Revision: March 7, 2024, 3:12 p.m.
Rep. Wallner, Merr. 19
March 6, 2024
2024-0995h
05/08
Amendment to HB 1056
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to child day care licensing.
Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:
1 Child Day Care Licensing; Definition of Child Day Care Agency. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 170-E:2, IV to read as follows:
IV. "Child day care agency" means any person, corporation, partnership, voluntary association or other organization, either established for profit or otherwise, which regularly receives for child day care one or more children, unrelated to the operator or staff of the agency. The total number of hours in which a child may remain in child day care shall not exceed 13 hours per day, except in emergencies, or situations when the parents or guardians are working over 13 hours during a 24-hour period, or parents or guardians are deployed during the weekend by the military. The types of child day care agencies are defined as follows:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2024-0995h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill amends the definition of a child day care agency by establishing certain limited exceptions in which a child may remain in day care for more than 13 hours.