CO SB269

Adds "respite child care center" to Colorado's definition of child care center requiring licensure, defining it as a facility providing temporary 24-hour group care for three or more children or youth ages 5-21 from certified foster homes, approved kinship care homes, or with open cases through a regional accountable entity.

Specifies that respite child care centers are not treatment facilities but focus on providing recreational activities, peer engagement, and skill development, and may offer care for only part of a day.

Appropriates $14,092 from the general fund to the Department of Human Services for the Office of Information Technology Services to implement the act, with anticipated federal funding of $7,260.

Takes effect 12:01 a.m. on the day following the 90-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly, subject to referendum petition provisions under the state constitution.