HB 1554 -- Licensure of Homes for Children

Sponsor:  Fraser

This bill adds hospitals licensed pursuant to Chapter 197, RSMo,
to the types of facilities for children that are exempt from
licensure by the Department of Social Services.

The current exemption from licensure is removed for the following
facilities for children:

(1)  Residential care facilities providing tuition-based
educational programs which meet criteria recognized by the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and

(2)  Foster home arrangements, residential care facilities, or
child-placing agencies established and operated by well-known
religious orders.

Currently, the department is prohibited from requiring facilities
that believe they are exempt from licensure to submit
documentation in support of the exemption.  The bill removes that
prohibition.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:43 am