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Committee advances Safe Haven Act update requiring Health and Welfare to maintain adoption-agency list
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS 32140 to print. The proposal would amend Idaho Code section 39-8202 to require the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies, set timelines for custody transfer and tribal notification under ICWA, and direct procedures when medical care is needed.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced RS 32140, a set of amendments to the Idaho Safe Haven Act, by voice vote after a brief presentation and questions.
Senator Tammy Nichols, State Senator, District 10, presented the proposal and said it “amends section 39-8202 of the Idaho code updating the Safe Haven Act to include new definitions and provisions.” The bill would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies for placement of infants left at safe-haven locations and set short deadlines for custody and notification steps.
The measure directs the department to ensure custody transfers to…
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