H.F. 188 Section 1. Section 237.3, subsection 1, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Except as otherwise provided by subsections 3 and 4 , 3 the administrator shall promulgate, after their adoption by 4 the council on human services, and enforce in accordance with 5 chapter 17A , administrative rules necessary to implement this 6 chapter . Formulation of the rules shall include consultation 7 with representatives of child foster care providers, and other 8 persons affected by this chapter . The rules shall encourage 9 the provision of child foster care in a single-family, home 10 environment, exempting the single-family, home facility from 11 inappropriate rules. The rules applicable to window egress in 12 a facility which is a single-family home in which the child 13 foster care is provided by an individual shall not apply 14 standards in excess of those to which the home is subject under 15 the state or local building code for a single-family home 16 without foster care children. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill relates to requirements for foster care provided 19 by an individual in a single-family home facility. 20 Current law in Code section 237.3, relating to 21 administrative rules adopted by the department of human 22 services for child foster care, directs the department 23 to encourage the provision of child foster care in a 24 single-family, home environment, exempting the single-family, 25 home facility from inappropriate rules. 26 The bill amends Code section 237.3 to provide that the 27 rules applicable to window egress of a facility which is a 28 single-family home in which the child foster care is provided 29 by an individual cannot apply standards in excess of those 30 under the state or local building code applicable if child 31 foster care was not provided in the single-family home. 32 -1- LSB 1132YH (2) 84 jp/nh 1/ 1