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1 1 Section 1. Section 600.17, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. "Special services" means any medical, dental,
1 4 therapeutic, educational, respite care, or other similar
1 5 service or appliance required by an adopted child by reason of
1 6 a mental or physical disability.
1 7 Sec. 2. Section 600.17, Code 1999, is amended by adding
1 8 the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. Notwithstanding subsection 1, special
1 10 services provided to a foster child shall not be automatically
1 11 terminated based upon the filing of an adoption petition and
1 12 shall not be terminated for a reasonable time following
1 13 issuance of an adoption decree relating to the child.
1 14 However, within a reasonable time period, but in no instance
1 15 less than twenty days following the issuance of the adoption
1 16 decree, the department of human services may require the
1 17 adoptive parent to provide documentation of efforts to obtain
1 18 special services free of cost or under the adoptive parent's
1 19 insurance policy, unless such documentation of previous
1 20 efforts to obtain such special services in the same community
1 21 or within a contiguous area is already on file with the
1 22 department.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill provides that special services which are provided
1 25 to a foster child are not to be automatically terminated based
1 26 upon the filing of an adoption petition and for a reasonable
1 27 time following adoption of the child. However, adoptive
1 28 parents may be required by the department of human services to
1 29 document efforts to obtain special services free of cost or
1 30 under an insurance policy within a reasonable time (not less
1 31 than 20 days) of the issuance of the adoption decree unless
1 32 documentation of previous efforts to obtain such special
1 33 services is already on file with the department. The bill
1 34 would prevent the automatic termination of special services at
1 35 the time that a foster child moves into an adoptive situation
2 1 so that it is not necessary for adoptive parents to reapply
2 2 for the special services.
2 3 LSB 1178HH 78
2 4 pf/jw/5.1
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