Bills › 90th General Assembly
Relating to payment for placement investigations relating to an adoption
Topics:Families & human services
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
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’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services will now pay for the investigations needed before and after a child is adopted. This change applies to investigations done by the state, child-placing agencies, or certified investigators. The department will also create rules to set a limit on how much money can be paid for these services.1
Read the official explanation
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.
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2023. On January 26, 2023 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-1.
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