Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

1. The department shall maintain an electronic benefits transfer program utilizing electronic funds transfer systems for the supplemental nutrition assistance program. The electronic benefits transfer program implemented under this section shall not require a retailer to make cas…

For the purposes of this section , unless the context otherwise requires, “benefit transfer instrument” means a supplemental nutrition assistance program coupon, authorization-to-purchase card, or electronic benefits transfer card. A person commits a fraudulent practice if that p…

The state treasurer may receive federal funds made available for carrying out any of the activities and functions of the department under this chapter , and all such funds are appropriated for expenditure upon authorization of the director. [C39, § 3661.015; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, …

The department may offer, provide to, or purchase family planning and birth control services for every eligible applicant or recipient of services or any financial assistance from the department, or who is receiving federal supplementary security income as defined in section 249.…

The family planning and birth control services may include interviews with trained personnel; distribution of literature; referral to a licensed physician or physician assistant for consultation, examination, tests, medical treatment, and prescriptions; and, to the extent so pres…

In making provision for and offering such services, the department may charge persons to whom family planning and birth control services are rendered a fee sufficient to reimburse the department all or any portion of the costs of the services rendered. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 8…

The refusal of any person to accept family planning and birth control services shall in no way affect the right of such person to receive public assistance or any other public benefit and every person to whom such services are offered shall be so advised initially both orally and…

In all cases where the recipient does not speak or read the English language, the services shall not be given unless the interviews shall be conducted in, and all literature shall be written in, a language which the recipient understands. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §234.25 ]

This subchapter shall be liberally construed to protect the rights of all individuals to pursue their religious beliefs and to follow the dictates of their own consciences, and to prevent the imposition upon any individual of practices offensive to the individual’s moral standard…

The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this subchapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §234.27 ] 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143

The provisions of chapter 728 do not apply to services provided under the terms of this subchapter . [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §234.28 ] 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §143

1. The department is responsible for paying the cost of foster care for a child, according to rates established pursuant to section 234.38 , under any of the following circumstances: a. When a court has committed the child to the director or the director’s designee. b. When a cou…

The department may establish an account in the name of any child committed to the director or the director’s designee, or whose legal custody has been transferred to the department, or who is voluntarily placed in foster care pursuant to section 234.35 . Any money which the child…

The department shall make reimbursement payments directly to foster parents for services provided to children pursuant to section 234.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “e” , subparagraph (2), or section 234.35 . In any fiscal year, the reimbursement rate shall be based upon sixty-five …

1. It is the intent of this chapter that an individual receiving foster care services and the individual’s parents or guardians shall have primary responsibility for paying the cost of the care and services. The support obligation established and adopted under this section shall …

If the department has custody or has other responsibility for a child based upon the child’s involvement in a departmental program involving foster care, preadoption or adoption, or subsidized guardianship placement and the child is subject to the compulsory attendance law under …

The department shall adopt rules prohibiting corporal punishment of foster children by foster parents licensed by the department. The rules shall allow foster parents to use reasonable physical force to restrain a foster child in order to prevent injury to the foster child, injur…

A foster parent licensed by the department stands in the same relationship to the foster parent’s minor foster child, for purposes of tort actions by or on behalf of the foster child against the foster parent, as a biological parent to the biological parent’s minor child who resi…

1. An Iowa marriage initiative grant fund is established in the state treasury under the authority of the department. The grant fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund and notwithstanding section 8.33 such moneys shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated …

1. For the purposes of this section , “young adult” means a person who is described by all of the following conditions: a. The person is a resident of this state. b. The person is age eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, or twenty-two. c. At the time the person became age eigh…

The department, the department of management, and the legislative services agency shall utilize a joint process to arrive at consensus projections for expenditures for the state child care assistance program under section 237A.13 and adoption subsidy and other assistance provided…

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the maximum reimbursement provided to an adoptive parent under the adoption subsidy program for nonrecurring adoption expenses is one thousand dollars. For the purposes of this section , “nonrecurring adoption expenses” means the sam…

1. The director shall administer the family investment program, state supplementary assistance, food programs, child welfare, and emergency relief, family and adult service programs, and any other form of public assistance and institutions that are placed under the director’s adm…

1. The department shall comply with the provisions under chapter 237 that require an individual licensee or an approved kinship caregiver to be included in, and be provided timely notice of, planning and review activities associated with the child, including but not limited to pe…

The department may charge a fee for child welfare services to a person liable for the cost of the services. The fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of the services. The fee shall be based upon the person’s ability to pay and consideration of the fee’s impact upon the liable …

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Child” means the same as defined in section 234.1 . 2. “Child welfare services” means social welfare services for the protection and care of children who are homeless, dependent or neglected, or in danger of bec…

The department, in addition to all other powers and duties given the department by law, shall: 1. Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter . 2. Join and cooperate with the government of the United States through its appropriate agency or instrumentality or with any o…

The director shall: 1. Plan and supervise all public child welfare services and activities within the state as provided by this chapter . 2. Make reports and obtain and furnish information as necessary to permit cooperation by the director with the United States children’s bureau…

Licenses issued to private boarding homes for children and private child-placing agencies by the department shall remain in effect for the period for which issued, unless sooner revoked according to law. Thereafter the agencies shall apply to the department for a new license, and…

The department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall conduct inspections of private institutions for the care of dependent, neglected, and delinquent children in accordance with procedures established pursuant to chapters 10A and 17A . 90 Acts, ch 1204, §51 ; 2023 Acts, ch…

1. Committees established. The department shall establish and maintain local transition committees to address the transition needs of children receiving child welfare services who are age sixteen or older and have a case permanency plan as defined in section 232.2 . The departmen…

1. a. A program for the prevention of child abuse is established within the department of health and human services. Any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for child abuse prevention shall be used by the department solely for the purposes of child abuse prevention and sh…

1. The general assembly finds and declares that a central registry is required to provide a single source for the statewide collection, maintenance, and dissemination of child abuse information. The existence of the central registry is imperative for increased effectiveness in de…

The definitions in section 232.68 are applicable to this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires. As used in chapter 232, subchapter III, part 2 , and this subchapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Assessment data” means any of the following information per…

1. There is created within the department a central registry for certain child abuse information. The department shall organize and staff the registry and adopt rules for its operation. 2. The registry shall collect, maintain and disseminate child abuse information as provided fo…

1. Child abuse information shall be confidential and shall not be a public record under chapter 22 . The confidentiality of all child abuse information shall be maintained, except as specifically provided by this section . 2. Access to report data and disposition data subject to …

1. Requests for child abuse information shall be in writing on forms prescribed by the department, except as otherwise provided by subsection 2 . Request forms shall require information sufficient to demonstrate authorized access. 2. a. Requests for child abuse information may be…

1. A person, agency, or other recipient of child abuse information authorized to receive such information shall not redisseminate such information, except that redissemination shall be permitted when all of the following conditions apply: a. The redissemination is for official pu…

1. Report data and disposition data relating to a particular case of alleged abuse which has been determined to be founded child abuse and placed in the central registry in accordance with section 232.71D shall be maintained in the registry as follows: a. (1) Report and dispositi…

1. A subject of a child abuse report, as identified in section 235A.15, subsection 2 , paragraph “a” , shall have the right to examine report data and disposition data which refers to the subject. The department may prescribe reasonable hours and places of examination. A subject …

1. A child abuse prevention program fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of health and human services. The fund is composed of moneys appropriated or available to and obtained or accepted by the treasurer of state for deposit in the fund. The …

Any aggrieved person may institute a civil action for damages under chapter 669 or 670 or to restrain the dissemination of child abuse information in violation of this chapter , and any person, agency or other recipient proven to have disseminated or to have requested and receive…

1. Any person who willfully requests, obtains, or seeks to obtain child abuse information under false pretenses, or who willfully communicates or seeks to communicate child abuse information to any agency or person except in accordance with sections 235A.15 and 235A.17 , or any p…

The department shall require an educational program for employees of the department with access to child abuse information on the proper use and control of child abuse information. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.22 ] 97 Acts, ch 176, §15 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §712 Referred to in §235A.12…

The department may compile statistics, conduct research, and issue reports on child abuse, provided identifying details of the subject of child abuse reports are deleted from any report issued pursuant to section 217.22 . [C75, 77, 79, 81, §235A.23 ] 87 Acts, ch 153, §14 ; 97 Act…

1. a. If a person’s request for information relating to a case of founded child abuse under section 235A.15, subsection 9 , is denied or such person does not believe the department has substantially complied with the request and seeks additional information, the person may apply …