HOUSE BILL NO. 1819 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LAUBINGER.
4767H.03I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To amend chapter 210, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to child care facilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 210, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be 2 known as section 210.224, to read as follows: 210.224. 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as "Conrad's Law". 2 2. The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish the 3 following for any licensed child care facility: 4 (1) Training on and rules for nonrestrained safe sleep policies for children one 5 year of age or older and children with special needs. Such policies shall include safety 6 procedures for the use of a weighted blanket, except that no weighted blanket used in 7 the child care facility shall: 8 (a) Exceed five pounds; or 9 (b) Be used on any child under one year of age; 10 (2) Safe rest options for any nonnapping child. Such options shall include an 11 exception for nonrestrained quiet-play activities or other activities so long as the 12 activities are supervised; and 13 (3) A care plan for a child with special needs. Such care plan shall be reviewed, 14 agreed upon, signed, and annually reviewed by the child's parents or legal guardians, 15 the child care facility owner or director, the child's primary care provider, and any staff 16 member who is directly responsible for the care of the child.
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language. HB 1819 2
17 3. If a child care facility is caring for a child with special needs, all staff members 18 who are directly responsible for the care of such child shall receive training on caring 19 for a child with that specific special need. Such training may count toward the required 20 annual training hours and shall be monitored by the office of childhood within the 21 department of elementary and secondary education as part of the licensed child care 22 provider hours of training. 23 4. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any child who is under one 24 year of age. Safe sleep policies for any child under one year of age shall be governed by 25 section 210.223. ✔
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