SB 1537 would set licensure standards, limitations for transitional reentry housing, caucus told
Summary
Senate Bill 1537 would require the Department of Housing to adopt licensure rules for transitional housing facilities that serve people reentering from incarceration; the caucus briefing outlined prohibitions on advertising services beyond the license scope and other licensure details.
Senate Bill 1537, described in caucus as relating to licensure of transitional housing reentry programs, would require the director of the Department of Housing to adopt rules establishing minimum standards and requirements for licensure of transitional housing facilities that serve people reentering from incarceration.
The presenter, Magali, said the rules would cover points listed on the caucus sheet and would prohibit a licensee from implying by advertising or directory listing that the license authorizes services of a higher degree of care than permitted by the license. Magali also said the bill would prohibit transferring or assigning a license and would make a license valid only for the premises occupied by the facility at the time of issuance. The bill outlines fees, licensure inspection, and defines terms.
Magali concluded by saying she was available for questions; no substantive technical questions or amendments were recorded in the caucus excerpt.
The transcript does not record an appropriation tied to the licensure duties or a timeline for rulemaking; the caucus briefing was limited to the measure's scope and administrative provisions.
