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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 22: Relating to payment for placement investigations relating to an adoption

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill relates to the payment for the costs of preplacement and postplacement investigations relating to an adoption which may be conducted by the department of health and human services (HHS), a child-placing agency, or a certified adoption investigator. The bill establishes that HHS is responsible for payment of the costs of these preplacement and postplacement investigations. The department is directed to adopt administrative rules to establish the cap on the costs to be reimbursed for such investigations.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

House subcommittee · named January 17, 2023

  • Rep. Joel Fry (R)
  • Rep. Heather Matson (D) · heather.matson@legis.iowa.gov
  • Rep. Hans C. Wilz (R) · hans.wilz@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 2 for, 0 against

For: Iowa Catholic Conference; Lutheran Family Service

In plain words

  1. January 12, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
  2. January 17, 2023House subcommittee named: Fry, Matson, Wilz and H
  3. January 26, 2023Subcommittee recommended passing it

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF22