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IA HF2163
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
- Amends Iowa Code Section 237.5A to eliminate the current 30-hour initial training requirement for individual child foster care licensees
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider a proposed licensee's relevant training, experience, and circumstances of the foster child when determining appropriate training
- Specifies mandatory training topics including child welfare overview, biological parent contact, behavior management, trauma effects on child development, and attachment/grief/loss
- Maintains the 6-hour annual training requirement for license renewal, with an exemption for licensees on active military duty
- Allows training to be completed through approved programs offered by public or private agencies with child foster care expertise
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers.(Formerly HSB 505.)
Last Action
Withdrawn. H.J. 484.
3/2/2026
Full Bill Text
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