House File 187 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  VAN ENGELENHOVEN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting a licensed foster parent from providing child
  2    care when a foster child is present who has been found to have
  3    committed abuse of another child.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1820YH 83
  6 jp/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237.3, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  The department shall adopt rules
  1  4 prohibiting an individual foster parent licensee from
  1  5 providing child care to children as a child care home or child
  1  6 development home provider registered under chapter 237A at
  1  7 times when a child is present who is receiving foster care
  1  8 from the licensee and who has been found by the department to
  1  9 have committed abuse of another child.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill prohibits a licensed foster parent from providing
  1 12 child care at times when a foster child is present who has
  1 13 been found by the department of human services to have
  1 14 committed abuse of another child.
  1 15    Code section 237.3, providing for the department to adopt
  1 16 rules pertaining to licensed child foster care, is amended by
  1 17 requiring adoption of rules applying the prohibition to
  1 18 licensed foster parents who provide child care as an
  1 19 unregistered child care home provider or a child development
  1 20 home provider registered under Code chapter 237A.
  1 21 LSB 1820YH 83
  1 22 jp/nh/8