Bill Text: IA SF315 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the identification and notification of certain relatives of a child after an order for the removal of the child in a child in need of assistance proceeding.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Subcommittee: Chapman, Greene, and Mathis. S.J. 403. [SF315 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF315-Introduced.html

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Senate File 315 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the identification and notification of
  2    certain relatives of a child after an order for the removal
  3    of the child in a child in need of assistance proceeding.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.84, subsection 2, Code 2017, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Within thirty fifteen days after the entry of an order
  1  4 under this chapter transferring custody of a child to an agency
  1  5 for placement, the agency shall exercise due diligence in
  1  6 identifying and providing notice to the child's grandparents,
  1  7 aunts, uncles, adult siblings, parents of the child's siblings,
  1  8 and adult relatives suggested by the child's parents, subject
  1  9 to exceptions due to the presence of family or domestic
  1 10 violence.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 14    This bill relates to the identification and notification of
  1 15 certain relatives of a child after an order for the removal of
  1 16 the child from the custody of the child's parent or parents in
  1 17 a child in need of assistance proceeding.
  1 18    Under current law, the department of human services (DHS),
  1 19 juvenile court services, or a private agency, within 30 days
  1 20 of an order for a child's removal from the custody of the
  1 21 child's parent or parents, shall exercise due diligence in
  1 22 identifying and providing notice to the child's grandparents,
  1 23 aunts, uncles, adult siblings, and adult relatives suggested by
  1 24 the parents subject to exceptions due to the presence of family
  1 25 or domestic violence.  The bill amends the law to provide that
  1 26 DHS, juvenile court services, or a private agency must identify
  1 27 and notify such a child's relatives within 15 days of the order
  1 28 for removal.
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