Hawaii HB2421 amends standards for community care foster family homes, including caregiver age, experience, and education requirements.

Hawaii HB2421 amends Section 321-483 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update standards for community care foster family homes. The bill mandates that primary and substitute caregivers be at least twenty-one years old, require a minimum of twelve hours of continuing education every twelve months or twenty-four hours every twenty-four months, and mandates that substitute caregivers have at least one year of prior work experience as a caregiver.

Hawaii HB2421 amends standards for community care foster family homes, including caregiver age, experience, and education requirements.

Hawaii HB2421 amends Section 321-483 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to update standards for community care foster family homes. The bill mandates that primary and substitute caregivers be at least twenty-one years old, require a minimum of twelve hours of continuing education every twelve months or twenty-four hours every twenty-four months, and mandates that substitute caregivers have at least one year of prior work experience as a caregiver.