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  1                      A bill to be entitled
  2         An act relating to child care; transferring,
  3         renumbering, and amending s. 402.3017, F.S.;
  4         revising requirements for the Teacher Education
  5         and Compensation Helps scholarship program;
  6         amending s. 402.302, F.S.; redefining the term
  7         "screening"; authorizing the screening of child
  8         care volunteers; amending s. 402.3055, F.S.;
  9         requiring an applicant, owner, or operator of a
10         child care facility to sign an affidavit
11         attesting to the accuracy of certain
12         information; authorizing the Department of
13         Children and Family Services to apply certain
14         requirements for personnel in child care
15         facilities to personnel in family day care
16         homes and large family child care homes;
17         amending s. 402.308, F.S.; requiring family day
18         care homes that are required to be licensed and
19         large family child care homes to have a license
20         that is renewed annually; authorizing the
21         Department of Children and Family Services to
22         apply the specified procedures for
23         administering a license to family day care
24         homes and large family child care homes;
25         amending s. 402.309, F.S.; authorizing the
26         local licensing agency or the Department of
27         Children and Family Services to issue a
28         provisional license or registration to a child
29         care facility, family day care home, or large
30         family child care home; providing that a
31         provisional license or registration may not be
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 1         issued unless child care personnel are screened
 2         according to law; requiring the department to
 3         adopt rules for issuing, suspending, and
 4         revoking provisional licenses and
 5         registrations; amending s. 402.310, F.S.;
 6         providing that an increased administrative fine
 7         may be imposed in addition to or in lieu of
 8         other disciplinary actions; authorizing the
 9         department or local licensing agencies to
10         convert a license or registration to probation
11         status for a violation of certain laws and
12         rules; authorizing the department or local
13         licensing agencies to apply disciplinary
14         actions to registered family day care homes;
15         directing the department to adopt rules
16         establishing grounds for imposing disciplinary
17         actions for violations of certain laws and
18         rules; directing the department to adopt rules
19         to create a uniform system of procedures to use
20         for disciplinary actions; creating s. 402.3105,
21         F.S.; requiring the department to establish a
22         database of information concerning violations,
23         citations, and penalties imposed against child
24         care facilities, family day care homes, and
25         large family child care homes licensed by or
26         registered with the department and local
27         licensing agencies; requiring the department to
28         consult with the State Technology Office;
29         specifying database capabilities and the uses
30         of information contained therein; providing
31         that implementation is not contingent upon an
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 1         appropriation; amending s. 402.313, F.S.;
 2         removing conflicting provisions regarding an
 3         administrative fine; requiring the adoption of
 4         a rule establishing minimum standards for
 5         safety; repealing s. 402.3131(1)(a), F.S.,
 6         relating to the authority of the department or
 7         local licensing agency to impose an
 8         administrative fine against a large family
 9         child care home; providing an effective date.
10  
11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13         Section 1.  Section 402.3017, Florida Statutes, is
14  transferred, renumbered as section 411.0103, Florida Statutes,
15  and amended to read:
16         411.0103 402.3017  Teacher Education and Compensation
17  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program.--
18         (1)  The Legislature finds that the level of early
19  child care teacher education and training is a key predictor
20  for determining program quality. The Legislature also finds
21  that low wages for child care workers prevent many from
22  obtaining increased training and education and contribute to
23  high turnover rates. The Legislature therefore intends to help
24  fund a program which links teacher training and education to
25  compensation and commitment to the field of early childhood
26  education.
27         (2)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation may Department
28  of Children and Family Services is authorized to contract for
29  the administration of the Teacher Education and Compensation
30  Helps (TEACH) scholarship program, which provides educational
31  scholarships to caregivers and administrators of early
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 1  childhood programs, family day care homes, and large family
 2  child care homes.
 3         (3)  The Agency for Workforce Innovation may department
 4  shall adopt rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 as necessary
 5  to administer implement this section.
 6         (4)  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, the Agency for
 7  Workforce Innovation shall administer this section. This
 8  subsection expires July 1, 2005.
 9         Section 2.  Subsection (13) of section 402.302, Florida
10  Statutes, is amended to read:
11         402.302  Definitions.--
12         (13)  "Screening" means the act of assessing the
13  background of child care personnel and volunteers and
14  includes, but is not limited to, employment history checks,
15  local criminal records checks through local law enforcement
16  agencies, fingerprinting for all purposes and checks in this
17  subsection, statewide criminal records checks through the
18  Department of Law Enforcement, and federal criminal records
19  checks through the Federal Bureau of Investigation; except
20  that screening for volunteers included under the definition of
21  personnel includes only local criminal records checks through
22  local law enforcement agencies for current residence and
23  residence immediately prior to employment as a volunteer, if
24  different, and statewide criminal records correspondence
25  checks through the Department of Law Enforcement.
26         Section 3.  Section 402.3055, Florida Statutes, is
27  amended to read:
28         402.3055  Child care personnel requirements.--
29         (1)  REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD CARE PERSONNEL.--
30         (a)  The department or local licensing agency shall
31  require that the application for a license to operate a child
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 1  care facility, family day care home, or large family child
 2  care home license contain a question that specifically asks
 3  the applicant, owner, or operator if he or she has ever had a
 4  license denied, revoked, or suspended in any state or
 5  jurisdiction or has been the subject of a disciplinary action
 6  or been fined while employed in a child care facility, family
 7  day care home, or large family child care home. The applicant,
 8  owner, or operator shall sign an affidavit attesting attest to
 9  the accuracy of the information requested under penalty of
10  perjury.
11         1.  If the applicant, owner, or operator admits that he
12  or she has been a party in such action, the department or
13  local licensing agency shall review the nature of the
14  suspension, revocation, disciplinary action, or fine before
15  granting the applicant a license to operate a child care
16  facility, family day care home, or large family child care
17  home.
18         2.  If the department or local licensing agency
19  determines as a the result of the such review that it is not
20  in the best interest of the state or local jurisdiction for
21  the applicant to be licensed, a license shall not be granted.
22         (b)  The employer of a child care facility, family day
23  care home, or large family child care home employer shall
24  require that the application for a child care personnel
25  position contain a question that specifically asks the
26  applicant if he or she has ever worked in a facility or home
27  that has had a license denied, revoked, or suspended in this
28  or any other state or jurisdiction or if the applicant has
29  been the subject of a disciplinary action or been fined while
30  he or she was employed in a child care facility or home. The
31  applicant shall attest to the accuracy of the information
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 1  requested under penalty of perjury. If the applicant admits
 2  that he or she has been a party in such action, the employer
 3  shall review the nature of the denial, suspension, revocation,
 4  disciplinary action, or fine before the applicant is hired.
 5         (2)  EXCLUSION FROM OWNING, OPERATING, OR BEING
 6  EMPLOYED BY A CHILD CARE FACILITY OR OTHER CHILD CARE PROGRAM;
 7  HEARINGS PROVIDED.--
 8         (a)  The department or local licensing agency shall
 9  deny, suspend, or revoke a license or pursue other remedies
10  provided in s. 402.310, s. 402.312, or s. 402.319 in addition
11  to or in lieu of denial, suspension, or revocation for failure
12  to comply with this section. The disciplinary actions taken
13  determination to be made by the department or the local
14  licensing agency and the procedure for hearing for applicants
15  and licensees shall be in accordance with s. 402.310.
16         (b)  When the department or the local licensing agency
17  has reasonable cause to believe that grounds for denial or
18  termination of employment exist, it shall notify, in writing,
19  the applicant, licensee, or other child care program and the
20  child care personnel affected, stating the specific grounds
21  indicating record which indicates noncompliance with the
22  standards in s. 402.305(2).
23         (c)  When the department is the agency initiating the
24  allegations of statement regarding noncompliance, the
25  procedures established for hearing under chapter 120 shall be
26  available to the applicant, licensee, or other child care
27  program and to the affected child care personnel, in order to
28  present evidence relating either to the accuracy of the basis
29  of exclusion or to the denial of an exemption from
30  disqualification.
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 1         (d)  When a local licensing agency is the agency
 2  initiating the allegations of statement regarding
 3  noncompliance of an employee with the standards contained in
 4  s. 402.305(2), the employee, applicant, licensee, or other
 5  child care program has 15 days from receipt of the time of
 6  written notification of the agency's finding of noncompliance
 7  to make a written request for a hearing. If a written request
 8  for a hearing is not received in that time, the permanent
 9  employee, applicant, licensee, or other child care program is
10  presumed to accept the finding of noncompliance.
11         (e)  If a request for a hearing is made to the local
12  licensing agency, a hearing shall be held within 30 days and
13  shall be conducted by an individual designated by the county
14  commission.
15         (f)  An employee, applicant, licensee, or other child
16  care program has shall have the right to appeal a finding of
17  the local licensing agency to a representative of the
18  department. Any required hearing shall be held in the county
19  in which the permanent employee is employed. The hearing shall
20  be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 120.
21         (g)  Refusal on the part of an applicant or licensee to
22  dismiss child care personnel who have been found to be in
23  noncompliance with personnel standards of s. 402.305(2) shall
24  result in automatic denial or revocation of the license in
25  addition to any other remedies pursued by the department or
26  local licensing agency.
27         Section 4.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 402.308,
28  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
29         402.308  Issuance of license.--
30         (1)  ANNUAL LICENSING.--Every child care facility,
31  family day care home requiring licensure, or large family
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 1  child care home in the state shall have a license that which
 2  shall be renewed annually.
 3         (3)  STATE ADMINISTRATION OF LICENSING.--In any county
 4  in which the department has the authority to issue licenses,
 5  the following procedures shall be applied:
 6         (a)  Application for a license or for a renewal of a
 7  license to operate a child care facility, family day care
 8  home, or large family child care home shall be made in the
 9  manner and on the forms prescribed by the department.  The
10  applicant's social security number shall be included on the
11  form submitted to the department. Pursuant to the federal
12  Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
13  Act of 1996, each applicant is required to provide his or her
14  social security number in accordance with this section.
15  Disclosure of social security numbers obtained through this
16  requirement shall be limited to the purpose of administration
17  of the Title IV-D program for child support enforcement.
18         (b)  Before renewing Prior to the renewal of a license,
19  the department shall reexamine the child care facility, family
20  day care home, or large family child care home, including in
21  that process the examination of the premises and those records
22  of the facility or home as required under s. 402.305, to
23  determine that minimum standards for licensing continue to be
24  met.
25         (c)  The department shall coordinate all inspections of
26  child care facilities, family day care homes, and large family
27  child care homes. A child care provider facility is not
28  required to implement a recommendation of one agency which
29  that is in conflict with a recommendation of another agency if
30  the such conflict arises from due to uncoordinated
31  inspections. Any conflict in recommendations shall be resolved
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 1  by the secretary of the department within 15 days after
 2  written notice that the such conflict exists.
 3         (d)  The department shall issue or renew a license upon
 4  receipt of the license fee and upon being satisfied that all
 5  standards required by ss. 402.301-402.319 have been met. A
 6  license may be issued if all the screening materials have been
 7  timely submitted; however, a license may not be issued or
 8  renewed if any of the child care personnel at the applicant
 9  facility or home have failed the screening required by ss.
10  402.305(2) and 402.3055.
11         Section 5.  Section 402.309, Florida Statutes, is
12  amended to read:
13         402.309  Provisional license or registration.--
14         (1)  The local licensing agency or the department,
15  whichever is authorized to license child care facilities in a
16  county, may issue a provisional license for child care
17  facilities, family day care homes, or large family child care
18  homes, or a provisional registration for family day care homes
19  to applicants for an initial a license or registration or to
20  licensees or registrants seeking a renewal who are unable to
21  meet conform to all the standards provided for in ss.
22  402.301-402.319.
23         (2)  A No provisional license or registration may not
24  be issued unless the operator or owner makes adequate
25  provisions for the health and safety of the child. A
26  provisional license may be issued for a child care facility if
27  all of the screening materials have been timely submitted.;
28  however, A provisional license or registration may not be
29  issued unless the child care facility, family day care home,
30  or large family child care home is in compliance with the
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 1  requirements for screening of child care personnel in ss.
 2  402.305, and 402.3055, 402.313, and 402.3131, respectively.
 3         (3)  The provisional license or registration may not
 4  shall in no event be issued for a period that exceeds in
 5  excess of 6 months; however, it may be renewed one time for a
 6  period that may not exceed in excess of 6 months under unusual
 7  circumstances beyond the control of the applicant.
 8         (4)  The provisional license or registration may be
 9  suspended or revoked if periodic inspection or review made by
10  the local licensing agency or the department indicates that
11  insufficient progress has been made toward compliance.
12         (5)  The department shall adopt rules specifying the
13  conditions and procedures under which a provisional license or
14  registration may be issued, suspended, or revoked.
15         Section 6.  Section 402.310, Florida Statutes, is
16  amended to read:
17         402.310  Disciplinary actions; hearings upon denial,
18  suspension, or revocation of license or registration;
19  administrative fines.--
20         (1)(a)  The department or local licensing agency may
21  administer any of the following disciplinary sanctions for a
22  violation of any provision of ss. 402.301-402.319, or rules
23  adopted thereunder: deny, suspend, or revoke a license or
24         1.  Impose an administrative fine not to exceed $100
25  per violation, per day, for the violation of any provision of
26  ss. 402.301-402.319 or rules adopted thereunder. However, if
27  where the violation could or does cause death or serious harm,
28  the department or local licensing agency may impose an
29  administrative fine, not to exceed $500 per violation per day,
30  in addition to or in lieu of any other disciplinary action
31  described in this section.
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 1         2.  Convert a license or registration to probation
 2  status and require the licensee or registrant to comply with
 3  the terms of probation. A probation-status license or
 4  registration may not be issued for a period that exceeds 6
 5  months and the license or registration may not be renewed. A
 6  probation-status license or registration may be suspended or
 7  revoked if periodic inspection by the department or local
 8  licensing agency finds that the probation-status licensee or
 9  registrant is not in compliance with the terms of probation or
10  that the probation-status licensee or registrant is not making
11  sufficient progress towards compliance with ss.
12  402.301-402.319.
13         3.  Deny, suspend, or revoke a license or registration.
14         (b)  In determining the appropriate disciplinary action
15  to be taken for a violation as provided in paragraph (a), the
16  following factors shall be considered:
17         1.  The severity of the violation, including the
18  probability that death or serious harm to the health or safety
19  of any person will result or has resulted, the severity of the
20  actual or potential harm, and the extent to which the
21  provisions of ss. 402.301-402.319 have been violated.
22         2.  Actions taken by the licensee or registrant to
23  correct the violation or to remedy complaints.
24         3.  Any previous violations of the licensee or
25  registrant.
26         (c)  The department shall adopt rules to:
27         1.  Establish the grounds under which the department
28  may deny, suspend, or revoke a license or registration or
29  place a licensee or registrant on probation status for
30  violations of ss. 402.301-402.319.
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 1         2.  Establish a uniform system of procedures to impose
 2  disciplinary sanctions for violations of ss. 402.301-402-319.
 3  The uniform system of procedures must provide for the
 4  consistent application of disciplinary actions across
 5  districts and a progressively increasing level of penalties
 6  from predisciplinary actions, such as efforts to assist
 7  licensees or registrants to correct the statutory or
 8  regulatory violations, to severe disciplinary sanctions for
 9  actions that jeopardize the health and safety of children,
10  such as for the deliberate misuse of medications. The
11  department shall implement this subparagraph on January 1,
12  2006, and the implementation is not contingent upon a specific
13  appropriation.
14         (d)  The disciplinary sanctions set forth in this
15  section apply to licensed child care facilities, licensed
16  large family child care homes, and licensed or registered
17  family day care homes.
18         (2)  When the department has reasonable cause to
19  believe that grounds exist for the denial, suspension, or
20  revocation of a license or registration; the conversion of a
21  license or registration to probation status; or the imposition
22  of an administrative fine exist, it shall determine the matter
23  in accordance with procedures prescribed in chapter 120. When
24  the local licensing agency has reasonable cause to believe
25  that grounds exist for the denial, suspension, or revocation
26  of a license or registration; the conversion of a license or
27  registration to probation status; or the imposition of an
28  administrative fine exist, it shall notify the applicant,
29  registrant, or licensee in writing, stating the grounds upon
30  which the license or registration is being denied, suspended,
31  or revoked or an administrative fine is being imposed. If the
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 1  applicant, registrant, or licensee makes no written request
 2  for a hearing to the local licensing agency within 15 days
 3  after from receipt of the such notice, the license or
 4  registration shall be deemed denied, suspended, or revoked;
 5  the license or registration shall be converted to probation
 6  status; or an administrative fine shall be imposed.
 7         (3)  If a request for a hearing is made to the local
 8  licensing agency, a hearing shall be held within 30 days and
 9  shall be conducted by an individual designated by the county
10  commission.
11         (4)  An applicant, registrant, or licensee has shall
12  have the right to appeal a decision of the local licensing
13  agency to a representative of the department. Any required
14  hearing shall be held in the county in which the child care
15  facility, family day care home, or large family child care
16  home is being operated or is to be established. The hearing
17  shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of
18  chapter 120.
19         Section 7.  Section 402.3105, Florida Statutes, is
20  created to read:
21         402.3105  Central database on violations, citations,
22  and penalties imposed against child care facilities, family
23  day care homes, and large family child care homes.--
24         (1)  The department, in consultation with the state
25  technology office, shall establish and maintain a central
26  database to record and compile all information from the
27  service districts and local licensing agencies concerning
28  violations, citations, and penalties imposed against child
29  care facilities, family day care homes, and large family child
30  care homes regulated by or registered with the department or
31  local licensing agency. The department shall develop the
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 1  central database under chapter 282 and shall administer,
 2  operate, and maintain the database following the policies and
 3  procedures of the state technology office.
 4         (2)  The department shall retain information in the
 5  database in order to monitor and evaluate the consistency and
 6  effectiveness of the service districts' and local licensing
 7  agencies' investigations and the enforcement of compliance
 8  with licensing and registration requirements by child care
 9  facilities, family day care homes, and large family child care
10  homes. The database must have the capability to produce
11  statistical reports of patterns of violations, citations, and
12  penalties, including the classes and types of violations, and
13  any actions taken to suspend or revoke the license or
14  registration of a child care facility, family day care home,
15  or large family child care home.
16         (3)  The central database shall be an informational
17  resource for evaluating child care facilities, family day care
18  homes, and large family child care homes for license or
19  registration renewals but may not be used for employment
20  screening. The database information is open to the public and
21  is subject to chapter 119.
22         (4)  The department shall implement this section
23  beginning on July 1, 2005, and the implementation is not
24  contingent upon a specific appropriation.
25         Section 8.  Subsections (1) and (13) of section
26  402.313, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
27         402.313  Family day care homes.--
28         (1)  Family day care homes shall be licensed under this
29  act if they are presently being licensed under an existing
30  county licensing ordinance, if they are participating in the
31  subsidized child care program, or if the board of county
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 1  commissioners passes a resolution that family day care homes
 2  be licensed. If no county authority exists for the licensing
 3  of a family day care home, the department shall have the
 4  authority to license family day care homes under contract for
 5  the purchase-of-service system in the subsidized child care
 6  program.
 7         (a)  If not subject to license, family day care homes
 8  shall register annually with the department, providing the
 9  following information:
10         1.  The name and address of the home.
11         2.  The name of the operator.
12         3.  The number of children served.
13         4.  Proof of a written plan to provide at least one
14  other competent adult to be available to substitute for the
15  operator in an emergency. This plan shall include the name,
16  address, and telephone number of the designated substitute.
17         5.  Proof of screening and background checks.
18         6.  Proof of successful completion of the 30-hour
19  training course, as evidenced by passage of a competency
20  examination, which shall include:
21         a.  State and local rules and regulations that govern
22  child care.
23         b.  Health, safety, and nutrition.
24         c.  Identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect.
25         d.  Child development, including typical and atypical
26  language development; and cognitive, motor, social, and
27  self-help skills development.
28         e.  Observation of developmental behaviors, including
29  using a checklist or other similar observation tools and
30  techniques to determine a child's developmental level.
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 1         f.  Specialized areas, including early literacy and
 2  language development of children from birth to 5 years of age,
 3  as determined by the department, for owner-operators of family
 4  day care homes.
 5         7.  Proof that immunization records are kept current.
 6         8.  Proof of completion of the required continuing
 7  education units or clock hours.
 8         (b)  The department or local licensing agency may
 9  impose an administrative fine, not to exceed $100, for failure
10  to comply with licensure or registration requirements.
11         (b)(c)  A family day care home that is not required to
12  be licensed under this subsection participating in the
13  subsidized child care program may volunteer to be licensed
14  under the provisions of this act.
15         (c)(d)  The department may provide technical assistance
16  to counties and family day care home providers to enable
17  counties and family day care providers to achieve compliance
18  with family day care homes standards.
19         (13)  The department shall adopt a rule establishing,
20  by rule, establish minimum standards for family day care homes
21  that are required to be licensed by county licensing ordinance
22  or county licensing resolution or that voluntarily choose to
23  be licensed. The standards should include requirements for
24  staffing, training, maintenance of immunization records,
25  minimum health and safety standards, reduced standards for the
26  regulation of child care during evening hours by
27  municipalities and counties, and enforcement of standards.
28         Section 9.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
29  402.3131, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
30         Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 1600
 3                                 
 4  Clarifies statutory provisions relating to child care
    regulation. It extends the current requirements for licensure
 5  and renewal of licenses of child care facilities to large
    family child care homes and to those other family day care
 6  homes which are already required to be licensed.
 7  Strengthens the enforcement authority of the licensing
    agencies over child care providers by authorizing the issuance
 8  of provisional licenses to large family child care homes and
    family day care homes required to be licensed. It allows
 9  provisional registration for those family day care homes which
    are not required to be licensed. It provides for revocation of
10  the provisional licenses and registrations.
11  Sets out a range of disciplinary actions available to
    enforcement authorities and makes those actions applicable to
12  registered as well as licensed child care providers.
13  Resolves the conflict between two inconsistent administrative
    fine provisions in current law by repealing one of the
14  provisions.
15  Directs the Department of Children and Families to adopt rules
    to administer enforcement actions regarding child care.
16  
    Requires the Department of Children and Families to establish
17  a statewide data system to capture violations and penalties
    imposed in child care settings and to make this information
18  available to the public.
19  Amends provisions relating to the Teacher Education and
    Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program to reflect the
20  administration of the program by the Agency for Workforce
    Innovation (AWI), rather than DCF.
21  
    Removes obsolete language relating to the subsidized child
22  care program from provisions relating to family day care
    homes.
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