Senate Bill 425 Summary

• Clarifies that petitions and hearing notices for disabled adults in protective services proceedings must be served in accordance with civil procedure rules, effective August 1, 2024.

• Increases the maximum capacity of family child care homes from 10 to 11 children while maintaining the minimum of more than 2 children.

• Modernizes local health director qualifications by allowing bachelor's degrees in public health-related fields with seven years of experience (including three years supervisory) as an alternative to advanced degrees.

• Extends unlicensed kinship care reimbursement to include half siblings of relative children in foster care placements.

• Updates hospital emergency department security requirements to include law enforcement presence with trauma-informed training and allows compliance deadline extensions until June 1, 2025, if facilities submit security risk assessments by October 1, 2024.