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Bill to count staff training toward next licensing year placed on consent calendar
Summary
Senate Bill 2,107 would ensure that training completed by staff members after a child‑care provider submits its annual license application counts toward the next year’s licensing requirement. Sponsor said the department had been applying a non‑existent rule excluding staff training and the measure clarifies legislative intent.
The committee considered Senate Bill 2,107, which would require training completed by staff members after a child‑care provider submits its license renewal application to count toward the following year’s required training hours.
Sponsor Senator Todd Beard said a 2025 amendment clarified that training a provider completes after submitting its application should count toward the next licensing year, but the Department of Health and Human Services had interpreted the change to apply only to the applicant, not to staff. Beard said the department’s interpretation effectively created a recurring 90‑day period during which staff could complete training but not count it toward renewal, a result the bill seeks to fix.
Beard said his review of agency practice and legislative counsel revealed no rule supporting the department’s interpretation; the bill would explicitly include staff members in the provision so training completed after application filing will be credited for the subsequent licensing year.
The committee moved the bill with a do‑pass recommendation and placed it on the consent calendar.
Ending: The sponsor said the bill simply restores the legislative intent to allow training completed after an application is filed to count for the next licensing cycle; the committee approved placement on the consent calendar.
