MISSION, Kan. -- A bill named Lexie's Law that would strengthen inspection requirements for day cares will go before the Kansas Senate Tuesday, but some day care providers worry some of the provisions in the law go too far.

The law is named after 13-month-old Lexie Engelman, who died at a Mission day care in 2004 when she got stuck between a playpen and a set of stairs.

At a Mission day care, Marty Keaton-Ferren is the next-best thing to mom as she runs her in-home day care. Keaton-Ferren has run the day care in her home for more than five years and the parents who bring their children to the day care said they fell lucky to have found Keaton-Ferren.

"We literally have a day care family," parent Shannon Easterly Wright said.

Keaton-Ferren said she applauds she applauds the bill's intentions and said provisions that improve oversight and strengthen fines for violators are long overdue. But other elements concern her, such as one that requires kids to be in a provider's line of sight, rather than just within earshot. She said that could hamper the kind of play that's essential for kids' development.

"I can see providers parking kids in front of the TV while they cook lunch," Keaton-Ferren said.

Another change that concerns her and her parents is one that would decrease the number of infants and toddlers in a provider's care. Currently, three of the six children at an in-home day care can be under 18 months old. With Lexie's Law, that changes the limits to having just two children under 24 months old.

"I don't think it's going to change the quality of care as much as it's going to change the access to that care," Wright said.

In the end, Keaton-Ferren siad she fears many of the rules will do little to improve poor quality providers, who will likely play it right only when the state visits and will instead inhibit the good ones.

"Quality care comes from the heart and comes from treating children who are with you every day like you would treat your own," Keaton-Ferren said. "And that's what I am afraid I won't be able to continue to do if they change these laws like they are."

Engelman's parents said criticisms and concerns about the bill are taking those elements out of context and don't consider the legislation as a whole.