Amendment H-8320 to SF 473

Filed April 7, 2026 in the House by

In plain words

AI summary This amendment adds a requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services to convene the Sabrina Ray Child Welfare Task Force in 2026. The task force is tasked with reviewing child safety recommendations and must submit a final report to the state legislature by February 10, 2027.¹

What it changes

1. Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: “DIVISION I SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS OR MORAL BELIEFS —— FOSTER CARE”
2. Page 3, after line 19 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ SABRINA RAY CHILD WELFARE TASK FORCE Sec. ___. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— SABRINA RAY CHILD WELFARE TASK FORCE. Within thirty days of sine die for the 2026 legislative session, the department of health and human services shall convene the task force that was required to be created in the settlement approved by the state appeal board in 2023 to review the implementation of the child safety recommendations from the report released by the Iowa office of ombudsman on September 8,
3. The task force shall meet as necessary to create a final report that details the task force’s findings. The task force shall submit the final report to the house of representatives government oversight committee and the senate government oversight committee no later than February 10,
4. ”
5. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting “An Act relating to child welfare for foster children and adoptive children, including permitting foster parents and adoptive parents to raise children according to certain sincerely held religious or moral beliefs and convening the Sabrina Ray child welfare task force.”
6. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book