What changed in HF 2256

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Section 1. Section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (4), Code 2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph division:

Section 1. Section 232.96A, subsection 6, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:

NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION.

6. The child is in need of treatment to cure or alleviate a serious chemical dependency or mental illness or disorder, or emotional damage as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or behavioral health disorder that compromises the child’s safety or causes untoward aggressive behavior toward the child’s self or others in the household or the child’s community, and the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is unwilling or unable to provide such treatment or the parent’s, guardian’s, or custodian’s efforts to secure needed treatment have been exhausted and unsuccessful.

(d) If a child has a diagnosed behavioral health condition and, despite reasonable attempts, the child’s parent or legal guardian is unable to provide necessary care for the child’s health and welfare solely because the parent or legal guardian is unable to access appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment for the child, the department shall not consider the lack of provision of appropriate behavioral or mental health treatment as child abuse. This subparagraph division shall not be construed to prohibit the department from assessing a child’s situation and facilitating appropriate intervention the department deems is in the best interests of the child.

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2. Section 232.96A, subsection 13, Code 2026, is amended by striking the subsection.

2. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— INCORPORATION INTO POLICIES. The department of health and human services shall adjust the department’s child abuse assessment policies, including the department’s policy manuals, to incorporate the provisions of section 232.68, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), subparagraph division (d), as enacted in this Act.