SB 1268 Summary

• Removes the prohibition preventing the Department of Child Welfare from requiring foster parents to immunize their natural or adoptive children as a condition of foster home licensure.

• Maintains existing foster home licensing requirements including six hours of initial approved training, valid fingerprint clearance cards, and criminal history certifications for foster parents and household members.

• Requires twelve actual hours of approved ongoing foster parent training during each two-year licensure period for license renewal.

• Allows provisional licenses for up to six months if training completion would create undue hardship, though provisional licenses cannot be renewed.