ID S1154

Requires temporary care assistance programs to check state and national sex offender registries and the Idaho child protection central registry before allowing someone to become a temporary caregiver

Mandates criminal history and background checks conducted by the department of health and welfare, with fees assessed to temporary care assistance programs comparable to foster parent background check costs

Specifies that background checks must be fingerprint-based, with fingerprints submitted to the federal bureau of investigation and Idaho state police bureau of criminal identification for national criminal history screening

Requires annual inspection of temporary caregiver residences by the affiliated temporary care assistance program

Effective July 1, 2023, with an emergency declaration