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Committee approves foster-care licensing overhaul including Reasonable Prudent Parent standard; lawmakers and a foster parent debate weapon-storage rule
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved replacement foster-care licensing rules that adopt the Reasonable Prudent Parent standard, allow consideration of 18-year-old caregivers in some placements, and create a fast-track reapplication path for former foster parents.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee approved multiple dockets that rewrite foster-care licensing rules, adopt the Reasonable Prudent Parent standard, lower certain age limits for foster parents and create a fast-track reapplication process for previously licensed foster parents.
Jared Larson told the committee the department repealed an older chapter and replaced it with a new set of rules establishing the Reasonable Prudent Parent standard rather than strict age limits. The department said the change is designed to give staff discretion to place children — including large sibling groups — with caregivers best able to meet their…
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