House File 260 - Enrolled
House File 260
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN RECEIVING CHILD CARE AT ANY
ONE TIME IN A CHILD CARE HOME.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 237A.1, subsections 6 and 7, Code 2021,
2 are amended to read as follows:
3 6. “Child care home” means a person or program providing
4 child care to five or fewer any of the following children at
5 any one time that is not registered to provide child care under
6 this chapter, as authorized under section 237A.3.:
7 a. Five or fewer children.
8 b. Six or fewer children, if at least one of the children
9 is school-aged.
10 7. “Child development home” means a person or program
11 registered under section 237A.3A that may provide child care to
12 six seven or more children at any one time.
13 Sec. 2. Section 237A.3, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended
14 to read as follows:
15 1. A person or program providing child care to five children
16 or fewer at any one time is a in a child care home provider and
17 is not required to register under section 237A.3A as a child
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18 development home. However, the person or program may register
19 as a child development home.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 260, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 237A.1
Enrolled: 237A.1