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Senate committee backs changes to foster care licensing and guardianship subsidy rules
Summary
The Senate Human Services Committee unanimously recommended passage of House Bill 1072, which clarifies Century Code language on guardianship subsidy, standardizes child-welfare background checks, and aligns foster- and kin-placement review timelines.
The Senate Human Services Committee voted 6-0 to pass House Bill 1072 after testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services’ licensing unit about statutory clarifications for foster care and guardianship subsidy.
Kelsey Lehi, the department’s licensing unit administrator for children and family services, told the committee the bill is intended to provide “consistency and clarity” across the Century Code and related administrative rules. Among the changes, section 1 clarifies the statutory authority for using public funds for guardianship subsidy (noting…
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