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PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 544 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO PLACEMENTS FOR ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE BY 1 5 PROVIDING FOR A FAMILY RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES PLAN 1 6 AND AGREEMENT. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. Section 232.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 11 the following new subsection: 1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 42A. "Preadoptive care" means the 1 13 provision of parental nurturing on a full-time basis to a 1 14 child in foster care by a person who has signed a preadoptive 1 15 placement agreement with the department for the purposes of 1 16 proceeding with a legal adoption of the child. Parental 1 17 nurturing includes but is not limited to furnishing of food, 1 18 lodging, training, education, treatment, and other care. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 232.88, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 20 follows: 1 21 232.88 SUMMONS, NOTICE, SUBPOENAS, AND SERVICES. 1 22 After a petition has been filed the court shall issue and 1 23 serve summons, notice, subpoenas, and other process in the 1 24 same manner as for adjudicatory hearings in cases of juvenile 1 25 delinquency as provided in section 232.37. In addition to the 1 26 persons required to be provided notice under section 232.37, 1 27 notice for any hearing under this division shall be provided 1 28 to the agency, facility, institution, or person, including a 1 29 foster parent or an individual providing preadoptive care, 1 30 with whom a child has been placedfor the purposes of foster1 31care. 1 32 Sec. 3. Section 232.91, subsection 2, Code 1997, is 1 33 amended to read as follows: 1 34 2. An agency, facility, institution, or person, including 1 35 a foster parent or an individual providing preadoptive care, 2 1 may petition the court to be made a party to proceedings under 2 2 this division. 2 3 Sec. 4. Section 232.147, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 2 4 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 5 NEW PARAGRAPH. g. The child's foster parent or an 2 6 individual providing preadoptive care to the child. 2 7 Sec. 5. Section 237.3, subsection 2, Code 1997, is amended 2 8 by adding the following new paragraph: 2 9 NEW PARAGRAPH. k. Elements of a foster care placement 2 10 agreement outlining rights and responsibilities associated 2 11 with an individual providing family foster care. 2 12 Sec. 6. Section 237.3, Code 1997, is amended by adding the 2 13 following new subsection: 2 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. The department shall adopt rules 2 15 specifying the elements of a preadoptive care agreement 2 16 outlining the rights and responsibilities associated with a 2 17 person providing preadoptive care, as defined in section 2 18 232.2. 2 19 Sec. 7. Section 237.20, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 2 20 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. The compliance of the interested 2 22 parties with the decision-making rights and responsibilities 2 23 contained in the family foster care or preadoptive care 2 24 agreement applicable to a child. 2 25 Sec. 8. FOSTER AND PREADOPTIVE CARE. The department of 2 26 human services, in conjunction with the foster and adoptive 2 27 parents association, the state citizen foster care review 2 28 board, and providers of foster care and adoption services, 2 29 shall develop clear, concise, and consistent written standards 2 30 relating to the rights and responsibilities of families who 2 31 provide foster or preadoptive care. 2 32 1. The standards shall include but are not limited to 2 33 identification of the decision-making responsibility for all 2 34 of the following: 2 35 a. Food. 3 1 b. Clothing. 3 2 c. Housing. 3 3 d. Education. 3 4 e. Medical care. 3 5 f. Dental care. 3 6 g. Mental health care. 3 7 h. Cultural activities. 3 8 i. Recreational activities. 3 9 j. Child day care. 3 10 k. Family activities. 3 11 l. Life skill training. 3 12 2. The standards developed in accordance with this section 3 13 shall be incorporated into the department's placement 3 14 agreements for foster care and preadoptive care on or before 3 15 January 1, 1998. The standards shall not impose unnecessary 3 16 paperwork requirements and shall be developed as part of the 3 17 placement agreements, which shall be attached to children's 3 18 case permanency plans. 3 19 3 20 3 21 3 22 RON J. CORBETT 3 23 Speaker of the House 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 MARY E. KRAMER 3 28 President of the Senate 3 29 3 30 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 31 is known as House File 544, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 32 3 33 3 34 3 35 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 4 1 Chief Clerk of the House 4 2 Approved , 1997 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 4 7 Governor
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