SF4665 Summary

• Licensing and Background Study Changes: Modifies human services licensing provisions including background study requirements, notification procedures for key staff changes in children's residential facilities and detoxification programs, and adds emergency waiver authority for background study requirements during emergencies.

• Change of Ownership Procedures: Establishes three ownership change processes (standard, emergency, and temporary transitional) with updated timelines (extending notice periods from 60 to 90 days) and clarifies when a new license application is required.

• Substance Use Disorder Medications: Allows emergency opiate antagonist medications to be stored unlocked and carried by staff/clients, permits non-nurse trainers to provide training, and simplifies requirements for nonresidential programs administering only emergency opioid antagonists.

• Child Care and Foster Care Provisions: Updates door specifications for attached garages, adds stairway safety requirements, allows relatives seeking child foster care licenses to have disqualifications set aside with consideration of maintaining family relationships, and modifies Head Start background study requirements.

• Administrative Procedures: Updates notification methods from certified mail to signature-verified confirmed delivery, allows appeals through the provider licensing and reporting hub, and adds notification requirements for key staff position changes in substance use disorder treatment programs effective January 1, 2025.