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House File 2252 - ReprintedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to programs and services under the purview
2of the department of human services including child
3care assistance, child and family services, foster care,
4adoption, and the dependent adult abuse information
5registry.
6BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
3 Section 1. Section 237A.13, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
42022, is amended to read as follows:
5d. The child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is absent
6for a limited period of time due to hospitalization, physical
7illness, or mental illness, or is present but is unable to care
8for the child for a limited period as verified by a physician.
9DIVISION II
10CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — FOSTER CARE SERVICE PAYMENTS
11 Sec. 2. Section 234.1, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended
12by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
13following:
142. “Child” means either a person less than eighteen years of
15age or a person eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age who
16meets all of the following conditions:
17a. The person was placed by court order issued pursuant
18to chapter 232 in foster care or in an institution listed in
19section 218.1 and either of the following situations apply to
20the person:
21(1) After reaching eighteen years of age, the person
22has remained continuously and voluntarily under the care
23of an individual, as defined in section 237.1, licensed to
24provide foster care pursuant to chapter 237 or in a supervised
25apartment living arrangement, in this state.
26(2) The person aged out of foster care after reaching
27eighteen years of age and subsequently voluntarily applied for
28placement with an individual, as defined in section 237.1,
29licensed to provide foster care pursuant to chapter 237 or for
30placement in a supervised apartment living arrangement, in this
31state.
32b. The person has demonstrated a willingness to participate
33in case planning and to complete the responsibilities
34prescribed in the person’s case permanency plan.
35c. The department has made an application for the person
-1-1for adult services upon a determination that it is likely the
2person will need or be eligible for services or other support
3from the adult services system.
4 Sec. 3. Section 234.35, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
5to read as follows:
63. Payment for foster care services provided to a child
7who is eighteen years of age or older shall be limited to the
8following:
9a. For a child who is eighteen years of age, family
10 Family foster care or independent supervised apartment living
11arrangements.
12b. For a child who is nineteen years of age, independent
13living arrangements.
14c. For a child who is at imminent risk of becoming
15homeless or failing to graduate from high school or to obtain
16a general education development diploma, if the services are
17in the child’s best interests interest, funding is available
18for the services, and an appropriate alternative service is
19unavailable.
20 Sec. 4. Section 234.35, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended
21by striking the subsection.
22 Sec. 5. Section 237.15, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
231, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
24“Child receiving foster care” means a child defined in
25section 234.1 who is described by any of the following
26circumstances:
27DIVISION III
28ADOPTION
29 Sec. 6. Section 600.5, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
30following new subsection:
31 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. If the parents of the person to be
32adopted had their parental rights terminated pursuant to
33chapter 232, the petition shall included the names of any known
34siblings placed separately from the person to be adopted and
35either the plan for ongoing contact between the siblings if
-2-1a court found that continued contact is in the best interest
2of each sibling or a statement that the court found continued
3contact between the siblings is not in the best interest of
4each sibling.
5 Sec. 7. Section 600.6, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
6following new subsection:
7 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. If parental rights were terminated
8pursuant to chapter 232, a copy of any court orders concerning
9whether ongoing contact between siblings not placed with the
10person to be adopted is in the best interest of each sibling.
11 Sec. 8. Section 600.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2022,
12is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
13 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) Whether the minor person to be
14adopted was the subject of a termination of parental rights
15proceeding pursuant to chapter 232, whether there are siblings
16not placed with the minor person to be adopted, and whether, if
17there are siblings, there is an ongoing relationship between
18the siblings and the minor child to be adopted or a court order
19finding contact between the siblings is in the best interest of
20each sibling.
21 Sec. 9. Section 600.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
222022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
23 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (7) Any siblings of the person to be
24adopted due to either an ongoing relationship or a court
25finding that ongoing contact with the person to be adopted
26is in the best interest of each sibling if the person to be
27adopted was a minor child when the minor child’s parents had
28their parental rights terminated pursuant to chapter 232 and
29the person to be adopted and the person’s siblings were not
30placed together.
31 Sec. 10. Section 600.16A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is
32amended by adding the following new paragraph:
33 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Subject to section 235A.15, the juvenile
34court or court shall order the opening of the permanent
35adoption record of the juvenile court or court, the permanent
-3-1termination of parental rights record under chapter 232, or
2both, pertaining to an adopted person who is an adult, upon
3request of the adopted person if the parents of the adopted
4person had their parental rights terminated pursuant to chapter
5232.
6DIVISION IV
7DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE INFORMATION REGISTRY — DISCLOSURE OF
8INFORMATION
9 Sec. 11. Section 235B.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
10following new subsection:
11 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. If, in the course of assessment,
12evaluation, or investigation of a report of dependent adult
13abuse, the department determines that disclosure is necessary
14for the protection of a dependent adult’s resources, the
15department may disclose the initiation and status of the
16dependent adult abuse evaluation to the dependent adult’s bank,
17savings association, credit union, broker-dealer as defined in
18section 502.102, subsection 4, investment advisor as defined
19in section 502.102, subsection 15, financial advisor, or other
20financial institution, or the administrator as defined in
21section 502.102, subsection 1.
22 Sec. 12. Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
232022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs:
24 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (20) To a bank, savings association,
25credit union, broker-dealer as defined in section 502.102,
26subsection 4, investment advisor as defined in section
27502.102, subsection 15, financial advisor, or other financial
28institution as deemed necessary by the department to protect
29the dependent adult’s resources.
30 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (21) To the social security
31administration.
32 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (22) To the administrator as defined in
33section 502.102, subsection 1.
34 Sec. 13. Section 235B.6, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
35to read as follows:
-4- 13. Access to unfounded dependent adult abuse information is
2authorized only to those persons identified in subsection 2,
3paragraph “a”, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2), (5), and (6),
4and paragraph “e”, subparagraphs (2), (5), and (10), (20), (21),
5and (22).
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2of the department of human services including child
3care assistance, child and family services, foster care,
4adoption, and the dependent adult abuse information
5registry.
6BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
3 Section 1. Section 237A.13, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
42022, is amended to read as follows:
5d. The child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is absent
6for a limited period of time due to hospitalization, physical
7illness, or mental illness, or is present but is unable to care
8for the child for a limited period as verified by a physician.
9DIVISION II
10CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES — FOSTER CARE SERVICE PAYMENTS
11 Sec. 2. Section 234.1, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended
12by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
13following:
142. “Child” means either a person less than eighteen years of
15age or a person eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years of age who
16meets all of the following conditions:
17a. The person was placed by court order issued pursuant
18to chapter 232 in foster care or in an institution listed in
19section 218.1 and either of the following situations apply to
20the person:
21(1) After reaching eighteen years of age, the person
22has remained continuously and voluntarily under the care
23of an individual, as defined in section 237.1, licensed to
24provide foster care pursuant to chapter 237 or in a supervised
25apartment living arrangement, in this state.
26(2) The person aged out of foster care after reaching
27eighteen years of age and subsequently voluntarily applied for
28placement with an individual, as defined in section 237.1,
29licensed to provide foster care pursuant to chapter 237 or for
30placement in a supervised apartment living arrangement, in this
31state.
32b. The person has demonstrated a willingness to participate
33in case planning and to complete the responsibilities
34prescribed in the person’s case permanency plan.
35c. The department has made an application for the person
-1-1for adult services upon a determination that it is likely the
2person will need or be eligible for services or other support
3from the adult services system.
4 Sec. 3. Section 234.35, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
5to read as follows:
63. Payment for foster care services provided to a child
7who is eighteen years of age or older shall be limited to the
8following:
9a. For a child who is eighteen years of age, family
10 Family foster care or independent supervised apartment living
11arrangements.
12b. For a child who is nineteen years of age, independent
13living arrangements.
14c. For a child who is at imminent risk of becoming
15homeless or failing to graduate from high school or to obtain
16a general education development diploma, if the services are
17in the child’s best interests interest, funding is available
18for the services, and an appropriate alternative service is
19unavailable.
20 Sec. 4. Section 234.35, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended
21by striking the subsection.
22 Sec. 5. Section 237.15, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
231, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
24“Child receiving foster care” means a child defined in
25section 234.1 who is described by any of the following
26circumstances:
27DIVISION III
28ADOPTION
29 Sec. 6. Section 600.5, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
30following new subsection:
31 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. If the parents of the person to be
32adopted had their parental rights terminated pursuant to
33chapter 232, the petition shall included the names of any known
34siblings placed separately from the person to be adopted and
35either the plan for ongoing contact between the siblings if
-2-1a court found that continued contact is in the best interest
2of each sibling or a statement that the court found continued
3contact between the siblings is not in the best interest of
4each sibling.
5 Sec. 7. Section 600.6, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
6following new subsection:
7 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. If parental rights were terminated
8pursuant to chapter 232, a copy of any court orders concerning
9whether ongoing contact between siblings not placed with the
10person to be adopted is in the best interest of each sibling.
11 Sec. 8. Section 600.8, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2022,
12is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
13 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (4) Whether the minor person to be
14adopted was the subject of a termination of parental rights
15proceeding pursuant to chapter 232, whether there are siblings
16not placed with the minor person to be adopted, and whether, if
17there are siblings, there is an ongoing relationship between
18the siblings and the minor child to be adopted or a court order
19finding contact between the siblings is in the best interest of
20each sibling.
21 Sec. 9. Section 600.11, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
222022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
23 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (7) Any siblings of the person to be
24adopted due to either an ongoing relationship or a court
25finding that ongoing contact with the person to be adopted
26is in the best interest of each sibling if the person to be
27adopted was a minor child when the minor child’s parents had
28their parental rights terminated pursuant to chapter 232 and
29the person to be adopted and the person’s siblings were not
30placed together.
31 Sec. 10. Section 600.16A, subsection 2, Code 2022, is
32amended by adding the following new paragraph:
33 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Subject to section 235A.15, the juvenile
34court or court shall order the opening of the permanent
35adoption record of the juvenile court or court, the permanent
-3-1termination of parental rights record under chapter 232, or
2both, pertaining to an adopted person who is an adult, upon
3request of the adopted person if the parents of the adopted
4person had their parental rights terminated pursuant to chapter
5232.
6DIVISION IV
7DEPENDENT ADULT ABUSE INFORMATION REGISTRY — DISCLOSURE OF
8INFORMATION
9 Sec. 11. Section 235B.3, Code 2022, is amended by adding the
10following new subsection:
11 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. If, in the course of assessment,
12evaluation, or investigation of a report of dependent adult
13abuse, the department determines that disclosure is necessary
14for the protection of a dependent adult’s resources, the
15department may disclose the initiation and status of the
16dependent adult abuse evaluation to the dependent adult’s bank,
17savings association, credit union, broker-dealer as defined in
18section 502.102, subsection 4, investment advisor as defined
19in section 502.102, subsection 15, financial advisor, or other
20financial institution, or the administrator as defined in
21section 502.102, subsection 1.
22 Sec. 12. Section 235B.6, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
232022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs:
24 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (20) To a bank, savings association,
25credit union, broker-dealer as defined in section 502.102,
26subsection 4, investment advisor as defined in section
27502.102, subsection 15, financial advisor, or other financial
28institution as deemed necessary by the department to protect
29the dependent adult’s resources.
30 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (21) To the social security
31administration.
32 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (22) To the administrator as defined in
33section 502.102, subsection 1.
34 Sec. 13. Section 235B.6, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended
35to read as follows:
-4- 13. Access to unfounded dependent adult abuse information is
2authorized only to those persons identified in subsection 2,
3paragraph “a”, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2), (5), and (6),
4and paragraph “e”, subparagraphs (2), (5), and (10), (20), (21),
5and (22).
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