No. CS/HB 4033
Filed under Local Government.
Palm Beach County; Revises definitions of terms "family day care home" & "large family child care home" to specify maximum number of children allowed to receive care in such homes in county.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPalm Beach County's family day care homes no longer have a fixed cap of six children. The bill deletes the specific number and replaces it with a reference to state rules.
Large family child care homes lose their specific age-based limits. The bill removes the maximums of eight infants and twelve total children, replacing them with a reference to state rules.
Operators must now check Florida Department of Children and Families rules to know their legal capacity. The bill does not state the actual numbers, only that they must match state law.
This change makes local law dependent on future state rule changes. If the state changes its limits, the county's legal maximums change automatically without a new local vote.
AIReplaces the fixed cap of one to six children with a variable limit tied to state statutes and DCF rules.
AIDeletes the specific age-based caps (eight infants or twelve total) and replaces them with a variable limit tied to state statutes and DCF rules.