Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1424
       
       
        
       By Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       
       27-01255-14                                           20141424__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the regulation of summer camps;
    3         creating s. 402.3053, F.S.; defining terms; requiring
    4         summer camp personnel and volunteers to display an
    5         identification badge issued by the Department of
    6         Children and Families; requiring background screening
    7         of summer camp personnel and volunteers; providing
    8         duties of the department; requiring the department to
    9         establish a fee for an identification badge that may
   10         be charged by a summer camp; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 402.3053, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         402.3053 Regulation of summer camps.—
   18         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   19         (a) “Operator” means an onsite person ultimately
   20  responsible for the overall operation of a summer day camp or
   21  summer 24-hour camp, regardless of whether the operator is the
   22  owner or administrator of the camp.
   23         (b) “Personnel” means the owners, operators, employees, and
   24  volunteers working in a summer day camp or summer 24-hour camp
   25  who may be employed by or perform volunteer work for a person,
   26  corporation, or agency that operates a summer day camp or summer
   27  24-hour camp.
   28         (c) “Screening” means the act of assessing the background
   29  of personnel and includes, but is not limited to, employment
   30  history checks as provided in chapter 435 using the level 2
   31  standards for screening provided in that chapter.
   32         (d) “Summer camp” includes:
   33         1. “Summer day camp,” which means recreational,
   34  educational, and other enrichment programs operated during
   35  summer vacations for children who are 5 years of age or older on
   36  or before September 1.
   37         2. “Summer 24-hour camp,” which means recreational,
   38  educational, and other enrichment programs that are not
   39  exclusively educational and that are operated on a 24-hour basis
   40  during summer vacation for children who are 5 years of age or
   41  older on or before September 1.
   42         (2)(a) The department shall create a uniform, statewide
   43  identification badge to be worn by summer camp personnel
   44  signifying that the person has met the level 2 screening
   45  requirements of chapter 435. The department shall issue the
   46  identification badge, which must bear a photograph of the
   47  person. An identification badge shall be issued if the person:
   48         1. Is a resident and citizen of the United States or a
   49  permanent resident alien of the United States as determined by
   50  the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
   51         2. Meets the level 2 background screening requirements
   52  under chapter 435.
   53         (b) The identification badge must be visible at all times
   54  that the employee or volunteer is on summer camp grounds.
   55         (c) The identification badge shall be valid for 5 years or
   56  until the person terminates employment or is terminated or until
   57  the volunteer ceases working at the summer camp. Within 48 hours
   58  after termination or ceasing to volunteer, the person shall
   59  return the identification badge to the operator of the summer
   60  camp.
   61         (d) The department shall determine a uniform cost that a
   62  summer camp may charge for the identification badge, which shall
   63  be borne by the recipient of the badge.
   64         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.