for part of the twenty-four hour day to children under sixteen
years of age, away from their own homes, but does not include
child [day] care furnished in places of worship during religious
services.
"Child [day] care center" means any premises operated for
profit in which child [day] care is provided simultaneously for
seven or more children who are not relatives of the operator,
except such centers operated under social service auspices.
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"Facility" means an adult day care center, child [day] care
center, family child care home, boarding home for children,
mental health establishment, personal care home, assisted living
residence, nursing home, hospital or maternity home, as defined
herein, except to the extent that such a facility is operated by
the State or Federal governments or those supervised by the
department or licensed pursuant to the act of July 19, 1979
(P.L.130, No.48), known as the "Health Care Facilities Act."
"Family child care home" means a home where child [day] care
is provided at any time to no less than four children and no
more than six children who are not relatives of the caregiver.
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Section 4. Section 1006 of the act is amended to read:
Section 1006. Fees.--Annual licenses shall be issued when
the proper fee, if required, is received by the department and
all the other conditions prescribed in this act are met. For
personal care homes, the fee shall be an application fee. The
fees shall be:
Facility Annual Fee
Adult day care center $ 15
Mental health establishment 50
Personal care home-- 0 - 20 beds 15
-- 21 - 50 beds 20
-- 51 - 100 beds 30
--101 beds and above 50
No fee shall be required for the annual license in the case of
[day] child care centers, family child care homes, boarding
homes for children or for public or nonprofit mental
institutions.
Section 5. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1018.1. Keystone STARS Program Participants.--(a)
Each child care center and f amily child care home enrolled in
the Keystone STARS Program shall:
(1) conspicuously denote on its publicly accessible Internet
website, if operational, its designated STAR-level rating,
which shall include how many STARS out of four that the child
care center or f amily child care home has received;
(2) provide its STAR-level rating in writing to families at
the time of application and enrollment; and
(3) obtain a department-issued placard that denotes the
child care center's or f amily child care home's participation in
the Keystone STARS Program and designated STAR-level rating.
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