Bills › 91st General Assembly
Relating to the appointment of an ombudsman assistant for investigating complaints related to child foster care
Sponsored by Sen. Sandy Salmon (R)
Topics:State governmentFamilies & human services
Same legislation: SF 564
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 10, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2025
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 564
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 564 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 564 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would require the ombudsman to hire an assistant specifically to investigate complaints about child foster care. This assistant must have experience as a foster parent, including time spent living in Iowa. The law also ensures that foster care facility owners can file complaints directly and that the public receives information on how to contact this assistant.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the appointment of an ombudsman assistant who is primarily responsible for investigating complaints relating to child foster care. The assistant must have a minimum of years of experience as a foster parent, with at least of the years as a foster parent while residing in Iowa. The bill requires the ombudsman to maintain a process to allow an individual licensee under Code chapter 237 (child foster care facilities) to directly communicate and file a complaint. The bill requires the department of health and human services to provide a description of the ombudsman assistant’s duties, and ways to contact the ombudsman assistant, in all materials relating to child foster care made available to the public.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. On February 20, 2025 it recommended amendment and passage.
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