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VETOES

either House Bill 260 or House Bill 1290/Senate Bill 546 should
be signed.

Very truly yours,
Stephen H. Sachs
Attorney General

House Bill No. 260

AN ACT concerning

Group Day Care Centers - 24-Hour Care Length of Stay

FOR the purpose of altering the definition of "group day care
center" to include an agency, institution, or establishment
that offers or provides group day care on a 24-hour basis
to certain children; providing that the term "group day care
center" does not include certain facilities that provide
residential placement; providing that a certain license
authorizes the licensee to operate a group day care center
on a 24-hour basis; prohibiting a child from remaining at a
group day care center for more than a certain length of
time; providing that an exception may be granted by a local
health officer in certain cases; and generally relating to
24-hour group day care centers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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Section 14-101(c) and 14-108
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1982 Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

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14-101.

(c) (1) "Group day care center" means an agency,
institution, or establishment that, for part or all of a day, OR
ON A 24-HOUR BASIS, on a regular schedule, and at least twice a
week, offers or provides group day care to at least 7 children
who do not have the same parentage.

(2) "GROUP DAY CARE CENTER" DOES NOT INCLUDE A CHILD
CARE HOME, A CHILD CARE INSTITUTION, OR OTHER CHILD CARE FACILITY
THAT OFFERS OR PROVIDES A RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT FOR A CHILD AND