Iowa HF 1003: A bill for an act relating to child placements.

Bill Text

House
File
1003
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Enrolled

House
File
1003

AN
ACT

RELATING
TO
CHILD
PLACEMENTS.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
Section
232.102,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code

2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:

c.
(1)

A
court
shall
not
order
placement
of
a
child
in
a

category
identified
in
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2),
(3),

(4),
or
(5)
without
a
specific
finding
that
placement
with

an
adult
relative
is
not
in
the
child’s
best
interests
and

providing
reasons
for
the
court’s
finding.

(2)

Notwithstanding
any
provision
under
this
subsection

to
the
contrary,
if
the
court
finds,
during
the
dispositional

hearing,
that
the
child
has
been
placed
with
an
individual

licensed
under
chapter
237
to
provide
foster
care
for
at
least

nine
months
immediately
preceding
the
dispositional
hearing,

the
court
shall
not
order
placement
of
a
child
in
a
category

identified
in
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
(2),
or
(3),

House
File
1003,
p.
2

without
a
specific
finding
that
such
placement
is
in
the

child’s
best
interests
and
providing
reasons
for
the
court’s

findings.

______________________________

PAT
GRASSLEY

Speaker
of
the
House

______________________________

AMY
SINCLAIR

President
of
the
Senate

I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and

is
known
as
House
File
1003,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.

______________________________

MEGHAN
NELSON

Chief
Clerk
of
the
House

Approved
_______________,
2026
______________________________

KIM
REYNOLDS

Governor