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Panel advances bill easing food‑preparation rules for licensed child‑care providers

Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee · March 2, 2026
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Summary

Lawmakers advanced HB 379 to exempt licensed child‑care providers from full commercial food‑service requirements and authorize DHHS to adopt tailored rules; providers and licensing board members testified the change will lower costs while preserving safety through rulemaking.

Representative Miller told the committee that HB 379 aims to reduce cost drivers for licensed child‑care providers by exempting them from full commercial food‑service establishment requirements and directing the Department of Health and Human Services to develop tailored food‑safety rules in consultation with providers.

"Regulations…were treating childcare facilities as full…

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