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HOUSE
FILE
382
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
8)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
child
care
center
staff
requirements
for
1
providing
flex
care
to
children
up
to
five
years
of
age.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
FLEX
1
CARE.
2
1.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
is
directed
3
to
amend
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
4
provide
that
employees
of
a
child
care
center
who
are
sixteen
5
years
of
age
or
older
may,
without
additional
supervision,
6
provide
flex
care
to
children
up
to
five
years
of
age.
7
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
8
a.
“Child
care”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
237A.1.
9
b.
“Child
care
center”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
10
237A.1.
11
c.
“Flex
care”
means
child
care
provided
during
designated
12
nap
hours
and
during
brief
periods
when
a
child
care
center
13
employee
who
is
eighteen
years
of
age
or
older
is
not
present
14
to
provide
supervision.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
19
services
to
amend
its
administrative
rules
to
provide
that
20
employees
of
a
child
care
center
who
are
16
years
of
age
or
21
older
may,
without
additional
supervision,
provide
flex
care
to
22
children
up
to
five
years
of
age.
23
“Child
care”
means
the
care,
supervision,
and
guidance
of
24
a
child
by
a
person
other
than
the
child’s
parent,
guardian,
25
or
custodian
for
periods
of
less
than
24
hours
per
day
per
26
child
on
a
regular
basis,
with
certain
exceptions.
“Child
care
27
center”
means
a
facility
providing
child
care
or
preschool
28
services
for
seven
or
more
children,
except
when
the
facility
29
is
registered
as
a
child
development
home.
“Flex
care”
means
30
child
care
provided
during
designated
nap
hours
and
during
31
brief
periods
when
a
child
care
center
employee
who
is
18
years
32
of
age
or
older
is
not
present
to
provide
supervision.
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