Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 274 By the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; and Senator Sachs 586-00841-12 2012274c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to child care facilities; providing a 3 short title; amending s. 402.305, F.S.; requiring 4 vehicles used by child care facilities and large 5 family child care homes to be equipped with an alarm 6 system that prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle 7 for children before exiting the vehicle; requiring the 8 Department of Children and Family Services to adopt 9 rules and maintain a list of approved alarm systems; 10 providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Haile Brockington 15 Act.” 16 Section 2. Subsection (10) of section 402.305, Florida 17 Statutes, is amended to read: 18 402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.— 19 (10) TRANSPORTATION SAFETY.— 20 (a) Minimum standards shall include requirements for child 21 restraints or seat belts in vehicles used by child care 22 facilities and large family child care homes to transport 23 children, requirements for annual inspections of the vehicles, 24 limitations on the number of children in the vehicles, and 25 accountability for children being transported. 26 (b)1. On or before January 1, 2013, such vehicles must be 27 equipped with an alarm system approved by the department which 28 prompts the driver to inspect the vehicle for children before 29 exiting the vehicle. 30 2. The department shall adopt rules to administer this 31 paragraph and shall maintain a list of alarm manufacturers and 32 alarm systems that are approved to be installed in such 33 vehicles. 34 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.