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IA SSB3016
SB
Status
Introduced
1/14/2026
Primary Sponsor
Health And Human Services
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AI Summary
- Amends Section 237.5A of the Iowa Code governing foster parent training requirements for individual child foster care provider licensure
- Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to consider a proposed licensee's relevant training, experience, and the circumstances of both the foster child and the licensee when determining appropriate training
- Specifies required training topics including child welfare overview, biological parent contact, behavior management, trauma and child development effects, and attachment/grief/loss
- Maintains the 30-hour initial training requirement and 6-hour annual renewal training, with department authority to waive portions based on equivalent training, experience, or good cause
- Exempts individual licensees on active military duty from the annual training requirement for license renewal
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to foster parent training requirements for the licensure of individual child foster care providers.(See SF 2096.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2096.
1/22/2026
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services1/14/2026
Full Bill Text
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