S1326 Summary

• Transfers licensing authority for foster homes, children's agencies, children's therapeutic outdoor programs, children's residential care facilities, certified family homes, and residential care/assisted living facilities from the Department of Health and Welfare to the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses.

• Updates terminology throughout Idaho Code Title 39 to replace references to "department," "board," and "director" with "division" and "administrator" to reflect the new licensing structure.

• Repeals obsolete sections and consolidates related provisions regarding provisional licensing, license denial/suspension/revocation, and appeals procedures for affected facilities.

• Establishes new sections for provisional licenses, denial/suspension/revocation procedures, and appeals that apply uniformly to children's agencies, therapeutic outdoor programs, and residential care facilities.

• Declares an emergency effective date contingent on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval of the authority transition, or July 1, 2022, whichever is later.