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04 SB24/AP
Senate Bill
24
By: Senator Cheeks of the 23rd
AS PASSED
By: Senator Cheeks of the 23rd
AS PASSED
AN ACT
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, standards, revocation or refusal of license,
penalties, and violations, so as to provide that the Department of Human
Resources recommend insurance coverage to the owner of any day-care center,
family day-care home, group day-care facility, group day-care home, or child
learning center; to provide that any such facility which is not covered by
liability insurance shall post that fact in a conspicuous place in the facility;
to provide for notice to the parent or guardian of each child under the care of
the facility; to provide that each such parent or guardian must acknowledge
receipt of such notice in writing and a copy of such acknowledgment shall be
maintained on file at the facility; to provide a penalty; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
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, standards, revocation or refusal of license, penalties,
and violations, is amended by inserting at the end thereof the
following:
"(t) The department shall recommend in writing to the owner of any facility operated as a day-care center, family day-care home, group day-care facility, or group day-care home or any child learning center licensed by the Office of School Readiness that such facility carry liability insurance coverage sufficient to protect the facility´s clients. Any such facility which after receiving such recommendation is not covered by liability insurance shall post that fact in a conspicuous place in the facility and shall notify the parent or guardian of each child under the care of the facility in writing. Such notice shall be in at least one-half inch letters. Each such parent or guardian must acknowledge receipt of such notice in writing and a copy of such acknowledgment shall be maintained on file at the facility at all times while the child attends the facility and for 12 months after the child´s last date of attendance. Failure to do so may subject the owner of the facility to a civil fine of $1,000.00 for each such infraction."
"(t) The department shall recommend in writing to the owner of any facility operated as a day-care center, family day-care home, group day-care facility, or group day-care home or any child learning center licensed by the Office of School Readiness that such facility carry liability insurance coverage sufficient to protect the facility´s clients. Any such facility which after receiving such recommendation is not covered by liability insurance shall post that fact in a conspicuous place in the facility and shall notify the parent or guardian of each child under the care of the facility in writing. Such notice shall be in at least one-half inch letters. Each such parent or guardian must acknowledge receipt of such notice in writing and a copy of such acknowledgment shall be maintained on file at the facility at all times while the child attends the facility and for 12 months after the child´s last date of attendance. Failure to do so may subject the owner of the facility to a civil fine of $1,000.00 for each such infraction."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
repealed.