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Committee sends Safe Haven Act update to print; bill would require quicker placements and tribe notification
Summary
The Health and Welfare Committee voted to send RS 32140 to print. The resolution would amend Idaho Code §39-8202 to require the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies, seek placement within 24 hours when possible, and trigger Indian Child Welfare Act notifications when a child may be an Indian child.
Senator Tammy Nichols, R‑District 10, presented RS 32140, an update to Idaho’s Safe Haven Act, to the Senate Health and Welfare Committee and the committee voted to send the draft to print.
The measure would amend Idaho Code section 39‑8202 to require the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies for placement of infants left at designated Safe Haven locations such as hospitals and fire stations. Under the proposed language, custody should be transferred to a selected agency within 24 hours unless urgent medical circumstances exist. If a child requires medical care…
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