IA HF374

Allows the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to delegate its custodial rights and duties to licensed foster care providers when a court transfers legal custody of a child to the department

Delegable responsibilities include the duty to protect, train, and discipline the child; provide food, clothing, housing, and medical care; and consent to emergency medical care

Authorizes HHS to consent to routine medical care for children in custody to enable participation in normal childhood activities, even when parents retain residual rights

Defines "routine medical care" as preventative/wellness care (excluding vaccinations), nonemergency medical care such as physical exams and diagnostic tests, and necessary medications including antibiotics

Requires HHS to notify individual foster care licensees when delegating the right to consent to routine medical care on behalf of a child in their care