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Committee advances amendment to Idaho Safe Haven Act requiring faster placement and tribal notice
Summary
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee sent RS 32140 to print, a proposal to amend Idaho Code section 39-8202 to require the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies, speed placement of infants left under the Safe Haven Act, and add procedures when an Indian child may be involved.
The Senate Health and Welfare Committee on Jan. 29 voted to send RS 32140 to print, a rules-committee substitute that would amend Idaho Code section 39-8202 to update the state's Safe Haven procedures.
The bill, presented by Senator Tammy Nichols, would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies for placement of children left under the Safe Haven Act and to ensure custody transfers to a selected agency within 24 hours unless there are urgent medical circumstances. If a child requires medical care and no adoptive family is found within 48 hours, the child would remain in a hospital and the court and prosecutors would be notified to initiate a shelter care hearing,…
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