SB 525 Missouri Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establishes a registration process for certain children's homes

SB 525 establishes a registration process specifically for certain children's homes. This bill creates an official system for these facilities to register. The provided abstract does not detail the specific requirements or mechanisms involved in this registration process.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Dec 23, 2024 Last action Apr 24, 2025

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Introduced → Senate Committee Substitute - Committee Version · 7 edits

MODERATE

The bill was amended to strengthen child protection standards for children's homes by clarifying eligibility requirements, expanding oversight mechanisms, and adding new requirements for medical consent procedures. The changes make the regulations clearer and more comprehensive for protecting children in care facilities.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include 'child care facilities' more explicitly and added requirements for contracts between facilities and agencies with legal custody of children.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed the required organization type from 'well-established organization' to 'well-established child care organization' with a 20-year minimum existence requirement.

REQUIREMENT

Updated standards requirements to include 'policies and standards for the care of children' rather than just 'standards'.

Added requirement for facilities to obtain specific consent for nonemergency medical care from agencies with legal custody when feasible.

Added requirement that contracts between facilities and agencies must be individualized based on assessments of each child's best interests.

Expanded background check requirements to include state and federal law compliance rather than just state law.

ENFORCEMENT

Expanded the Child Protection Board from 10 to 13 members, added two House of Representatives members, and added a guardian ad litem position.

DEFINITION

Changed 'department of social services' references to 'children's division' in some contexts for clarity.

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Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

SCS Voted Do Pass S Families, Seniors and Health Committee (1671S.05C)

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Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Hearing Conducted S Families, Seniors and Health Committee

upper

Dec 23, 2024

Introduced

Prefiled

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors