Bill Text: FL S0538 | 2023 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Provisional Child Care Licensing

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-16 - Chapter No. 2023-249 [S0538 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0538-Engrossed.html

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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to provisional child care licensing;
    3         amending s. 402.309, F.S.; requiring a local licensing
    4         agency or the Department of Children and Families, as
    5         applicable, to issue a provisional license or
    6         registration for a family day care home under certain
    7         circumstances; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Present subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
   12  402.309, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4),
   13  (5), and (6), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to
   14  that section, to read:
   15         402.309 Provisional license or registration.—
   16         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a local licensing
   17  agency or the department, whichever is authorized to license
   18  child care facilities in a county, must issue a provisional
   19  license or registration if the operator or owner:
   20         (a) Is applying for an initial license or registration for
   21  a child care facility, a family day care home, or a large family
   22  child care home;
   23         (b) Has made adequate provisions for the health and safety
   24  of the child; and
   25         (c) Provides evidence that he or she has completed, within
   26  the previous 6 months, training pursuant to United States
   27  Department of Defense Instruction 6060.02 and background
   28  screening by the United States Department of Defense pursuant to
   29  34 U.S.C. s. 20351 and 32 C.F.R. part 86 and received a
   30  favorable suitability and fitness determination.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.