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House Study Bill 621

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.58, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  For an order for which the court has not waived
  1  4 reasonable efforts requirements, the permanency hearing shall
  1  5 be subject to one of the following time frames:
  1  6    (1)  For a child who is less than four years of age at the
  1  7 time of removal, the hearing shall be held within six months
  1  8 of the date the child was removed from the home.  However, if
  1  9 the child would become four years of age or older before the
  1 10 latest date the hearing could be held, the hearing shall be
  1 11 subject to the time frame specified in subparagraph (2).
  1 12    (2)  For a child who is four years of age or older at the
  1 13 time of the removal, the hearing shall be held within twelve
  1 14 months of the date the child was removed from the home.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 232.104, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1 16 subparagraph (1), Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 17    (1)  For a temporary removal order entered under section
  1 18 232.78, 232.95, or 232.96, for a child who was removed without
  1 19 a court order under section 232.79, or for an order entered
  1 20 under section 232.102, for which the court has not waived
  1 21 reasonable efforts requirements, the permanency hearing shall
  1 22 be subject to one of the following time frames:
  1 23    (a)  For a child who is less than four years of age at the
  1 24 time of removal, the hearing shall be held within six months
  1 25 of the date the child was removed from the home.  However, if
  1 26 the child would become four years of age or older before the
  1 27 latest date the hearing could be held, the hearing shall be
  1 28 subject to the time frame specified in subparagraph
  1 29 subdivision (b).
  1 30    (b)  For a child who is four years of age or older at the
  1 31 time of the removal, the hearing shall be held within twelve
  1 32 months of the date the child was removed from the home.
  1 33    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill revises the time period required for holding the
  2  2 initial permanency hearing for a child who is subject to an
  2  3 order for out-of-home placement, based upon the child's age.
  2  4    Under current law, the initial permanency hearing for a
  2  5 child who is subject to an order for out-of-home placement
  2  6 following a delinquency or child in need of assistance
  2  7 adjudication must be held within 12 months of the child's
  2  8 removal.  The bill provides that if the child is less than
  2  9 four years of age, the hearing must be held with six months of
  2 10 the date of removal.  However, if the child would become four
  2 11 years of age before the latest date the hearing could be held,
  2 12 the hearing must be held within 12 months of the date of
  2 13 removal.
  2 14    The bill takes effect upon enactment.  
  2 15 LSB 6280YC 80
  2 16 jp/pj/5
     

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