HOUSE FILE 2130

BY  VAN ENGELENHOVEN

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting family foster home providers from providing child care in the home.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 237.3, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  A restriction prohibiting an individual licensed as a foster family home from also providing child care, as defined in section 237A.1, in the foster family home.
EXPLANATION
   This bill prohibits licensed family foster home providers from also providing child care in the foster family home. Under Code section 237A.1, “child care” means the care, supervision, and guidance of a child by a person other than the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian for periods of less than 24 hours per day per child on a regular basis, but does not include care, supervision, and guidance of a child by a list of exceptions.
   The bill places the restriction in Code section 237.3, relating to the rules adopted by the department for individual family and group foster care providers.