House File 2370 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2370 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 614) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the provision of information regarding 1 postadoption services to all adoptive families. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6080HV (1) 87 pf/rh
H.F. 2370 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 600.7B Postadoption information. 1 The department shall develop and furnish to the state 2 registrar of vital statistics a document listing all 3 postadoption services available to adoptive families in the 4 state, to be delivered along with a copy of the new birth 5 certificate to the parents named in the adoption decree 6 pursuant to section 600.13. 7 Sec. 2. Section 600.13, subsection 5, Code 2018, is amended 8 to read as follows: 9 5. a. An interlocutory or a final adoption decree shall be 10 entered with the clerk of court. Such decree shall set forth 11 any facts of the adoption petition which have been proven to 12 the satisfaction of the juvenile court or court and any other 13 facts considered to be relevant by the juvenile court or court 14 and shall grant the adoption petition. If so designated in 15 the adoption decree, the name of the adopted person shall be 16 changed by issuance of that decree. 17 b. The clerk of the court shall, within thirty days of 18 issuance, deliver one certified copy of any adoption decree 19 to the petitioner, one copy of any adoption decree to the 20 department and any adoption service provider who placed a minor 21 person for adoption, and one certification of adoption as 22 prescribed in section 144.19 to the state registrar of vital 23 statistics at no charge. 24 c. Upon receipt of the certification, the state registrar 25 shall prepare a new birth certificate pursuant to section 26 144.23 and deliver shall do one of the following, as 27 applicable: 28 (1) Deliver to the parents named in the decree and any 29 adult person adopted by the decree a copy of the new birth 30 certificate along with a document, developed and furnished by 31 the department, listing all postadoption services available to 32 adoptive families in the state . 33 (2) Deliver to any adult person adopted by the decree a copy 34 of the new birth certificate. 35 -1- LSB 6080HV (1) 87 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 2370 d. The parents shall pay the fee prescribed in section 1 144.46 . 2 e. If the person adopted was born outside this state but 3 in the United States, the state registrar shall forward the 4 certification of adoption to the appropriate agency in the 5 state of birth. 6 f. A copy of any interlocutory adoption decree vacation 7 shall be delivered and another birth certificate shall be 8 prepared in the same manner as a certification of adoption is 9 delivered and the birth certificate was originally prepared. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill requires the state registrar of vital statistics 14 to deliver to the parents named in an adoption decree along 15 with a copy of the new birth certificate for the child adopted, 16 a document, developed and furnished by the department of human 17 services (DHS), listing all postadoption services available 18 to adoptive families in the state. The bill also directs DHS 19 to develop and furnish the document to the state registrar of 20 vital statistics. 21 -2- LSB 6080HV (1) 87 pf/rh 2/ 2