SB 222 - Child Welfare Agency - child care in malls, office complexes

First Reader Summary

A bill to amend Code Section 49-5-12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing and inspection of child welfare agencies and child care facilities, so as to redefine the term "child welfare agency" to include certain child care facilities located in shopping centers, malls, and office complexes.

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SB 222                                            LC 11 9265S 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Code Section 49-5-12 of the Official Code of 
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to licensing and inspection of 
  1- 3  child welfare agencies and child care facilities, so as to 
  1- 4  redefine the term "child welfare agency" to include certain 
  1- 5  child care facilities located in shopping centers, malls, 
  1- 6  and office complexes; to provide an effective date; to 
  1- 7  repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 8       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1- 9                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-10  Code Section 49-5-12 of the Official Code of Georgia 
  1-11  Annotated, relating to licensing and inspection of child 
  1-12  welfare agencies and child care facilities, is amended by 
  1-13  striking subsection (a) thereof and inserting in its place 
  1-14  the following: 
 
  1-15    "(a) 'Child welfare agency' means any child-caring 
  1-16    institution, child-placing agency, maternity home, family 
  1-17    day-care home, group day-care home, or day-care center, or 
  1-18    child care facility located in a shopping center, mall, or 
  1-19    office complex and operated by the owners of such business 
  1-20    establishments for the temporary, short-term care of 
  1-21    children on a fee basis." 
 
  1-22                           SECTION 2. 
 
  1-23  This Act shall become effective on July 1 of the fiscal year 
  1-24  for which funds necessary to carry out its purposes are 
  1-25  specifically appropriated by the General Assembly or on July 
  1-26  1 of the following fiscal year if funds are first 
  1-27  appropriated in a supplemental appropriations Act. 
 
  1-28                           SECTION 3. 
 
  1-29  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  1-30  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
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