Requires the department of social and health services, when processing a child-placing agency application, to: (1) Accept scanned foster care parent applications that include an original signature electronically;

(2) Complete and return background authorization forms within thirty days;

(3) Ensure that the forms required across the state are uniform and consistent between regions;

(4) If related department forms change after the application has been received by the department, not require the applicant to resubmit information on a substantially similar form;

(5) Ensure that foster care parent applications are processed in a timely manner; and

(6) Email the fingerprint original case agency number to a child-placing agency within five business days of receipt of the fingerprint-based background notice from the family or child-placing agency.