Bill Text: DE HB225 | 2011-2012 | 146th General Assembly | Draft
Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Child Care Facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-30 - Introduced and Assigned to Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis & Government Accountability) Committee in House [HB225 Detail]
Download: Delaware-2011-HB225-Draft.html
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SPONSOR: |
Rep. Kowalko & Sen. Bunting |
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 146th GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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HOUSE BILL NO. 225 |
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AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 31 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES. |
Section 1.Amend §343, Title 31 of the Delaware Code by inserting a new subsection (d) therein to read as follows:
"(d) Notwithstanding any other language, nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to mandate a child care facility, institution, agency, association or organization to inspect a child's food or drink brought from home to determine whether such food or drink meets certain nutritional requirements and any such rule or regulation promulgated by the Office of Child Care Licensing attempting to mandate such action shall be deemed unreasonable for purposes of this section; provided, further, that nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to mandate a child care facility, institution, agency, association or organization to supplement or replace a child's food or drink brought from home on the basis that such food or drink does not meet certain nutritional requirements and any such rule or regulation promulgated by the Office of Child Care Licensing attempting to mandate such action shall be deemed unreasonable for purposes of this section.In a child care program in which food or drink is brought from home, the child care program shall educate parents and guardians on current nutritional requirements and shall encourage parents and guardians to adhere to such nutritional requirements in the food they prepare for their children's meals; provided, however, that the Office of Child Care Licensing shall not require food or drink brought from home to meet such nutritional requirements.".
SYNOPSIS
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This Act prohibits the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) from mandating that a child care center inspect a child's food or drink brought from home in order to determine whether such food or drink meets certain nutritional requirements.The Act further prohibits OCCL from mandating that a child care center supplement or replace a child's food or drink brought from home on the basis that such food or drink does not meet nutritional requirements.The Act directs child care programs to educate parents concerning nutritional requirements, but prohibits OCCL from requiring that food brought from home meet such nutritional requirements. |
