A bill for an act relating to professional liability insurance and child care centers employing unsupervised child care workers under eighteen years of age.
HF 216 requires Iowa child care centers that employ workers under 18 years old to provide unsupervised care for school-age children to maintain professional liability insurance coverage for those employees. The bill directs the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to create rules mandating centers provide proof of this insurance coverage. It specifically applies to centers using teen employees (under 18) for direct child care without additional adult supervision. The law aims to protect children by ensuring insurance coverage for incidents involving minor caregivers, using existing definitions of "child care" from Iowa Code section 237A.1.
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Introduction
Feb 2025
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Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Feb 6, 2025
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