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HF 2378Withdrawn · HF 2485 became law instead · March 9, 2020

Establishing an exception to the number of children allowed to be present for child care at any one time in a child development home under certain conditions

Topics:Families & human servicesChild care

Same legislation: HF 2485

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2020
  2. Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 19, 2020
  4. Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 202098–1
  5. Done: Senate committeeJune 4, 2020
  6. Done: Passes the SenateJune 13, 202047–0
  7. Done: To the GovernorJune 24, 2020
  8. Done: Signed into lawJune 25, 2020

HF 2485 became law → The same legislation passed as HF 2485, so this version was set aside. Go to HF 2485 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary Registered child development homes could temporarily watch more children than usual if a school child arrives early or stays late due to weather or school schedule changes. This rule only applies to children who are already enrolled in the home and cannot go over the home's total registered capacity. The Department of Human Services will create the specific rules for how this works.1

Read the official explanation

This bill establishes an exception to the number of children allowed to be present for child care at any one time in a child development home under certain conditions. The bill directs the department of human services to adopt rules allowing registered child development homes providing care to school-aged children to exceed the child-to-staff ratio when a school-aged child’s school starts late, is dismissed early, or is canceled due to inclement weather or structural damage. The child must already be enrolled at the child development home, and the number of children present cannot exceed the child development home’s registration capacity.

Changed since by amendment S-5100; see Amendments.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed2

House subcommittee

Named February 13, 2020. On February 17, 2020 it recommended passage.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§237A.3A

How the Code works3

Lobbying

7 for · 0 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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