Adult family home licensure

AN ACT Relating to exempting certain former foster care providers 1
from adult family home licensure; and amending RCW 70.128.030.2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 70.128.030 and 2025 c 108 s 1 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) The following residential facilities ((shall be)) are exempt 6
from the operation of this chapter: 7
(((1))) (a) Nursing homes licensed under chapter 18.51 RCW;8
(((2))) (b) Assisted living facilities licensed under chapter 9
18.20 RCW; 10
(((3))) (c) Facilities approved and certified under chapter 11
71A.22 RCW; 12
(((4))) (d) Residential treatment centers for individuals with 13
mental illness licensed under chapter 71.24 RCW; 14
(((5))) (e) Hospitals licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW;15
(((6))) (f) Homes for individuals with developmental disabilities 16
licensed under chapter 74.15 RCW; and 17
(((7))) (g) A medical foster home, as defined in 38 C.F.R. 17.73, 18
that is under the oversight and annually reviewed by the United 19
States department of veterans affairs in which care is provided 20
exclusively to three or fewer veterans, and its caregivers are in 21
Z-0579.1
SENATE BILL 6036
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2026 Regular Session
By Senators Kauffman, C. Wilson, Bateman, Frame, Nobles, Trudeau, and
J. Wilson; by request of Department of Social and Health Services
Prefiled 01/08/26. Read first time 01/12/26. Referred to Committee
on Human Services.
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compliance with applicable state laws including any required 1
training, certification, and background checks. 2
(2) The following individuals are exempt from the operation of 3
this chapter:4
(a) An individual who has or had an active license to operate as 5
a foster family home, as defined in RCW 74.15.020, for at least three 6
years and:7
(i) Had provided personal care services, as defined in RCW 8
74.39A.009, for the former foster youth in the individual's care for 9
at least three years on the date the youth exited foster care;10
(ii) The only unrelated adults the individual provides personal 11
care to in the home are the former foster youth or youths in (a)(i) 12
of this subsection;13
(iii) Does not have any founded or substantiated findings by 14
child protective services; and15
(iv) Is not the subject of a pending adverse licensing action 16
under RCW 74.15.130 at the time the youth in their care exits the 17
foster care system; and18
(b) An individual who is or has previously been approved by the 19
department of children, youth, and families for a child-specific 20
license under RCW 74.15.125 and:21
(i) The only unrelated adults the individual is providing 22
personal care to in the home are the former foster youth or youths 23
for whom the individual received the child-specific license;24
(ii) Does not have any founded or substantiated findings by child 25
protective services or adult protective services; and26
(iii) Is not the subject of a pending adverse licensing action 27
under RCW 74.15.130 at the time the youth in their care exits the 28
foster care system.29
(3) The department may establish rules to implement subsection 30
(2) of this section.31
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