Bill Text: IA HF2198 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to child care center minimum age requirements for employees and staff-to-children ratios, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 539.) Effective date: 07/01/2022, 06/16/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-16 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 943. [HF2198 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2198-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
CHILD
CARE
CENTER
MINIMUM
AGE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
EMPLOYEES
AND
STAFF-TO-CHILDREN
RATIOS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
726.23,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
e.
Fingerprints
are
voluntarily
given
with
the
written
permission
of
the
child
and
parent
or
guardian
for
the
purpose
of
allowing
the
child
to
work
as
an
employee
or
substitute
at
a
child
care
center
as
defined
in
section
237A.1.
Sec.
2.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER
MINIMUM
AGE
REQUIREMENT.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
that
employees
and
substitutes
working
at
a
child
care
center
who
are
sixteen
years
of
age
or
older
may
provide
child
care
to
school
age
children
without
additional
supervision.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section,
“child
care”
and
“child
care
center”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
237A.1.
Sec.
3.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
CHILD
CARE
CENTER
STAFF
RATIO
RULES.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
that
child
care
centers
maintain
a
minimum
child-to-staff
ratio
of
one
child
care
worker
for
every
seven
children
who
are
two
years
of
age
and
a
minimum
child-to-staff
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File
2198,
p.
2
ratio
of
one
child
care
worker
for
every
ten
children
who
are
three
years
of
age.
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment:
The
section
of
this
Act
relating
to
child
care
center
staff
ratio
rules.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2198,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
