HB 1663

Present law exempts certain entities from licensure as child care agencies, including, but not limited to, home school s; program s operated by a church-related school for students whose parents are associated, registered, or participating as a parent-teacher with the church-related school ; and educational or tutorial program s designed to support or enhance the education of home school students . This bill adds to such list of exemptions a person or entity that operates a family child care home and obtains a United States department of defense certificate to operate, pursuant to federal law as long as such family child care home provides child care services only to an eligible patron. As used in this bill, an "eligible patron"" means active duty m ilitary s ervice members, certain department of war civilian employees, r eserve c omponent m ilitary s ervice members on inactive duty training, combat relate d wounded warriors, surviving spouses of military members who died from a combat related incident, eligible employees of department of defense contractors, other f ederal employees, and those acting in loco parentis (taking on the duties and responsibilities) of the aforementioned persons."