Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 354
                        Barcode 612858
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Lynn) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 15, between lines 17 and 18,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 9.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of
19  section 402.3131, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20         402.3131  Large family child care homes.--
21         (1)  Large family child care homes shall be licensed
22  under this section.
23         (b)  A licensed family child day care home must first
24  have operated for a minimum of 2 consecutive years, with an
25  operator who has had a child development associate credential
26  or its equivalent for 1 year, before seeking licensure as a
27  large family child care home.
28         (c)  The department may provide technical assistance to
29  counties and family child day care home providers to enable
30  the counties and providers to achieve compliance with minimum
31  standards for large family child care homes.
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 354 Barcode 612858 1 Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 402.3145, 2 Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 3 402.3145 Subsidized child care transportation 4 program.-- 5 (2) The transportation system shall provide 6 transportation to each child participating in subsidized child 7 care when, and only when, transportation is necessary to 8 provide child care opportunities which otherwise would not be 9 available to a child whose home is more than a reasonable 10 walking distance from the nearest child care facility or 11 family child day care home. 12 13 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 14 15 16 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 17 And the title is amended as follows: 18 On page 1, line 31, after the semicolon, 19 20 insert: 21 amending s. 402.3131, F.S.; revising references 22 to family day care homes; amending s. 402.3145, 23 F.S.; revising the reference to a family child 24 care home; 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:01 AM 02/07/05 s0354.cf07.00b