HB 5121 Summary

• Prohibits zoning regulations from treating family child care homes or group child care homes differently from single or multifamily dwellings, effective October 1, 2020

• Requires municipalities to submit sworn statements to the Office of Policy and Management by December 1, 2020 and annually thereafter confirming compliance with child care home zoning protections or specifying a timeline for compliance

• Prevents landlords from restricting or prohibiting the operation of licensed family child care homes in rental agreements, and allows child care home operators to name landlords or homeowners associations as additional insureds on their policies

• Adds requirements for group child care home inspections to include testing for lead poisoning, and mandates that municipalities cannot impose additional conditions on licensed group child care homes beyond those required by the state commissioner if the home complies with local codes

• Allows municipalities to opt out of temporary health care structure provisions only through a public hearing and affirmative vote by the zoning commission, with published notice of the decision