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Bill 3497

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3497
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010208
Primary Sponsor:                  Lucas
All Sponsors:                     Lucas
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\nbd\11224ac01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Medical, Military, Public and Municipal 
                                  Affairs Committee 27 H3M
Subject:                          Family daycare home includes facility 
                                  attached to residence of operator; Minors, 
                                  Daycare centers


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010208  Introduced, read first time,           27 H3M
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2700, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS CONCERNING CHILD DAYCARE FACILITIES, SO AS TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "FAMILY DAYCARE HOME" TO INCLUDE A FACILITY ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENCE IN WHICH THE DAYCARE OPERATOR RESIDES; AND TO AMEND SECTION 20-7-2850, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO FAMILY DAYCARE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE THE FACILITY USED BY A FAMILY DAYCARE OPERATOR TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE HEALTH AND FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 20-7-2700g. of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 220 of 2000, is further amended to read:

    "g.    'Family daycare home' means a facility within a residence occupied by the operator or a facility attached to the operator's residence in which child daycare is regularly provided for no more than six children, unattended by a parent or legal guardian, including those children living in the home and children received for daycare who are related to the resident caregiver. However, an occupied residence in which child daycare is provided only for a child or children related to the resident caregiver or only for the child or children of one unrelated family or only for a combination of these children is not a family daycare home."

SECTION    2.    Section 20-7-2850(B) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

    "(B)    Before becoming a registered operator the applicant shall:

    (1)    sign a statement that he has read the suggested standards developed by the department under Section 20-7-2980;

    (2)    when daycare is provided in a facility attached to a residence, comply with applicable health and fire safety regulations; the applicant shall submit a formal request to the department for an inspection of the facility to be conducted by the appropriate health and fire safety agencies;

    (3)    furnish the department with a signed statement by each consumer parent verifying that the operator has provided each consumer parent with a copy of the suggested standards for family day care daycare homes and the procedures for filing complaints;

    (3)(4)    upon request, provide the department with any facts, conditions, or circumstances relevant to the operation of the family day care daycare home, including references and other information regarding the character of the family day care daycare home operator."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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