Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1022
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-00192-21                                           20211022__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to immunization standards for child
    3         care facilities; amending s. 402.305, F.S.; requiring
    4         the Department of Children and Families to include in
    5         licensure standards for child care facilities a
    6         minimum percentage of children enrolled in a facility
    7         who must have received immunizations; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section
   13  402.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         402.305 Licensing standards; child care facilities.—
   15         (9) ADMISSIONS AND RECORDKEEPING.—
   16         (a) Minimum standards shall include requirements for
   17  preadmission and periodic health examinations, requirements for
   18  immunizations, and requirements for maintaining emergency
   19  information and health records on all children. The standards
   20  shall include a minimum percentage of all children enrolled in
   21  the child care facility who must have received immunizations.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.