ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session

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HB 2066: child care facilities; program providers

Sponsor: Representative Gress, LD 4

Committee on Health & Human Services

Overview

Specifies that an out-of-school time (OST) program provider that opts to be licensed as a child care facility is not required to keep a roster of school-age children for each room or activity area within the facility. Requires a child care facility licensing application to include a notarized attestation from a registered architect that verifies the architectural plans and specifications meet or exceed standards adopted by the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS).

History

A child care facility is any facility in which child care is regularly provided for compensation for five or more children not related to the proprietor (A.R.S. § 36-881).

DHS prescribes rules regarding the health, safety and well-being of children being cared for in a child care facility. These rules include standards for the following:

1) adequate physical facilities for the care of children, such as building construction, fire protection, sanitation, sleeping facilities, isolation facilities, toilet facilities, heating, ventilation, indoor and outdoor activity areas and if provided by the facility, transportation safely to and from the premises;

2) adequate staffing per number and age groups of children by persons who are qualified by education or experience to meet their respective responsibilities in care of children;

3) activities, toys and equipment to enhance the development of each child;

4) nutritious and well-balanced food;

5) encouragement of parental participation; and

6) exclusion of any person from the facility whose presence may be detrimental to the welfare of children (A.R.S. § 36-883).

Provisions

1. States that an OST program provider that opts to be licensed as a child care facility and keeps a roster of school-age children who are present in the facility is not required to keep a roster of the school-age children for each room or activity area within the facility. (Sec. 1)

2. Requires a license application for a child care facility to include, on a form provided by DHS, a notarized attestation from a registered architect that verifies the architectural plans and specifications meet or exceed the standards adopted by DHS. (Sec. 1)

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