HF 2242: Relating to aid, processes, services, and support staff for children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care, and making appropriations

What it does

This bill relates to aid, processes, services, and support staff for children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care. The bill allows a court to adjudicate a child in need of assistance when the child requires treatment to cure or alleviate a serious chemical dependency or mental or behavioral health disorder that compromises the child’s safety or causes untoward aggressive behavior toward others in the household, and the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is unwilling to provide such treatment, or the parent’s, guardian’s, or custodian’s efforts to secure needed treatment have been exhausted and unsuccessful.

House subcommittee · named February 22, 2024

• Rep. Brian K. Lohse (R) · brian.lohse@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Tracy Ehlert (D) · tracy.ehlert@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. David E. Young (R) · david.young@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Coalition for Family and Children's Services in Iowa; Ellipsis; Father Flanagans Boys Home; Four Oaks; Iowa State Bar Association

In plain words

1. January 31, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Appropriations committee
2. February 22, 2024House subcommittee named: Lohse, Ehlert and Young
3. March 5, 2024Subcommittee recommended passing it
4. March 19, 2024Approved by the House committee
5. March 21, 2024Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2671
6. April 2, 2024Withdrawn