HB 900 -- Licensure of Homes for Children

Sponsor:  Fraser

This bill adds hospitals licensed pursuant to Chapter 197, RSMo,
to the list 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 to submit documentation in support
of the exemption.  The bill removes that prohibition.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:20 pm