SSB 5545: Modifying provisions regarding family home providers overseen and certified by a federal military service.

What this bill does

Exempts family home providers in the metropolitan area of a federal military reservation that are overseen and certified by a federal military service from Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) child care licensing requirements. Requires the DCYF to investigate all referrals of alleged child abuse or neglect occurring at these family home providers.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 2025
  95 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
• Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 3, 2025
  49 yea · 0 nay

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