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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
TREATMENT
OF
ADOPTIVE
PARENT
EMPLOYEES
AND
MAKING
PENALTIES
APPLICABLE.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
91A.5B
Treatment
of
adoptive
parent
employees.
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“adoption”
means
the
permanent
placement
in
this
state
of
a
child
by
the
department
of
health
and
human
services,
by
a
licensed
agency
under
chapter
238,
by
an
agency
that
meets
the
provisions
of
the
interstate
compact
in
section
232.158,
or
by
a
person
making
an
independent
placement
according
to
the
provisions
of
chapter
600.
2.
An
employer
shall
treat
an
employee
who
chooses
to
adopt
a
child
up
to
six
years
of
age
in
the
same
manner
as
an
employee
who
is
the
biological
parent
of
a
newborn
child
for
purposes
of
employment
policies,
benefits,
and
protections
for
the
first
year
of
the
adoption.
House
File
248,
p.
2
3.
Notwithstanding
subsection
2,
an
employee
shall
not
be
entitled
to
disability
leave
without
a
qualifying
disability
under
an
employer’s
disability
policies.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
248,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor