House Journal: Page 1137: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
SENATE AMENDMENT CONSIDERED
Carroll of Poweshiek called up for consideration House File 567, a
bill for an act providing for a legal risk waiver in interstate adoptions,
amended by the Senate, and moved that the House concur in the
following Senate amendment H-1453:
H-1453
1 Amend House File 567, as amended, passed, and
2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
3 1. Page 2, by inserting after line 16, the
4 following:
5 "Sec. . Section 600.3, subsection 2, Code 2001,
6 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
7 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. A termination of parental
8 rights order is not required prior to the filing of an
9 adoption petition if the adoption is a standby
10 adoption as defined in section 600.14A.
11 Sec. 2. Section 600.6, Code 2001, is amended by
12 adding the following new subsection:
13 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. In the case of a standby
14 adoption as defined in section 600.14A, a form
15 completed by the terminally ill parent consenting to
16 termination of parental rights and adoption of the
17 child by a person or persons specified in the consent
18 form, effective at a future date when the terminally
19 ill parent of the child has died or requests that a
20 final adoption decree be issued.
21 Sec. 3. Section 600.13, subsection 1, Code 2001,
22 is amended by adding the following new paragraph after
23 paragraph "b" and relettering the subsequent
24 paragraph:
25 NEW PARAGRAPH. bb. Issue a standby adoption
26 decree pursuant to section 600.14A.
27 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 600.14A STANDBY ADOPTION.
28 1. As used in this section:
29 a. "Standby adoption" means an adoption in which a
30 terminally ill parent consents to termination of
31 parental rights and the issuance of a final adoption
32 decree effective upon the occurrence of a future
33 event, which is either the death of the terminally ill
34 parent or the request of the parent for the issuance
35 of a final adoption decree.
36 b. "Terminally ill parent" means an individual who
37 has a medical prognosis by a licensed physician that
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