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Committee advances bill to allow out‑of‑home respite in unlicensed homes with guardrails; laid over
Summary
House File 7‑28 would permit out‑of‑home respite for children to be provided in unlicensed homes when certain safeguards are met, restoring options restrictive 2020 language removed; the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
The House Human Services Finance Policy Committee heard Representative Hicks' House File 7‑28, which would allow out‑of‑home respite for children to be provided in unlicensed residential settings under specified safeguards, and laid the bill over for possible inclusion.
Representative Hicks and several testifiers told the committee that a 2020 change limited out‑of‑home respite for children to licensed settings and, in practice, reduced the pool of trusted, community‑based respite options available to families. The bill aims to restore availability by allowing respite in an unlicensed home so long as the service is provided under a 245D license held by the provider and certain guardrails are met.
Sarah Grafstrom, senior director of state and federal policy at ARM (a trade…
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