Senate Bill 1442

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1442

    By Senator Lee





    23-708-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child care facilities;

  3         amending s. 402.305, F.S.; requiring the

  4         Department of Children and Family Services, in

  5         conjunction with the Department of Health, to

  6         develop standards for child care facilities

  7         that serve mildly ill children; providing

  8         guidelines for the standards; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (19) is added to section

14  402.305, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

15         402.305  Licensing standards; child care facilities.--

16         (19)  MILDLY ILL CHILDREN, CHILD CARE FACILITIES.--The

17  Department of Children and Family Services, in conjunction

18  with the Department of Health, shall develop minimum standards

19  for child care facilities that exclusively serve children who

20  are mildly ill. The minimum standards must address personnel

21  requirements; staff-to-child ratios; staff training and

22  credentialing; health and safety; physical facility

23  specifications, including, but not limited to, square footage

24  requirements; client eligibility, including, but not limited

25  to, a definition of the term "mildly ill children"; sanitation

26  and safety; admission and recordkeeping procedures; dispensing

27  of medication; and a schedule of activities.

28         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1442
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  3    Requires the Department of Children and Family Services,
      in conjunction with the Department of Health, to develop
  4    standards for child care facilities that exclusively
      serve children who are mildly ill. Provides guidelines
  5    for the standards. Allows the department to define the
      term "mildly ill children."
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