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Senate sponsor seeks to streamline placement for infants left at Safe Haven sites
Summary
Sen. Tammy Nichols introduced RS 32140 to amend Idaho's Safe Haven Act so the Department of Health and Welfare must maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies and speed custody and tribe-notification procedures; committee voted to send the draft to print.
Senator Tammy Nichols, R.-District 10, told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee she is presenting RS 32140, a draft amendment to the Idaho Safe Haven Act that would require the Department of Health and Welfare to maintain a list of licensed adoption agencies for placement of infants left at designated Safe Haven locations.
Nichols said the measure directs the department to transfer custody to a chosen agency within 24 hours unless urgent medical circumstances exist; if an infant needs medical care and no adoptive placement is found within 48 hours, the bill directs the child to…
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