HF216 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.

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Sponsor: EHLERT, BAGNIEWSKI, SRINIVAS, WILSON, KRESSIG, WICHTENDAHL, BROWN-POWERS, COOLING and B. MEYER
Last action: 2025-02-06
Official status: Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 254 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.

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A bill for an act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.

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Bill History

2025-02-06 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 254 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.

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House

File

216

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

216

BY

EHLERT

,

BAGNIEWSKI

,

SRINIVAS

,

WILSON

,

KRESSIG

,

WICHTENDAHL

,

BROWN-POWERS

,

COOLING

,

and

B.

MEYER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

professional

liability

insurance

and

child

1

care

centers

employing

unsupervised

child

care

workers

under

2

eighteen

years

of

age.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

4

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Section

1.

DEPARTMENT

OF

HEALTH

AND

HUMAN

SERVICES

——

CHILD

1

CARE

CENTERS

——

LIABILITY

INSURANCE.

The

department

of

health

2

and

human

services

shall

promulgate

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

3

17A

to

require

a

child

care

center

that

employs

a

person

under

4

the

age

of

eighteen

who

provides

child

care

or

substitute

child

5

care

to

school-age

children

without

additional

supervision

6

to

provide

documentation

to

the

department

of

professional

7

liability

insurance

coverage

for

such

employees.

For

the

8

purposes

of

this

section,

“child

care”

and

“child

care

center”

9

mean

the

same

as

defined

in

section

237A.1.

10

EXPLANATION

11

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

12

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

13

This

bill

relates

to

professional

liability

insurance

by

14

child

care

centers

employing

unsupervised

child

care

workers

15

under

18

years

of

age.

16

The

bill

requires

the

department

of

health

and

human

17

services

to

promulgate

rules

to

require

a

child

care

center

18

that

employs

a

person

under

18

years

of

age

who

provides

19

child

care

or

substitute

child

care

to

school-age

children

20

without

additional

supervision

to

provide

documentation

to

the

21

department

of

professional

liability

insurance

coverage

for

22

such

employees.

For

the

purposes

of

the

bill,

“child

care”

and

23

“child

care

center”

mean

the

same

as

defined

in

Code

section

24

237A.1.

25

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