I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 110 be amended to read as follows:
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SECTION 3. IC 12-7-2-28.4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 28.4. (a) "Child
care center", for purposes of IC 12-17.2, means a nonresidential
building where at least seventeen (17) children receive one (1) child
receives child care from a provider:
(1) while unattended by a parent, legal guardian, or custodian;
(2) for regular compensation; and
(3) for more than four (4) hours but less than twenty-four (24)
hours in each of ten (10) consecutive days per year, excluding
intervening Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays.
(b) The term includes a building where child care is provided to
less than seventeen (17) children if the provider has applied for a
license under IC 12-17.2-4 and meets the requirements under
IC 12-17.2-4.
SOURCE: IC 12-7-2-33.7; (01)HB1062.2.2. -->
SECTION 4. IC 12-7-2-33.7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 33.7. (a) As used
in this chapter, "class I child care home" means a child care home that
serves any combination of full-time and part-time children, not to
exceed at any one (1) time twelve (12) children plus three (3) children
during the school year only who are enrolled in at least grade 1.
Except as provided in subsection (c), the addition of three (3) school
age children may not occur during a break in the school year that
exceeds four (4) weeks.
(b) A child:
for a license to operate a class II child care home under this chapter,
a person must do the following:
(1) Provide all child care services on the first story of the child
care home unless the class II child care home meets the
exceptions to the first story requirements contained in the
Indiana building code adopted by the fire prevention and
building safety commission in effect at the time the class II
child care home provider applies for licensure.
(2) Provide a smoke detection system that is:
(A) hard wired to the building's electrical system; and
(B) wired in a manner that activates all of the detector
devices in the building when one (1) detector device is
activated.
(3) Provide a fire extinguisher in each room that is used to
provide child care services.
(4) Meet the exit requirements for an E-3 building occupancy
classification under the Indiana building code adopted by the
fire prevention and building safety commission in effect at the
time the class II child care home provider applies for licensure.
(5) Provide a minimum of thirty-five (35) square feet for each
child.
(6) Conduct fire drills required under article 37 of the Indiana
fire prevention code adopted by the fire prevention and building
safety commission in effect at the time the class II child care
home provider applies for licensure.
(7) Reside in the child care home.
(8) (7) Apply for a license before July 1, 1996, or after June
30, 2001.
(9) (8) Comply with rules adopted by the division of family and
children for class II child care homes.
(b) To qualify for a license to operate a class II child care home
under this chapter, a person, before applying for the license, must
have:
(1) a class I child care home license; or
(2) at least one (1) year of experience as a caregiver in a child
care home or child care center.
SOURCE: ; (01)HB1062.2.4. -->
SECTION 6. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE] The
amendments made by this act to IC 12-7-2-33.7 do not apply to a
person who was issued a license for a class I child care home
before July 1, 2001.
SECTION 7. An emergency is declared for this act.
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to ESB 110 as printed April 3, 2001.)