S-3036

   Amend Senate File 554 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting:
   <Section 1.  Section 232.2, subsection 12, paragraph c, Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  (1)  All rights and duties of a custodian shall be subject to any residual rights and duties remaining in a parent or guardian.
   (2)  Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), the department may consent to routine medical care for a child that will allow the child to engage in normal childhood experiences and participate in activities in a manner similar to the child’s peers. “Routine medical care” includes but is not limited to all of the following:
   (a)  Preventative care, also known as wellness care, not including the administration of a vaccination.
   (b)  Nonemergency medical care including but not limited to a physical examination, a diagnostic laboratory test, or a medical visit for a minor illness.
   (c)  Use of necessary medication, including but not limited to antibiotics.
   Sec. 2.  Section 232.2, subsection 12, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  If a court order entered under this chapter transfers legal custody of a child to the department, the department shall have the authority to delegate the department’s rights and duties as custodian of the child to a licensee under chapter 237.
   Sec. 3.  Section 237.10, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  The department shall notify an individual licensee if the department delegates the department’s right to consent to routine medical care on behalf of a child under section 232.2, paragraph “c”, to the individual licensee.>

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SANDY SALMON