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House Amendment 1208

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  1  1    Amend House File 544 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking page 1, line 10, through page 3,
  1  3 line 22, and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section    .  Section 232.88, Code 1997, is
  1  5 amended to read as follows:
  1  6    232.88  SUMMONS, NOTICE, SUBPOENAS, AND SERVICES.
  1  7    After a petition has been filed the court shall
  1  8 issue and serve summons, notice, subpoenas, and other
  1  9 process in the same manner as for adjudicatory
  1 10 hearings in cases of juvenile delinquency as provided
  1 11 in section 232.37.  In addition to the persons
  1 12 required to be provided notice under section 232.37,
  1 13 notice for any hearing under this division shall be
  1 14 provided to the agency, facility, institution, or
  1 15 person, including a foster parent or an individual
  1 16 providing preadoptive care, with whom a child has been
  1 17 placed for the purposes of foster care.
  1 18    Sec.    .  Section 232.91, subsection 2, Code 1997,
  1 19 is amended to read as follows:
  1 20    2.  An agency, facility, institution, or person,
  1 21 including a foster parent or an individual providing
  1 22 preadoptive care, may petition the court to be made a
  1 23 party to proceedings under this division.
  1 24    Sec.    .  Section 232.147, subsection 3, Code
  1 25 1997, is amended by adding the following new
  1 26 paragraph:
  1 27    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  The child's foster parent or an
  1 28 individual providing preadoptive care to the child.
  1 29    Sec.    .  Section 237.3, subsection 2, Code 1997,
  1 30 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 31    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  Elements of a foster care
  1 32 placement agreement or preadoptive care agreement
  1 33 outlining the rights and responsibilities of a
  1 34 licensee.
  1 35    Sec.    .  Section 237.20, subsection 1, Code 1997,
  1 36 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1 37    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  The compliance of the
  1 38 interested parties with the decision-making rights and
  1 39 responsibilities contained in the foster care or
  1 40 preadoptive care agreement applicable to a child.
  1 41    Sec.    .  FOSTER AND PREADOPTIVE CARE.  The
  1 42 department of human services, in conjunction with the
  1 43 foster and adoptive parents association, the state
  1 44 citizen foster care review board, and providers of
  1 45 foster care and adoption services, shall develop
  1 46 clear, concise, and consistent written standards
  1 47 relating to the rights and responsibilities of
  1 48 families who provide foster or preadoptive care.
  1 49    1.  The standards shall include but are not limited
  1 50 to identification of the decision-making
  2  1 responsibility for all of the following:
  2  2    a.  Food.
  2  3    b.  Clothing.
  2  4    c.  Housing.
  2  5    d.  Education.
  2  6    e.  Medical care.
  2  7    f.  Dental care.
  2  8    g.  Mental health care.
  2  9    h.  Cultural activities.
  2 10    i.  Recreational activities.
  2 11    j.  Child day care.
  2 12    k.  Family activities.
  2 13    l.  Life skill training.
  2 14    2.  The standards developed in accordance with this
  2 15 section shall be incorporated into the department's
  2 16 placement agreements for foster care and preadoptive
  2 17 care on or before January 1, 1998."
  2 18    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 19 
  2 20 
  2 21                               
  2 22 VANDE HOEF of Osceola
  2 23 HF 544.301 77
  2 24 jp/cf/28
     

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