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House Journal: Page 1762: Friday, April 17, 1998

15   by which the placement shall be monitored by the
16   court.  If the court orders the transfer of the
17   custody of the child to the department of human
18   services or other agency for placement, the department
19   or agency shall submit a case permanency plan to the
20   court and shall make every reasonable effort to return
21   the child to the child's home as quickly as possible
22   consistent with the best interest of the child.  When
23   the child is not returned to the child's home and if
24   the child has been previously placed in a licensed
25   foster care facility, the department or agency shall
26   consider placing the child in the same licensed foster
27   care facility.  If the court orders the transfer of
28   custody to a parent who does not have physical care of
29   the child, other relative, or other suitable person,
30   the court may direct the department or other agency to
31   provide services to the child's parent, guardian, or
32   custodian in order to enable them to resume custody of
33   the child.  If the court orders the transfer of
34   custody to the department of human services or to
35   another agency for placement in foster group care, the
36   department or agency shall make every reasonable
37   effort to place the child within Iowa, in the least
38   restrictive, most family-like, and most appropriate
39   setting available, and in close proximity to the
40   parents' home, consistent with the child's best
41   interests and special needs, and shall consider the
42   placement's proximity to the school in which the child
43   is enrolled at the time of placement."
44     7.  Page 8, line 11, by inserting after the word
45   "child." the following:  "A compelling reason shall
46   include but is not limited to documentation in the
47   child's case permanency plan indicating it is
48   reasonably likely the completion of the services being
49   received in accordance with the permanency plan will
50   eliminate the need for removal of the child or make it

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 1   possible for the child to safely return to the
 2   family's home within six months."
 3     8.  Page 8, by inserting before line 18 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 232.111, subsection 3, Code
 6   1997, is amended by adding the following new paragraph
 7   after paragraph d and renumbering the subsequent
 8   paragraph:
 9     NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  A complete list of the services
10   which have been offered to preserve the family and a
11   statement specifying the services provided to address
12   the reasons stated in any order for removal or in any
13   dispositional or permanency order which did not return
14   the child to the child's home."

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