It s been very difficult: Bill aims to help home-based child care providers avoid heavy regulations
Mayo Davison
and last updated 2021-04-13 21:42:55-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â Colorado lawmakers are hoping to improve the child care shortage in the state with a bill aimed at helping home-based providers.
House Bill 1222 would require the state to classify family child care homes as residences for purposes of licensure and local regulations, including zoning, land use development, fire and life safety, and building codes. The bill also adds a provision stating that whenever the state department of human services reviews and rewrites its rules concerning child care.