Bill Text: IN HB1239 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Child care and development fund eligibility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Family, Children and Human Affairs [HB1239 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HB1239-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-17.2-3.5.
Synopsis: Child care and development fund eligibility. Specifies
requirements that must be met by a child care provider as a condition
of eligibility to receive a federal Child Care and Development Fund
voucher payment. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by
the committee on child care.)
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Family, Children and
Human Affairs.
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(1) working smoke detectors that meet the standards adopted by rule for smoke detectors in licensed child care homes;
(2) hot and cold running water; and
(3) drinking water obtainable from a source other than a bathroom;
in the area of the facility where the provider operates a child care program.
(b) A provider shall maintain compliance with food, health, safety, and sanitation standards as determined by the division under rules adopted by the division under section 15 of this chapter.
(c) The food, health, safety, and sanitation standards adopted under subsection (b):
(1) must apply to a provider according to the licensing
requirements that would apply to the provider under:
(A) IC 12-17.2-4 if the provider cares for more than sixteen
(16) children; or
(B) IC 12-17.2-5 if the provider cares for sixteen (16) or
fewer children;
at the facility where the provider operates a child care
program; and
(2) must include all of the following requirements:
(A) Availability of toilets and sinks.
(B) Handwashing after diaper changes.
(C) Nutritionally balanced meals and snacks.
(D) Food service sanitation.
(E) Maintenance of premises in sound, neat, and sanitary
condition.
(1) Illness, serious injury, or death of the provider.
(2) Care in an emergency.
(3) Emergency evacuation.
The plan required under subdivision (3) must be posted in a conspicuous location in the facility where the provider operates a child care program.
(b) A provider shall:
(1) maintain a written child discipline policy;
(2) ensure that all employees and volunteers follow the child discipline policy;
(3) provide to the parent or legal guardian of each child cared for by the provider a written copy of the child discipline policy; and
(4) maintain in each child's file a copy of the child discipline policy that has been signed by the parent or legal guardian described in subdivision (3).
(c) The division shall investigate an allegation of a violation of a provider's discipline policy by the provider or an employee or a volunteer of the provider.
(b) The following apply to an individual who
(1) The individual shall maintain current certification in first aid applicable to all age groups of children cared for by the provider.
(2) The individual must have received a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate described in IC 12-14-5-2.
(3) The individual must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(4) Not more than three (3) months after the individual begins employment or volunteer duties, the individual must receive training approved by the division concerning child abuse detection and reporting.
(c) A provider shall:
(1) maintain, at the facility where the provider operates a child care program, documentation of all training required by this section; and
(2) make the documentation available to the division upon request.
(1) conjugated pneumococcal vaccine; and
(2) varicella vaccine or a demonstrated immunity to varicella.
The state department of health shall determine for each age level the immunizations that constitute complete age appropriate immunizations.
(b) A provider meets the requirement of subsection (a) if:
(1) a child's parent:
(A) objects to immunizations for religious reasons; and
(B) provides documentation of the parent's objection;
(2) the child's physician provides documentation of a medical reason the child should not be immunized; or
(3) the child's physician provides documentation that the child is currently in the process of receiving complete age appropriate immunizations;
and the provider maintains and annually updates the documentation provided by the parent or physician under this subsection.
(c) Not more than thirty (30) days after a child is enrolled at a
facility where a provider operates a child care program, the
provider must receive from the child's parent or guardian a
written statement signed by a physician or certified nurse
practitioner:
(1) verifying that the child has received a physical
examination and may participate in care at the facility; and
(2) listing any medications, allergies, and chronic health
conditions of the child.
However, a parent or guardian may provide a written request that
the child be exempt from a physical examination described in this
subsection based on the religious beliefs of the child.
(d) A provider shall maintain and annually update the
documentation provided by a parent or guardian under subsection
(c).
