Bill Text: IA HF470 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to subsidized guardianships. (Formerly HF 260.)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Referred to Human Resources. H.J. 869. [HF470 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF470-Introduced.html
House File 470 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 260) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to subsidized guardianships. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1907HV (2) 87 hb/rh/nh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM ==== 1 2 ELIGIBILITY. In determining eligibility requirements for 1 3 financial assistance to guardians under the subsidized 1 4 guardianship program, the department of human services shall 1 5 amend its administrative rules to provide the following: 1 6 1. The child who is the subject of the guardianship has 1 7 lived in continuous placement with a relative of the child 1 8 who is a licensed foster family home provider for a period 1 9 of at least six months prior to the subsidized guardianship 1 10 application. 1 11 2. The child who is the subject of the guardianship is 1 12 fourteen years of age or older. Guardianship assistance shall 1 13 end when the child turns eighteen years of age. 1 14 3. The child who is the subject of the guardianship has been 1 15 the subject of a child abuse or family assessment report and 1 16 has been in the custody of the department of human services. 1 17 Sec. 2. TITLE IV=E GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE STATE PLAN 1 18 AMENDMENT ==== SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM. The department 1 19 of human services shall submit a Title IV=E guardianship 1 20 assistance state plan amendment to the United States department 1 21 of health and human services to allow Title IV=E funding to be 1 22 used for a subsidized guardianship program to enable children 1 23 in the care of grandparents and other relatives to exit state 1 24 care and be placed in permanent homes. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 28 This bill requires the department of human services to amend 1 29 its administrative rules contained in 441 IAC ch. 204 relating 1 30 to eligibility requirements for guardians under the subsidized 1 31 guardianship program. The bill requires the child who is 1 32 the subject of a guardianship to have lived in continuous 1 33 placement with a relative of the child who is a licensed foster 1 34 family home provider for at least six months prior to the 1 35 guardianship. The child who is the subject of the guardianship 2 1 is required to be 14 years of age or older and guardianship 2 2 assistance must end when the child turns 18 years of age. The 2 3 child must have been the subject of a child abuse or family 2 4 assessment report and in the custody of the department of human 2 5 services. 2 6 The bill requires the department of human services to 2 7 submit a Title IV=E guardianship assistance state plan 2 8 amendment to the United States department of health and human 2 9 services to allow Title IV=E funding through the federal 2 10 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act 2 11 of 2008 (Pub. L. No. 110=351) to be used for a subsidized 2 12 guardianship program to enable children to remain in the care 2 13 of grandparents and other relatives to avoid placement in state 2 14 care. LSB 1907HV (2) 87 hb/rh/nh
