Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2400
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11  The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Hill)
12  recommended the following substitute for amendment (481818):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:
18         Section 1.  Subsection (8) is added to section 402.301,
19  Florida Statutes, to read:
20         402.301  Child care facilities; legislative intent and
21  declaration of purpose and policy.--It is the legislative
22  intent to protect the health, safety, and well-being of the
23  children of the state and to promote their emotional and
24  intellectual development and care.  Toward that end:
25         (8)  It is the intent of the Legislature that a public
26  child care center designated as a Gold Seal Quality Care
27  facility under s. 402.281 allow children who have not attained
28  the age of eligibility for kindergarten and who are under the
29  jurisdiction of a circuit court of this state due to a
30  documented case of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect to
31  receive first priority for placement. To the extent that this
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2400 Barcode 630548 1 subsection creates a conflict with a priority placement 2 pursuant to s. 411.01(6), a child who is at least 3 years of 3 age but who has not yet attained the age of eligibility for 4 kindergarten shall have first priority for placement. The 5 licensing entity for each district shall ensure compliance 6 with this subsection by developing a process for consumers to 7 provide feedback and an administrative process for addressing 8 complaints which ensure that child care providers holding as 9 Gold Seal Quality Care designation comply with the legislative 10 intent of this subsection. 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 Delete everything before the enacting clause 17 18 and insert: 19 A bill to be entitled 20 An act relating to public child care; amending 21 s. 402.301, F.S.; providing legislative intent 22 that children meeting certain requirements be 23 given first priority for placement into the 24 Gold Seal Quality Care Program; requiring the 25 licensing entity for each district within the 26 program to ensure compliance with such 27 legislative intent by developing processes for 28 receiving feedback and addressing complaints; 29 providing an effective date. 30 31 2 6:32 PM 04/10/07 s2400c-cf01-t01