Citations Affected:
IC 12-17.2-4-2
;
IC 12-17.4-3-2.
Synopsis: Care of children. Provides certain standards that a child care provider that receives
a child care development voucher must meet. Specifies that a local step ahead council may not
require child care ministries to meet additional standards unless those additional standards are
approved by the general assembly or the division of family and children. Requires an applicant
for a class I child care home license to meet certain requirements regarding education and
training. Allows a class I child care home to serve a school age child during a break in the school
year that exceeds four weeks if: (1) the school age child was at the home part-time during the
four months preceding the break or has a sibling attending the child care home; and (2) the child
care home and its licensee meet certain requirements. Removes the requirement that a person
reside in a child care home to qualify for a license to operate a class II child care home. Lifts the
July 1, 1996, moratorium imposed on the licensure of class II child care homes. Changes the
definition of "child care center". Requires employees of child care institutions, group homes, and
child care centers to be currently (as opposed to "annually") certified in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR). (This conference committee report does the following: (1) removes a
provision that would have required the division of family and children to adopt rules to require
each child who is less than 18 years of age and who resides in a family that receives monthly
cash assistance payments through the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
program to receive certain immunizations and that provided exemptions for religious and
medical reasons; and (2) requires employees of child care institutions, group homes, and child
care centers to be currently (as opposed to "annually") certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR). )
Effective: July 1, 2001.
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the Senate
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 110 respectfully reports
that said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and that
the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that the bill
be further amended as follows:
the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support Course D or any
other comparable course approved by the division.
(e) The requirement set forth in subsection (d) does not apply to a
child care center that:
(1) serves only children who are at least thirteen (13) years of age
and less than twenty-one (21) years of age; and
(2) has on duty, when the children are being cared for, at least one
(1) child care provider who is annually currently certified in a
program on cardipulmonary cardiopulmonary resuscitation as
required by the division.
(f) Upon request, the county department of public welfare office of
family and children shall provide, within forty-eight (48) hours,
excluding weekends and holidays, copies of substantiated
noncompliances and other substantiated complaints filed with the
division of family and children concerning a licensed child care center.
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Senator Lawson CRepresentative Crosby
Chairperson
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Senator CraycraftRepresentative Budak
Senate Conferees House Conferees