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HB 919 Original 2016 Regular Session Seabaugh
Abstract: Reduces the minimum number of weekly hours of operation qualifying a facility as a
child day care center from 12.5 to three.
Present law provides for the licensing and regulation of child day care centers by the state Dept. of
Education. Present law defines a child day care center as a facility providing care for at least seven
children for at least 12.5 hours per week. Proposed law reduces the minimum number of hours a
facility must operate weekly to meet this definition from 12.5 to three.
Present law provides that a child day care center that remains open for more than 12.5 hours in a
week is considered "full-time". Proposed law lowers this "full-time" threshold from 12.5 hours to
three hours.
(Amends R.S. 17:407.33(A)(3))