HF 2420 (LSB 6124HV (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2420

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2267)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the newborn safe haven Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 233.1, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  “Newborn infant” means a child who is, or who appears to be, thirty sixty days of age or younger.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill redefines “newborn infant” for the purposes of Code chapter 233 (newborn infant custody release procedures under the newborn safe haven Act) to provide that a newborn infant is a child who is, or who appears to be, 60 days of age or younger rather than the current 30 days of age or younger, thereby allowing for the voluntary release of custody of such newborn infant under the provisions of the newborn safe haven Act.