Bill Text: IA HF644 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to juvenile justice, including provisions relating to child foster care and parent visitation in child in need of assistance proceedings. (Formerly HSB 184.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-10 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1082. [HF644 Detail]
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
JUVENILE
JUSTICE,
INCLUDING
PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
CHILD
FOSTER
CARE
AND
PARENT
VISITATION
IN
CHILD
IN
NEED
OF
ASSISTANCE
PROCEEDINGS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
232.2,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0f.
Plans
for
retaining
any
suitable
existing
medical,
dental,
or
mental
health
providers
providing
medical,
dental,
or
mental
health
care
to
the
child
when
the
child
entered
foster
care.
Sec.
2.
Section
232.2,
subsection
4,
paragraph
f,
subparagraph
(7),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(7)
Provision
The
transition
plan
shall
include
a
provision
for
the
department
or
a
designee
of
the
department
on
or
before
the
date
the
child
reaches
age
eighteen,
unless
the
child
has
been
placed
in
foster
care
for
less
than
thirty
days,
to
provide
to
the
child
written
verification
of
the
child’s
foster
care
status,
and
a
certified
copy
of
the
child’s
birth
certificate,
social
security
card,
and
driver’s
license
or
government-issued
nonoperator’s
identification
card.
The
fee
for
the
certified
copy
of
the
child’s
birth
certificate
that
is
otherwise
chargeable
under
section
144.13A
,
144.46
,
or
331.605
shall
be
waived
by
the
state
or
county
registrar.
Sec.
3.
Section
232.107,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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2
232.107
Parent
visitation.
If
a
child
is
removed
from
the
child’s
home
in
accordance
with
an
order
entered
under
this
division
based
upon
evidence
indicating
the
presence
of
an
illegal
drug
in
the
child’s
body
,
unless
the
court
finds
that
substantial
evidence
exists
to
believe
that
reasonable
visitation
or
supervised
visitation
would
cause
an
imminent
risk
to
the
child’s
life
or
health,
the
order
shall
allow
the
child’s
parent
reasonable
visitation
or
supervised
visitation
with
the
child.
Sec.
4.
Section
237.1,
subsection
4,
paragraph
f,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
f.
Care
furnished
by
a
relative
of
a
child
for
more
than
twenty
days
in
one
calendar
year,
or
an
individual
person
with
a
meaningful
relationship
with
the
child
where
the
child
is
not
under
the
placement,
care,
or
supervision
of
the
department.
Sec.
5.
Section
237.8,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
subparagraphs
(1)
and
(2),
Code
2019,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(1)
If
a
person
is
being
considered
for
licensure
under
this
chapter
,
or
for
employment
involving
direct
responsibility
for
a
child
or
with
access
to
a
child
when
the
child
is
alone
in
a
facility
where
children
reside
,
by
a
licensee
under
this
chapter
,
or
if
a
person
will
reside
in
a
facility
utilized
by
a
licensee,
and
if
the
person
has
been
convicted
of
a
crime
or
has
a
record
of
founded
child
abuse,
the
department
and
the
licensee
for
an
employee
of
the
licensee
shall
perform
an
evaluation
to
determine
whether
the
crime
or
founded
child
abuse
warrants
prohibition
of
licensure,
employment,
or
residence
in
the
facility.
The
department
shall
conduct
criminal
and
child
abuse
record
checks
in
this
state
and
may
conduct
these
checks
in
other
states.
The
evaluation
shall
be
performed
in
accordance
with
procedures
adopted
for
this
purpose
by
the
department.
(2)
For
an
individual
If
an
individual
is
being
considered
for
licensure
under
this
chapter,
or
for
employment
involving
direct
responsibility
for
a
child
or
in
a
facility
where
children
reside,
by
a
licensee
under
this
chapter,
or
if
an
individual
will
reside
in
a
facility
utilized
by
a
licensee,
or
if
an
individual
is
subject
to
licensure
under
this
chapter
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as
a
foster
parent,
in
addition
to
the
record
checks
conducted
under
subparagraph
(1),
the
individual’s
fingerprints
shall
be
provided
to
the
department
of
public
safety
for
submission
through
the
state
criminal
history
repository
to
the
United
States
department
of
justice,
federal
bureau
of
investigation
for
a
national
criminal
history
check.
The
cost
of
the
criminal
history
check
conducted
under
this
subparagraph
is
the
responsibility
of
the
department
of
human
services.
Sec.
6.
Section
237.8,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraphs:
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(02)
If
the
criminal
and
child
abuse
record
checks
conducted
in
this
state
under
subparagraph
(1)
for
an
individual
being
considered
for
licensure
under
this
chapter,
or
for
employment
involving
direct
responsibility
for
a
child
or
in
a
facility
where
children
reside,
by
a
licensee
under
this
chapter,
or
for
an
individual
who
will
reside
in
a
facility
utilized
by
a
licensee,
have
been
completed
and
the
individual
either
does
not
have
a
record
of
crime
or
founded
child
abuse
or
the
department’s
evaluation
of
the
record
has
determined
that
prohibition
of
the
individual’s
licensure
or
employment
is
not
warranted,
the
individual
may
be
provisionally
approved
for
licensure
or
employment
pending
the
outcome
of
the
fingerprint-based
criminal
history
check
conducted
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(2).
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(002)
An
individual
being
considered
for
licensure
under
this
chapter,
or
for
employment
involving
direct
responsibility
for
a
child
or
in
a
facility
where
children
reside,
by
a
licensee
under
this
chapter,
or
for
an
individual
who
will
reside
in
a
facility
utilized
by
a
licensee,
shall
not
be
granted
a
license
or
be
employed
and
an
evaluation
shall
not
be
performed
under
this
subsection
if
the
individual
has
been
convicted
of
any
of
the
following
felony
offenses:
(a)
Within
the
five-year
period
preceding
the
application
date,
a
drug-related
offense.
(b)
Child
endangerment
or
neglect
or
abandonment
of
a
dependent
person.
(c)
Domestic
abuse.
(d)
A
crime
against
a
child,
including
but
not
limited
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sexual
exploitation
of
a
minor.
(e)
A
forcible
felony.
Sec.
7.
DIRECTIVE
TO
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
——
FOSTER
CARE
CASE
PERMANENCY
PLAN.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
amend
its
administrative
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
that
a
case
permanency
plan
for
a
child
placed
in
foster
care
shall
include
information
describing
efforts
to
maintain
suitable
mental
health
care
and
medical
health
care
for
the
child
to
avoid
inappropriate
diagnoses
of
mental
illness,
other
emotional
or
behavioral
disorders,
medically
fragile
conditions,
and
developmental
disabilities.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
644,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
