Bill Text: IA SF2188 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the renewal period for foster care licensing. (Formerly SSB 3080.) Effective 7-1-12.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-30 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 701. [SF2188 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2188-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
2188
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
RENEWAL
PERIOD
FOR
FOSTER
CARE
LICENSING.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
237.5,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1.
An
individual
or
an
agency
shall
apply
for
a
license
by
completing
an
application
to
the
administrator
upon
forms
furnished
by
the
administrator.
The
administrator
shall
issue
or
reissue
a
license
if
the
administrator
determines
that
the
applicant
or
licensee
is
or
upon
commencing
operation
will
provide
child
foster
care
in
compliance
with
this
chapter
.
A
An
initial
license
for
an
individual
is
valid
for
one
year
from
the
date
of
issuance.
After
the
first
two
years
of
licensure,
a
license
for
an
individual
is
valid
for
two
years
from
the
most
recent
date
of
issuance
except
that
the
administrator,
within
the
administrator’s
discretion
and
based
upon
the
performance
of
the
licensee,
may
require
annual
renewal
of
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File
2188,
p.
2
the
license
or
may
issue
a
provisional
license
pursuant
to
subsection
3.
A
license
for
an
agency
is
valid
for
up
to
three
years
from
the
date
of
issuance
for
the
period
determined
by
the
administrator
in
accordance
with
administrative
rules
providing
criteria
for
making
the
determination.
The
license
shall
state
on
its
face
the
name
of
the
licensee,
the
type
of
facility,
the
particular
premises
for
which
the
license
is
issued,
and
the
number
of
children
who
may
be
cared
for
by
the
facility
on
the
premises
at
one
time.
The
license
shall
be
posted
in
a
conspicuous
place
in
the
physical
plant
of
the
facility,
except
that
if
the
facility
is
in
a
single-family
home
the
license
may
be
kept
where
it
is
readily
available
for
examination
upon
request.
Sec.
2.
Section
237.5A,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
237.5A
Foster
parent
training.
1.
As
a
condition
for
initial
licensure,
each
individual
licensee
shall
complete
thirty
hours
of
foster
parent
training
offered
or
approved
by
the
department.
However,
if
the
licensee
has
completed
relevant
training
or
has
a
combination
of
completed
relevant
training
and
experience,
and
the
department
deems
such
training
or
combination
to
be
an
acceptable
equivalent
to
all
or
a
portion
of
the
initial
licensure
training
requirement,
or
based
upon
the
circumstances
of
the
child
and
the
licensee
the
department
finds
there
is
other
good
cause,
the
department
may
waive
all
or
a
portion
of
the
training
requirement.
Prior
to
annual
renewal
of
licensure,
each
individual
licensee
shall
also
annually
complete
six
hours
of
foster
parent
training.
The
training
shall
include
but
is
not
limited
to
physical
care,
education,
learning
disabilities,
referral
to
and
receipt
of
necessary
professional
services,
behavioral
assessment
and
modification,
self-assessment,
self-living
skills,
and
biological
parent
contact.
An
individual
licensee
may
complete
the
training
as
part
of
an
approved
training
program
offered
by
a
public
or
private
agency
with
expertise
in
the
provision
of
child
foster
care
or
in
related
subject
areas.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
and
enforce
this
training
requirement.
2.
A
licensee
who
is
unable
to
complete
six
hours
of
foster
parent
training
annually
prior
to
annual
licensure
renewal
because
the
licensee
is
engaged
in
active
duty
in
the
military
service
shall
be
considered
to
be
in
compliance
with
the
training
requirement
for
annual
licensure
renewal.
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p.
3
Sec.
3.
RULES.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
adopt
rules
to
implement
the
provisions
of
this
Act.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2188,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
