AN ACT to exempt from state licensure requirements department of defense‑certified child care facilities that are adjacent to a military installation and otherwise meet federal REQUIREMENTS for licensure.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 110‑106.2(a) reads as rewritten:

(a)      As used in this section, the phrase Department of Defense‑certified child care facility shall include child development centers, family child care homes, and school‑aged child care facilities operated aboard or adjacent to a military installation under the authorization of the United States Department of Defense (Department of Defense) certified by the Department of Defense.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.