DELAWARE STATE SENATE

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 198

AMEND Senate Bill No. 198 by deleting lines 15-17 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“(13) Institutional child abuse or neglect” is means child abuse or neglect which has occurred to a child in the DSCYF’s custody and/or or placed occurred in a facility, center center, or home operated, contracted or licensed that is operated or contracted by the DSCYF , or licensed by the Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing .”

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 198 by deleting lines 37 through 42 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

(d) The Department’s Office of Child Care Licensing shall exercise general control and supervision to license, register, and monitor all residential and nonresidential child care facilities, including family child care homes, large family child care homes, child care centers, child placing agencies, residential child care facilities, youth camps that accept Purchase of Care, early education programs for children below the grade of kindergarten that are operated by public or private schools, and day treatment programs unless otherwise exempted by law; provided however, that no license for a residential or nonresidential child care facility to be operated within the corporate limits of the City of Wilmington may be granted until the applicant has provided the Department with verification of licensure by the City of Wilmington to operate a child care facility.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 198, on line 68, by deleting the word “cares” and substituting in lieu thereof the word “care”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 198, on line 70, by deleting the word “to” and substituting in lieu thereof the word “for”.

FURTHER AMEND Senate Bill No. 198 by deleting line 140 and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (7) To approve, license, and monitor foster homes to ensure appropriate care for children and youth in foster care. ”

SYNOPSIS

This amendment clarifies language at lines 37 to 42 of Senate Bill No. 198, for example, by specifying that the Office of Child Care Licensing is responsible for exercising general control and supervision to license, register, and monitor all residential and nonresidential child care facilities. In addition, the amendment specifies that the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families is responsible for licensing foster homes. The amendment also corrects inadvertent errors in the language of Senate Bill No. 198.

Author: Senator Poore