HF 2671: Relating to aid, processes, services, and support staff for children in, adopted from, or in need of foster care, including the establishment of a legal representation for juvenile cases interim study committee, 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, including the establishment of a legal representation for juvenile cases interim study committee. 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.

Senate subcommittee · named April 3, 2024

• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Molly Donahue (D) · molly.donahue@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. March 21, 2024Filed in the House
2. April 2, 2024Passed the House, 95–0
3. April 2, 2024Arrived in the Senate
4. April 3, 2024Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Donahue