Senate File 323 - Reprinted



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  SODDERS


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the provision of certain information regarding
  2    a child in foster care to the foster care provider.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 SF 323
  5 jp/nh/jh/26

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237.3, subsection 2, paragraph f, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    f.  Housing, health, safety, and medical care policies for
  1  4 children receiving child foster care.  The medical care
  1  5 policies shall include but are not limited to all of the
  1  6 following:
  1  7    (1)  Provision by the department to the foster care
  1  8 provider at or before the time of a child's placement of the
  1  9 child's health records and any other information possessed or
  1 10 known about the health of the child or about a member of the
  1 11 child's family that pertains to the child's health.
  1 12    (2)  If the health records supplied in accordance with the
  1 13 child's case permanency plan to the foster care provider are
  1 14 incomplete or the provider requests specific health
  1 15 information, provision for obtaining additional health
  1 16 information from the child's parent or other source and
  1 17 supplying the additional information to the foster care
  1 18 provider in a timely manner.
  1 19    (3)  Provision for emergency health coverage of the child
  1 20 while the child is engaged in temporary out=of=state travel
  1 21 with the child's foster family.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 237.3, subsection 2, paragraph k,
  1 23 subparagraph (1), Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1 24    (1)  Receiving information prior to the child's placement
  1 25 regarding risk factors concerning the child that are known to
  1 26 the department, including but not limited to notice if the
  1 27 child is required to register under chapter 692A.
  1 28 SF 323
  1 29 jp/nh/jh/26