Bill > SB3052

This bill amends existing Hawaii law to lower the minimum age requirement for substitute caregivers in community care foster family homes from twenty-one years old to eighteen years old, while maintaining the twenty-one-year-old minimum for primary caregivers. Community care foster family homes provide care for individuals in a family-like setting, and this change aims to expand the pool of eligible individuals who can serve as substitute caregivers, meaning those who temporarily take over care responsibilities when the primary caregiver is absent. The bill also clarifies that substitute caregivers must be at least eighteen years old, and it retains other existing requirements for both primary and substitute caregivers, such as continuing education and specific experience for substitute caregivers when the primary caregiver is absent for extended periods.

Health and Social Services

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3052&year=2026