House
File
2370
-
Enrolled
House
File
2370
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PROVISION
OF
INFORMATION
REGARDING
POSTADOPTION
SERVICES
TO
ALL
ADOPTIVE
FAMILIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
600.7B
Postadoption
information.
The
department
shall
develop
and
furnish
to
the
state
registrar
of
vital
statistics
a
document
listing
all
postadoption
services
available
to
adoptive
families
in
the
state,
to
be
delivered
along
with
a
copy
of
the
new
birth
certificate
to
the
parents
named
in
the
adoption
decree
pursuant
to
section
600.13.
Sec.
2.
Section
600.13,
subsection
5,
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5.
a.
An
interlocutory
or
a
final
adoption
decree
shall
be
entered
with
the
clerk
of
court.
Such
decree
shall
set
forth
any
facts
of
the
adoption
petition
which
have
been
proven
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
juvenile
court
or
court
and
any
other
facts
considered
to
be
relevant
by
the
juvenile
court
or
court
and
shall
grant
the
adoption
petition.
If
so
designated
in
the
adoption
decree,
the
name
of
the
adopted
person
shall
be
changed
by
issuance
of
that
decree.
b.
The
clerk
of
the
court
shall,
within
thirty
days
of
issuance,
deliver
one
certified
copy
of
any
adoption
decree
to
the
petitioner,
one
copy
of
any
adoption
decree
to
the
department
and
any
adoption
service
provider
who
placed
a
minor
person
for
adoption,
and
one
certification
of
adoption
as
House
File
2370,
p.
2
prescribed
in
section
144.19
to
the
state
registrar
of
vital
statistics
at
no
charge.
c.
Upon
receipt
of
the
certification,
the
state
registrar
shall
prepare
a
new
birth
certificate
pursuant
to
section
144.23
and
deliver
shall
do
one
of
the
following,
as
applicable:
(1)
Deliver
to
the
parents
named
in
the
decree
and
any
adult
person
adopted
by
the
decree
a
copy
of
the
new
birth
certificate
along
with
a
document,
developed
and
furnished
by
the
department,
listing
all
postadoption
services
available
to
adoptive
families
in
the
state
.
(2)
Deliver
to
any
adult
person
adopted
by
the
decree
a
copy
of
the
new
birth
certificate.
d.
The
parents
shall
pay
the
fee
prescribed
in
section
144.46
.
e.
If
the
person
adopted
was
born
outside
this
state
but
in
the
United
States,
the
state
registrar
shall
forward
the
certification
of
adoption
to
the
appropriate
agency
in
the
state
of
birth.
f.
A
copy
of
any
interlocutory
adoption
decree
vacation
shall
be
delivered
and
another
birth
certificate
shall
be
prepared
in
the
same
manner
as
a
certification
of
adoption
is
delivered
and
the
birth
certificate
was
originally
prepared.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2370,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2018
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor