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Committee backs bill to add 14-day director review for unlicensed congregate foster placements
Summary
Sen. Melissa Wintrow's Senate Bill 1035 would clarify the director of the Department of Health and Welfare's role in reviewing unlicensed congregate placements, requiring a review every 14 days assessing safety, treatment plan and discharge progress; committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D, presented Senate Bill 1035 to clarify and build on reforms passed in 2024 that limited use of unregulated congregate care for foster children. The bill would require the director of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to review any child placed in an unlicensed group-care setting (including short-term rentals such as Airbnbs) at least every 14 days.
Wintrow told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that restrictions enacted in 2024 — including 2024's Senate Bill 1379 — successfully reduced placements of foster children in short-term rentals and other unregulated settings; she cited a 2024 figure of 75 foster children placed in short-term rentals…
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