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H 3602 General Bill, By Townsend and J.R. Shirley
A Bill to amend Section 20-7-2700, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions for purposes of the regulation of child day care facilities, so as to increase maximum enrollment for child day care centers, group day care homes, and family day care homes, and to provide that children of the operator living in the home where day care is offered are excluded for maximum enrollment purposes; to amend Section 20-7-2730, as amended, relating to applications for licenses for day care facilities, so as to provide that the ninety-day period after which a provisional license must be granted when the Department of Social Services fails to approve or deny an application within the period begins to run after written notice of the application is sent to the appropriate fire safety officials; to amend Section 20-7-2840, relating to registration of family day care homes, so as to increase the maximum enrollment and provide that children of the operator living at home are excluded for maximum enrollment purposes; to amend Sections 20-7-2860 and 20-7-2870, so as to provide that the power of the Department of Social Services to withdraw a license or conduct other regulatory action for overenrollment may be exercised only after the licensee has received three written violations for overenrollment; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Sections 20-7-2875 and 20-7-3097, so as to allow additional day care enrollment after school hours and during school vacations in school districts with enrollment under five thousand and to require the county department of social services to make certain monthly reports to day care operators and inform operators within thirty days of receiving notice from the State Department of Social Services of changes in laws or regulations affecting day care, to provide a penalty for violations, and to make a conviction grounds for dismissal.
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A Bill to amend Section 20-7-2700, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions for purposes of the regulation of child day care facilities, so as to increase maximum enrollment for child day care centers, group day care homes, and family day care homes, and to provide that children of the operator living in the home where day care is offered are excluded for maximum enrollment purposes; to amend Section 20-7-2730, as amended, relating to applications for licenses for day care facilities, so as to provide that the ninety-day period after which a provisional license must be granted when the Department of Social Services fails to approve or deny an application within the period begins to run after written notice of the application is sent to the appropriate fire safety officials; to amend Section 20-7-2840, relating to registration of family day care homes, so as to increase the maximum enrollment and provide that children of the operator living at home are excluded for maximum enrollment purposes; to amend Sections 20-7-2860 and 20-7-2870, so as to provide that the power of the Department of Social Services to withdraw a license or conduct other regulatory action for overenrollment may be exercised only after the licensee has received three written violations for overenrollment; and to amend the 1976 Code by adding Sections 20-7-2875 and 20-7-3097, so as to allow additional day care enrollment after school hours and during school vacations in school districts with enrollment under five thousand and to require the county department of social services to make certain monthly reports to day care operators and inform operators within thirty days of receiving notice from the State Department of Social Services of changes in laws or regulations affecting day care, to provide a penalty for violations, and to make a conviction grounds for dismissal.
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| 02/26/91 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-39 |
| 02/26/91 | House | Referred to Committee on Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-39 |
| 02/04/92 | House | Tabled in committee |