Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1510
                        Barcode 542760
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Lynn) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 7, between lines 9 and 10,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 6.  Section 402.317, Florida Statutes, is
19  created to read:
20         402.317  Prolonged child care.--Notwithstanding the
21  time restriction specified in s. 402.302(1), child care may be
22  provided for 24 hours or longer for a child whose parent or
23  legal guardian works a shift of 24 hours or more. The
24  requirement that a parent or legal guardian work a shift of 24
25  hours or more must be certified in writing by the employer,
26  and the written certification shall be maintained in the
27  facility by the child care provider and made available to the
28  licensing agency. The time that a child remains in child care,
29  however, may not exceed 72 consecutive hours in any 7-day
30  period. During a declared state of emergency, the child care
31  licensing agency may temporarily waive the time limitations
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1510 Barcode 542760 1 provided in this section. 2 3 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 4 5 6 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 7 And the title is amended as follows: 8 On page 1, line 28, after the semicolon 9 10 insert: 11 creating s. 402.317, F.S.; authorizing the 12 provision of child care for a period longer 13 than otherwise authorized if a parent or legal 14 guardian works a shift of 24 hours or more; 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3:04 PM 02/28/06 s1510c-cf07-b01