House
File
2036
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2036
BY
BARKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
confidentiality
of
the
residential
1
addresses
of
foster
parents.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
5332YH
(4)
91
dg/ko
H.F.
2036
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
237D.1
Foster
parent
addresses
——
1
confidentiality.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
chapter:
3
a.
“Address”
means
the
residential
address
of
a
person.
4
b.
“Child
foster
care”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
5
237.1.
6
c.
“Foster
child”
means
a
child
receiving
child
foster
care.
7
d.
“Foster
parent”
means
an
individual
licensee
as
defined
8
in
section
237.1.
9
2.
A
person
shall
not
knowingly
provide
or
make
available
10
a
document
to
a
biological
parent
of
a
foster
child
if
the
11
document
contains
the
unredacted
address
of
the
foster
parent
12
who
is
currently
providing
child
foster
care
to
the
foster
13
child.
14
3.
Notwithstanding
subsection
2,
a
document
may
contain
15
a
foster
parent’s
unredacted
address
if
the
foster
parent
16
provides
written
consent
to
divulge
the
address
to
a
foster
17
child’s
biological
parent
prior
to
a
person
providing
the
18
document
or
making
the
document
available
to
the
biological
19
parent.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
relates
to
the
confidentiality
of
the
residential
24
addresses
of
foster
parents.
25
The
bill
defines
“address”,
“child
foster
care”,
“foster
26
child”,
and
“foster
parent”.
27
The
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
knowingly
providing
or
28
making
available
a
document
to
a
biological
parent
of
a
foster
29
child
if
the
document
contains
the
unredacted
address
of
the
30
foster
parent
who
is
currently
providing
child
foster
care
to
31
the
foster
child.
32
The
bill
allows
a
person
to
provide
or
make
available
33
a
document
with
a
foster
parent’s
unredacted
address
to
a
34
biological
parent
of
a
foster
child
in
the
foster
parent’s
care
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1/
2
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2036
if
the
foster
parent
provides
prior
written
consent
to
divulge
1
the
address.
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5332YH
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91
dg/ko
2/
2