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RS 31987 would move foster-care licensing rules into statute and change firearm requirement, sponsor says department will produce safety video
Summary
Senator Brandon Shippey asked the committee to print RS 31987, which moves foster-care licensing provisions into statute and removes a requirement that foster parents lock firearms and ammunition in separate locations; sponsors said the Department of Health and Welfare will create a firearm-safety educational video for prospective foster parents.
Senator Brandon Shippey, of District 9, asked the Senate Health and Welfare Committee to print RS 31987. The proposal would eliminate several sections of the Idaho Administrative Procedures Act relating to foster-care licensing and incorporate necessary components into statute as part of the Child Care Licensing Reform Act.
Shippey told the committee he brought the change in part to address a firearm-storage requirement that he said discouraged potential foster parents. "As a foster parent, this…
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