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House committee advances bill to register home-based child-care providers, offer startup grants
Summary
The House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee voted 7–2 to favorably recommend SB 214, which would require registration and basic safety checks for nonrelative home child-care providers, raise the nonrelated-child threshold to 10, and create up-to-$5,000 startup grants targeted to childcare deserts with private matching funds.
Senator Escamilla urged the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee on Feb. 26 to support SB 214, a proposal to expand and regulate home-based child care in areas with limited options. The bill would require providers operating as a business — caring for nonrelated client children — to register with the Department of Health and Human Services, submit to criminal background checks and fingerprinting, complete CPR training, and document how grant funds would be used.
Supporters said the bill aims to address childcare shortages in rural Utah by giving parents more choice and creating a lower-cost pathway for home-based providers to operate safely. "We spent the last few months looking at how we could really find solutions that…
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