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 35 -1- LSB 5332YH (4) 91 dg/ko 1/ 2
H.F. 2036 if the foster parent provides prior written consent to divulge 1 the address. 2 -2- LSB 5332YH (4) 91 dg/ko 2/ 2