HP1417, LD 2033, item 4, 123rd Maine State Legislature
Amendment H "A" to C "A", Filing Number H-975, Sponsored by DRISCOLL
‘Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Adopt Rules Governing Water Activities Offered by Licensed Child Care Facilities’

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Amend the amendment by striking out the substitute title and replacing it with the following:
‘Resolve, Directing the Department of Health and Human Services To Adopt Rules Governing Water Activities Offered by Licensed Child Care Facilities’
Amend the amendment in section 1 in the last line (page 2, line 5 in amendment) by striking out the following: "." and inserting the following: '; and be it further'
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2 Notice regarding water activities. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules that require a family child care provider or child care facility that offers water activities without a lifeguard on duty to provide written notice to the parent or guardian of every child who participates in water activities that there will not be a lifeguard on duty.
Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in its rulemaking, to require a licensed child care facility and certified family child care provider that offers water activities either at a pool or in open water to notify in writing the parent or guardian of a child who participates in water activities that there will not be a lifeguard on duty.

HP1417, Filing Number H-975, LR 3008, item 4, First Special Session - 123rd Maine Legislature, page