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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 698 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to child care; amending 10 O.S. 2021,
66	66	Section 403, as amended by Secti on 1, Chapter 99,
67	67	O.S.L. 2022 (10 O.S. Supp. 2 022, Section 403), which
68	68	relates to exemptions from the Oklahoma Child Care
69	69	Facilities Licensing Act; modifying and removing
70	70	exemptions; specifying applicability of certain
71	71	provision; limiting certain payments to licensed
72	72	programs; and providing an effective da te.
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77	77	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
78	78	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 10 O.S. 2021, Section 403, as
79	79	amended by Section 1, Chapter 99, O.S.L. 2022 (10 O.S. Su pp. 2022,
80	80	Section 403), is amended to read as follo ws:
81	81	Section 403. A. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care
82	82	Facilities Licensing Act shall not apply to:
83	83	1. Care provided in a child ’s own home or by relatives;
84	84	2. Informal arrangements which parents make with friends or
85	85	neighbors for the occasional care of their children;
86	86	3. Care provided by an attorney-in-fact authorized by Section
87	87	700 of this title who exercises parental or legal authority on a
88	88	continuous basis for not less than twenty -four (24) hours and
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140	140	without compensation for the intended dura tion of the power of
141	141	attorney;
142	142	4. Programs in which school-aged children three (3) years of
143	143	age and older are participating in home -schooling;
144	144	5. Programs that serve children three (3) years of age and
145	145	older and that are operated during typical school ho urs by a public
146	146	school district;
147	147	6. Programs that serve children three (3) years of age and
148	148	older and that are operated during typical school hours by a private
149	149	school that offers elementary education in grades kindergarten
150	150	through third grade;
151	151	7. Summer youth camps, summer programs or after-school programs
152	152	for children who are at least four (4) years of age, that are
153	153	accredited by a national standard-setting agency or church camp
154	154	accreditation program , or are accredited by, chartered by or
155	155	affiliated with a national non-profit organization;
156	156	8. Programs in which children attend on a drop -in basis and
157	157	parents are on the premises and readily accessible;
158	158	9. A program of specialized activity or instruction f or
159	159	children that is not designed or intended for ch ild care purposes
160	160	and operates not more tha n five (5) hours per week including, but
161	161	not limited to, scouts, 4-H clubs and summer resident youth camps,
162	162	programs that limit children from enrolling in mult iple sessions
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215	215	programs such as academics, athletics, gy mnastics, hobbies, art,
216	216	music, dance and craft instruction;
217	217	10. Any child care facility that:
218	218	a. provides care and supervision for fifteen (15) ten
219	219	(10) or fewer hours per week,
220	220	b. operates less than ten (10) eight (8) weeks annually,
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222	222	c. operates in the summer for less than eight (8) six (6)
223	223	hours per day, or
224	224	d. provides care and supervision for school -aged children
225	225	only in a center-based program for twenty-one (21) or
226	226	fewer hours a week and is located in a county with a
227	227	population of less than one hundred thousand (100,000)
228	228	according to the latest Federal Decennial Census;
229	229	11. Facilities whose primary purpose is medical treatment;
230	230	12. Boarding schools that have education as their pr imary
231	231	purpose and that are recognized as accredited by the State Board of
232	232	Education. To be exempt, such programs shall:
233	233	a. have classroom facilities that are not used for
234	234	residential living,
235	235	b. not have been granted nor have assumed legal custody
236	236	of any child attending the facility, and
237	237	c. adhere to standard educational holiday and seasonal
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290	290	opportunities to return to their primary places of
291	291	residence with parent s or legal guardians;
292	292	13. Day treatment programs a nd maternity homes operated by a
293	293	licensed hospital;
294	294	14. Juvenile facilities certified b y the Office of Juvenile
295	295	Affairs or certified by any other state agency authorized by law to
296	296	license such facilities;
297	297	15. A program where children are not enrolled by the parents
298	298	and are free to come and go;
299	299	16. A program in tribal land as defined at 2 5 U.S.C.A. 1903
300	300	(10); and
301	301	17. A program on a military base or federal property , or a
302	302	facility licensed as a family child care provider by a branch of the
303	303	United States Department of Defense or by the United S tates Coast
304	304	Guard.
305	305	B. The provisions of the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities
306	306	Licensing Act shall be equally incumbent upon all private and public
307	307	child care facilities , both for-profit and not-for-profit.
308	308	C. State child care assistance subsidy payments may only be
309	309	paid to licensed programs.
310	310	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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