  that family child day care homes fulfill a vital role in

 8  providing child care in Florida. It is the intent of the

 9  Legislature that residential property insurance coverage

10  should not be canceled, denied, or nonrenewed solely on the

11  basis of the family child day care services at the residence.

12  The Legislature also recognizes that the potential liability

13  of residential property insurers is substantially increased by

14  the rendition of child care services on the premises. The

15  Legislature therefore finds that there is a public need to

16  specify that contractual liabilities that arise in connection

17  with the operation of the family child day care home are

18  excluded from residential property insurance policies unless

19  they are specifically included in such coverage.

20         (2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section, the term:

21         (a)  "Child care" means the care, protection, and

22  supervision of a child, for a period of less than 24 hours a

23  day on a regular basis, which supplements parental care,

24  enrichment, and health supervision for the child, in

25  accordance with his or her individual needs, and for which a

26  payment, fee, or grant is made for care.

27         (b)  "Family child day care home" means an occupied

28  residence in which child care is regularly provided for

29  children from at least two unrelated families and which

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

31  receiving care, whether or not operated for a profit.

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 1         (3)  FAMILY CHILD DAY CARE; COVERAGE.--A residential

 2  property insurance policy shall not provide coverage for

 3  liability for claims arising out of, or in connection with,

 4  the operation of a family child day care home, and the insurer

 5  shall be under no obligation to defend against lawsuits

 6  covering such claims, unless:

 7         (a)  Specifically covered in a policy; or

 8         (b)  Covered by a rider or endorsement for business

 9  coverage attached to a policy.

10         (4)  DENIAL, CANCELLATION, REFUSAL TO RENEW

11  PROHIBITED.--An insurer may not deny, cancel, or refuse to

12  renew a policy for residential property insurance solely on

13  the basis that the policyholder or applicant operates a family

14  child day care home. In addition to other lawful reasons for

15  refusing to insure, an insurer may deny, cancel, or refuse to

16  renew a policy of a family child day care home provider if one

17  or more of the following conditions occur:

18         (a)  The policyholder or applicant provides care for

19  more children than authorized for family child day care homes

20  by s. 402.302;

21         (b)  The policyholder or applicant fails to maintain a

22  separate commercial liability policy or an endorsement

23  providing liability coverage for the family child day care

24  home operations;

25         (c)  The policyholder or applicant fails to comply with

26  the family child day care home licensure and registration

27  requirements specified in s. 402.313; or

28         (d)  Discovery of willful or grossly negligent acts or

29  omissions or any violations of state laws or regulations

30  establishing safety standards for family child day care homes

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 1  by the named insured or his or her representative which

 2  materially increase any of the risks insured.

 3         Section 12.  For the purpose of incorporating the

 4  amendment made by this act to section 402.313, Florida

 5  Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (3) of section

 6  400.953, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:

 7         400.953  Background screening of home medical equipment

 8  provider personnel.--The agency shall require employment

 9  screening as provided in chapter 435, using the level 1

10  standards for screening set forth in that chapter, for home

11  medical equipment provider personnel.

12         (3)  Proof of compliance with the screening

13  requirements of s. 110.1127, s. 393.0655, s. 394.4572, s.

14  397.451, s. 402.305, s. 402.313, s. 409.175, s. 464.008, or s.

15  985.407 or this part must be accepted in lieu of the

16  requirements of this section if the person has been

17  continuously employed in the same type of occupation for which

18  he or she is seeking employment without a breach in service

19  that exceeds 180 days, the proof of compliance is not more

20  than 2 years old, and the person has been screened by the

21  Department of Law Enforcement. An employer or contractor shall

22  directly provide proof of compliance to another employer or

23  contractor, and a potential employer or contractor may not

24  accept any proof of compliance directly from the person

25  requiring screening. Proof of compliance with the screening

26  requirements of this section shall be provided, upon request,

27  to the person screened by the home medical equipment provider.

28         Section 13.  This act shall not take effect unless

29  sufficient funds are allocated in a specific appropriation or

30  in the General Appropriations Act for the 2005-2006 fiscal

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 1  year to fund 30 additional positions for licensing family

 2  child care homes.

 3         Section 14.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 7    Redesignates family day care homes as family child care
      homes. Deletes provisions relating to the regulation of
 8    registered family child care homes. Requires licensed
      family child care homes and large family child care homes
 9    to provide specified information to resource and referral
      agencies. Requires the Department of Children and Family
10    Services and local licensing agencies to provide
      information on large family child care homes. Requires
11    all family child care homes to be licensed. Deletes
      provisions relating to voluntary licensing of family
12    child care homes. Requires family child care homes to
      obtain a license by a specified date. Directs the
13    department to adopt rules for minimum licensing
      standards. Directs that the act will not take effect
14    unless a specified number of positions are funded for
      licensing family child care homes.
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