HCS/SS/SCS/SB 448 - This act modifies provisions relating to child care providers and establishes "Sam Pratt's Law". No child-care facility exempt from licensure shall assert to any parent or guardian of a child for which the facility provides care that the facility is licensed when in fact the facility is not licensed. SECTION 210.211
This act increases the penalty for violations of child care licensure provisions to include a fine of two hundred dollars per day, not to exceed a total of ten thousand dollars for subsequent offenses. SECTION 210.245
These provisions are substantially similar to SCS/HCS #2/HB 1323 (2012).
SAM PRATT'S LAW
This act provides that in any case involving abuse, neglect, or death of a child, any court of competent jurisdiction may impose as a condition of release of a defendant that such defendant be prohibited from providing child care services for compensation pending final disposition of the case.
Ths court shall notify the Department of Health and Senior Services and the Department of Social Services when it makes such a determination, as well as the disposition of the case. SECTION 544.456
The Sam Pratt's Law provision is identical to SCS/HCS #2/HB 1323 (2012).
ADRIANE CROUSE