HB5044 Summary

• Amends the Child Care Act of 1969 to establish qualification requirements for child welfare supervisors based on work setting and experience level.

• Child welfare supervisors not in group homes, child care institutions, or maternity centers must have a bachelor's degree in a human services field and 5 years of child welfare experience.

• Child welfare supervisors at group homes must have either a high school diploma with 2 years of residential program experience, or a bachelor's degree with 1 year of residential program experience.

• Child welfare supervisors at child care institutions or maternity centers must have a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate.

• The Department's Central Office of Licensing must convene a 5-person panel including community-based provider representation to review college transcripts and determine if degrees are equivalent to human services degrees; includes 29 specified acceptable degree types.