HF 3564

SECOND ENGROSSMENT

Child welfare provisions amended, standard of evidence changed, new Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children adopted, old compact repealed, child and adult adoptions and voluntary foster care for treatment regulated.

Section 1: Disqualification from direct contact language modified.

Section 2: 15-year disqualification language modified.

Section 3: Ten-year disqualification language modified.

Section 4: Seven-year disqualification language modified.

Section 5: Permanent bar to set aside a disqualification language modified.

Section 6: Ten-year bar to set aside disqualification language modified.

Section 7: Fair hearing when disqualification is not set aside language modified.

Section 8: Conclusive disqualification determination language modified.

Section 9: State agency hearings language modified.

Section 10: Standard of evidence for maltreatment and disqualification hearings modified.

Section 11: Policy and purpose language modified.

Section 12: Adult adoption language modified.

Section 13: Persons who may be adopted language modified.

Section 14: Contents of petition language modified.

Section 15: Adult adoption language provided.

Section 16: Study required before placement; certain relatives excepted language modified.

Section 17: Birth parent history; commissioner's form language modified.

Section 18: Requirement to search registry before adoption petition can be granted; proof of search language modified.

Section 19: Reports and records language added.

Section 20: Findings; orders language modified.

Section 21: Legal effect language modified.

Section 22: Enrollment in American Indian tribe language modified.

Section 23: Adoption assistance agreement language modified.

Section 24: Modification or termination of the adoption assistance agreement language modified.

Section 25: Recovery of overpayments language provided.

Section 26: Eligibility conditions language modified.

Section 27: Withdrawal of registration language modified.

Section 28: Request language added.

Section 29: Search language modified.

Section 30: Release of information after notice language modified.

Section 31: Adult adoptions language provided.

Section 32: Interstate compact for the placement of children language provided, including Article I-Purpose, Article II-Definitions, Article III-Applicability, Article IV-Jurisdiction, Article V-Placement Evaluation, Article VI-Placement Authority, Article VII-Placing Agency Responsibility, Article VIII-Interstate Commission for the Placement of Children, Article IX- Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission, Article X-Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission, Article XI-Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission, Article XII-Oversight, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement, Article XIII-Financing of the Commission, Article XV-Withdrawal and Dissolution, Article XVI-Severability and Construction, Article XVII-Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws, Article XVIII-Indian Tribes.

Section 33: Child in need of protection services language modified.

Section 34: Child abuse language modified.

Section 35: Child in need of protection or services language added.

Section 36: Domestic child abuse language added.

Section 37: Jurisdiction over other matters relating to children language is modified.

Section 38: Review of foster care status language is modified.

Section 39: General language modified.

Section 40: Public inspection of records language modified.

Section 41: Hearing and release requirements language added.

Section 42: Dispositions, voluntary foster care for treatment language modified.

Section 43: Subjects language modified.

Section 44: General procedures language modified.

Section 45: Assessment for emergency relative placement language provided.

Section 46: Out-of-home placement; plan language modified.

Section 47: Responsible social service agency's duties for children in placement language modified.

Section 48: Monthly caseworker visits with children in foster care language provided.

Section 49: Administrative or court review of placements language modified.

Section 50: Voluntary foster care; required court review language is modified.

Section 51: Transfer of custody language modified.

Section 52: Both parents deceased language modified.

Section 53: Child in voluntary foster care for treatment language is provided.

Section 54: Definitions are provided.

Section 55: Voluntary foster care language is provided.

Section 56: Required information for child in voluntary foster care for treatment language is provided.

Section 57: Administrative review of child in voluntary foster care for treatment language is provided.

Section 58: Agency report to the court and court review of child in voluntary foster care for treatment due to disability language is provided.

Section 59: Required permanency review hearing language is provided.

Section 60: Annual review language is provided.

Section 61: Permanency review after adjudication under Chapter 260C language provided.

Section 62: Termination of voluntary placement agreement language provided.

Section 63: Meaning of child and related terms language modified.

Section 64: Report language added.

Section 65: Law enforcement agency responsibility for investigation; welfare agency reliance on law enforcement fact-finding; welfare agency offer of services language modified.

Section 66: Revisor's instruction language provided.

Section 67: Repealer language provided.

SNA 3/25/08