Florida House Bill 1273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7129 (Ch. 2013-219)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Provides exemption for child care programs affiliated with religious congregations or religious boarding schools from regulation by DCF; requires display of certificate of compliance issued by accrediting agency recognized by DCF; requires accrediting agency to conduct initial onsite review; provides DCF is not authorized to regulate specified elements of program; provides timeframes within which an exempt child care program must notify an accrediting agency of its transfer & termination of accreditation; prohibits recognized accrediting agency from owning, operating, or administering certain programs.

Religious-Exempt Child Care Programs

Rep. Dwight Dudley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Healthy Families Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7129 (Ch. 2013-219)
2013-03-08	House	Referred to Healthy Families Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-03-04	House	Filed

H7129 (Similar To) 2013-06-17 - Chapter No. 2013-219
S1682 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7129 (Ch. 2013-219)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
402	302		Amended Code	See Bill Text
402	316		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1273
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1273/BillText/Filed/PDF