Committee hears DCYF licensing bill to align foster care, CRC staffing ratios and electronic attendance requirements Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2253 would update DCYF licensing statutes: revise crisis residential center staffing ratios (1:4 daytime; 1:6 sleeping), clarify foster‑care probationary license rules, exempt kinship caregivers from certain blood‑borne‑pathogen training, and codify electronic attendance verification for subsidy-funded childcare; committee members raised jurisdiction and duplication concerns.

A pivotal new bill could reshape foster care and childcare licensing in Washington, aiming to streamline rules and enhance safety for vulnerable children.

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