SB 945

Enacts Article 25, GS Chapter 130A to establish a permit requirement for the operation of youth camps as follows. Includes seven defined terms. Defines youth camp as an unlicensed facility or property that provides structured recreational, athletic, religious, or educational opportunities to minors for for or more consecutive days, including residential, primitive, and day camps. Details permit issuance and renewal procedures by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Specifies that a permit satisfies any permit required by rules of the Commission for Public Health (Commission) for the operation of a youth camp but does not affect required permitting otherwise provided by law. Exempts religious sponsored child care facilities operating a day camp from permitting requirements, except specified sections related to cabins located in floodplains, emergency planning, and inspection and compliance requirements. Limits DHHS and or local health inspections and requests for records to compliance with these specified sections and specifically requires the exempt facilities to make documentation supporting floodplain and floodway determinations and required emergency planning parental notice available to DHHS and local health upon request.