Bill Text: IA HF2485 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act 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. (Formerly HF 2378.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-25 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 791. [HF2485 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2485-Enrolled.html
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Enrolled
House
File
2485
AN
ACT
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.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
237A.3A,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
f.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
to
allow
registered
child
development
homes
providing
care
to
school-aged
children
to
exceed
the
child-to-staff
ratio
for
school-aged
children
when
a
school-aged
child’s
school
starts
late,
is
dismissed
early,
or
is
canceled
due
to
inclement
weather,
a
public
health
emergency,
or
structural
damage
regardless
of
whether
the
child
development
home
provider
is
able
to
be
assisted
by
a
department-approved
assistant
or
co-provider,
provided
the
child
is
currently
enrolled
at
the
registered
child
development
home
and
the
registered
child
House
File
2485,
p.
2
development
home
does
not
exceed
the
child
development
home’s
registration
capacity.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2485,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
