Bill Text: IA HF22 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to payment for placement investigations relating to an adoption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-26 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-1. [HF22 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF22-Introduced.html
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BY
FRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
payment
for
placement
investigations
1
relating
to
an
adoption.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
600.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
The
department,
an
agency,
or
a
certified
adoption
3
investigator
shall
conduct
all
investigations
and
reports
4
required
under
subsection
2
.
Payment
of
the
costs
of
a
5
preplacement
investigation
and
a
postplacement
investigation
6
under
subsection
2
is
the
responsibility
of
the
department.
7
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
8
establish
the
cap
on
the
costs
to
be
reimbursed
for
such
9
investigations.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
the
payment
for
the
costs
of
14
preplacement
and
postplacement
investigations
relating
to
an
15
adoption
which
may
be
conducted
by
the
department
of
health
and
16
human
services
(HHS),
a
child-placing
agency,
or
a
certified
17
adoption
investigator.
The
bill
establishes
that
HHS
is
18
responsible
for
payment
of
the
costs
of
these
preplacement
and
19
postplacement
investigations.
The
department
is
directed
to
20
adopt
administrative
rules
to
establish
the
cap
on
the
costs
to
21
be
reimbursed
for
such
investigations.
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