FL S1520

Requires membership organizations that provide child care through after-school programs to be licensed as child care facilities, with all personnel subject to background screening requirements.

Defines "after-school program" as child care for school-age children during out-of-school times, excluding school-operated programs, solely instructional programs, open-access programs, and programs serving only grades 6-12 without Gold Seal Quality Care designation.

Removes the requirement that the Department of Health adopt a rule distinguishing between child care programs requiring licensure and after-school programs that do not require licensure.

Allows programs meeting after-school program exclusion criteria to provide meals through the federal Afterschool Meal Program and permits credentialed directors to supervise multiple after-school program sites.

Updates cross-references throughout Florida Statutes (sections 39.201, 402.317, 435.07, 1002.82, and 1002.88) to reflect the redesignation of subsections in section 402.302; effective July 1, 2018.