Bill Text: IA HF494 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to visitation or interaction with siblings by children participating in the subsidized guardianship program administered by the department of human services and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 309)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF494 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2011-HF494-Introduced.html
House File 494 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 494 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 309) A BILL FOR An Act relating to visitation or interaction with siblings 1 by children participating in the subsidized guardianship 2 program administered by the department of human services and 3 including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2356HV (1) 84 jp/nh
H.F. 494 Section 1. SUBSIDIZED GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM —— SIBLING 1 VISITATION. The department of human services shall adapt the 2 provisions of section 232.108 for application to the subsidized 3 guardianship program in order to facilitate frequent visitation 4 or ongoing interaction between children participating in 5 the subsidized guardianship program for application to the 6 subsidized guardianship program and the siblings of those 7 children. However, the visitation or ongoing interaction shall 8 not be facilitated if the department determines the visitation 9 or ongoing interaction would be detrimental to the child’s 10 well-being or is suspended or terminated by the court. 11 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 12 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill requires the department of human services to 15 adapt the provisions of Code section 232.108 for application 16 to the subsidized guardianship program administered by 17 the department in order to facilitate frequent visitation 18 or ongoing interaction between children participating in 19 the program and the siblings of those children. However, 20 facilitation of the visiting or interaction is not required if 21 the department determines the visitation or ongoing interaction 22 would be detrimental to the child’s well-being or is suspended 23 or terminated by the court. 24 The subsidized guardianship program was approved by the 25 federal government as a five-year demonstration project to 26 operate from February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2012. 27 However, the department ended new enrollment in the program 28 effective September 1, 2010. 29 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 30 -1- LSB 2356HV (1) 84 jp/nh 1/ 1
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