SB 18-162

Senate Bill 18-162, also known as Substitute Placement Agency Licensure, aims to regulate agencies that provide temporary child care providers for licensed childcare facilities. The bill requires these agencies and the substitute caregivers they place to meet certain licensing standards set by the Department of Human Services, including background checks for safety reasons. It allows the department to charge fees for issuing licenses. Since the status is "signed," this means the bill has been approved by both houses of the legislature and signed into law by the governor, making it official state policy now.

Official Summary

Early Childhood and School Readiness Legislative Commission. The bill creates a license within the department of human services (department) for a substitute placement agency that places or that facilitates or arranges placement of substitute child care providers in licensed child care facilities providing less than 24-hour care. The bill requires the state board of human services to establish rules for substitute child care providers and substitute placement agencies, including a requirement that substitute child care providers submit to a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and a review of records of child abuse and neglect maintained by the department. The bill allows the department to establish and collect a fee for licensing substitute placement agencies. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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