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Committee hears DCYF licensing bill; lawmakers raise jurisdictional concerns over childcare provisions
Summary
Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253 would make technical changes to DCYF licensing for foster care, kinship caregivers, crisis residential centers and childcare; supporters said the changes align WAC and RCW and clarify CRC staffing ratios, while senators asked whether childcare items belong in this committee.
The Senate Human Services Committee heard Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253 on Feb. 23, a DCYF agency-request bill containing technical corrections and licensing updates for foster care, kinship caregivers, crisis residential centers (CRCs) and childcare providers.
Committee staff described multiple elements: immediate termination of a child-specific probationary license if high-potency synthetic opioids or illicit substances are found in a home; allowing DCYF to develop WAC rules for defining and assessing inactive foster-home licenses (with appeal rights); requiring blood-borne pathogen training for foster care licensees while…
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