Brief ⁽¹⁾

HB 2015, as amended, exempts certain entities from licensure as child care facilities. The bill exempts from licensure as a child care facility:

• A residential facility or hospital that is operated and maintained by a state agency; and
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• A summer instructional camp that is operated by a Kansas educational institution or a postsecondary educational institution, as those terms are defined in law, and which camp is operated for not more than five weeks, provides instruction to children who are 10 years of age or older, and is accredited by an agency or organization acceptable to the Secretary of Health and Environment.
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Background

HB 2015 was introduced by the Legislative Educational Planning Committee at the request of Washburn University in order to exempt public postsecondary educational institutions from the child care facility licensure requirement for the purpose of operating a summer camp on campus. The House Committee on Health and Human Services amended the bill to extend the exemption to summer instructional camps operated by not-for-profit independent institutions of higher education accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accrediting agency. House Committee amendments also would further define the types of camps to be exempt and would make the bill effective upon publication in the Kansas Register.

The Senate Education Committee amended the bill to correct a grammatical error.

1. *Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at http://www.ink.org/public/legislative/fulltext.cgi