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Committee advances Safe Haven Act update to require adoption-agency placements, tribal notice
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to print RS 32140, a draft that would require the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies for infants left at safe-haven locations and to notify tribes under the Indian Child Welfare Act when appropriate.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee advanced RS 32140 to print after sponsor Senator Tammy Nichols described changes to Idaho Code section 39-8202 that would clarify placement procedures for infants left under the state's Safe Haven law.
The bill would require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies available to accept infants left at safe-haven locations such as hospitals and fire stations, and to transfer custody to a selected…
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