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Panel backs bill allowing birth parents to use adoption-related funds for counseling
Summary
Senate Bill 1104 clarifies that counseling services count as reimbursable medical costs under the existing $2,000 cap for birth-parent expenses in adoption cases and requires birth parents be informed of the availability of legal advice and counseling.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1104 to the Senate floor with a due pass recommendation. The sponsor, Senator Tammy Nichols (District 10), said the bill clarifies that counseling services — specifically pre-placement counseling and up to six post-placement sessions — fall within the $2,000 cap that already exists in Idaho law for reimbursable birth-parent…
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