CHAIRMAN ROBIN TAYLOR called the Judiciary Committee meeting to order at 1:55 p.m. He brought SB 268 (COMMUNITY CARE FACILITIES) before the committee as the first order of business. PAT O'BRIEN, Department of Health & Social Services, explained that SB 268 is a follow-up to two other pieces of legislation heard by the committee: the bill on assisted living and the bill for vulnerable adults. The provisions for licensing adult facilities were taken out of the existing licensing law, and rather than moving those provisions and leaving the remaining law that would apply to children and family without change, it was decided to update the entire law. Ms. O'Brien directed attention to a chart outlining the number of facilities and the kinds of facilities the department will license. She pointed out that most of the facilities licensed are child foster homes; the second largest number of facilities licensed are child care homes; the third largest number of facilities licensed are child care centers; etc. The chart also includes the adult facilities. The department licenses more than 1,900 facilities with a capacity to serve 13,600 individuals, either children or dependent adults. Ms. O'Brien spoke to the difficulties of the licensing procedures that vary significantly for the different kinds of facilities. SB 268 compiles all of those various procedures that are currently in regulations and puts them into statute, which will increase efficiency. Ms. O'Brien noted that the department has a proposed amendment which will revise a change that was made in the Senate Health, Education & Social Services Committee. Number 103 SENATOR LITTLE asked what the difference was between a child family care home and a foster home. MS. O'BRIEN explained that in a foster home, the child is there for 24 hours a day, and, usually, that child is in state custody and placed there by the department. In a family child care home, those children are there for day care. Number 131 SENATOR LITTLE moved the following amendment to CSSB 268(HES): Page 6: Delete the text in lines 22 - 25, and insert new subsections to read: (2) for one or more children of any age placed by a parent for a period of up to forty-five days; (3) for one or more children nine years of age or older placed by a parent for an extended period with either (A) authorization for emergency medical care; or (B) a consent to temporary custody; Renumber the following subsections accordingly. Page 22: Delete lines 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Page 22, line 8: Insert after "24-hour care", "on a continuing basis of 45 days or more to one or more children who are apart from their parents"; Ms. O'Brien explained that the amendment puts all of the exemptions back in the exemptions sections to make it clear who is exempt and who is not exempt. After further discussion and questions on the amendment and hearing no objection to the amendment, SENATOR TAYLOR stated the amendment was adopted and would be incorporated into a Judiciary CS. He then asked for the pleasure of the committee. Number 200 SENATOR LITTLE moved that CSSB 268(JUD) be passed out of committee with individual recommendations. Hearing no objection, it was so ordered.