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House passes substitute bill to move child-care licensing to Department of Health, narrows rulemaking scope
Summary
The House approved a substitute to HB113 that moves child-care licensing oversight from Human Services to the Department of Health, clarifies rulemaking authority to emphasize health-and-safety standards rather than curricula, and adds amendments to protect parental choice and require targeted administrative rules.
Sponsor introduced substitute House Bill 113 as a corrective response to what legislators characterized as overly prescriptive rulemaking under the prior licensing regime. The bill transfers licensing authority for child-care programs to the Department of Health, clarifies that departmental rules should focus on health and safety, and limits the department’s regulatory reach over…
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