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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to provisional child care licensing; 2
amending s. 402.309, F.S.; requiring a local licensing 3
agency or the Department of Children and Families to 4
issue a provisional license or registration for a 5
family day care home under certain circumstances; 6
providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section 11
402.309, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4), 12
(5), and (6), respectively, subsection (2) is amended, and a new 13
subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: 14
402.309 Provisional license or registration. — 15
(2) A provisional license or registr ation may not be 16
issued unless the operator or owner makes adequate provisions 17
for the health and safety of the child and has timely submitted . 18
A provisional license may be issued for a child care facility if 19
all of the screening materials have been timely submitted. A 20
provisional license or registration may not be issued unless the 21
child care facility, family day care home, or large family child 22
care home is in compliance with the requirements for screening 23
of child care personnel in ss. 402.305, 402.3055, 402.313, and 24
402.3131, respectively. 25
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(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a local licensing 26
agency or the department, whichever is authorized to license 27
child care facilities in a county, must issue a provisional 28
license or registration if the operator o r owner: 29
(a) Is applying for an initial license or registration for 30
a family day care home. 31
(b) Has made adequate provisions for the health and safety 32
of the child. 33
(c) Provides evidence that he or she has completed, within 34
the previous 6 months, tra ining pursuant to United States 35
Department of Defense Instruction 6060.02 and background 36
screening by the United States Department of Defense pursuant to 37
34 U.S.C. s. 20351 and 32 C.F.R. part 86 and received a 38
favorable fitness determination. 39
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming law. 40