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IA HSB590
SB
Status
Introduced
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
- Amends Iowa Code Section 232.141, subsection 8, to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay all costs for a child's shelter care placement
- Eliminates the current requirement that counties pay the difference between HHS reimbursement and actual shelter care costs when HHS cannot cover full expenses
- Defines shelter care as temporary care in a physically unrestricting facility between a child's initial contact with juvenile authorities and final judicial disposition
- Directs HHS to amend administrative rules under Chapter 17A to reflect the department's new responsibility for covering all shelter care costs
- Shifts financial responsibility for children's shelter care entirely from counties to the state department
Legislative Description
A bill for an act requiring the department of health and human services to pay for the costs of a child's placement in shelter care.
Last Action
Subcommittee recommends passage.
1/28/2026
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services1/20/2026
Full Bill Text
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