Senate Study Bill 1008 - Introduced
SENATE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE
ON JUDICIARY BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON SCHULTZ)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to family interactions during an ongoing child
2 in need of assistance proceeding.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 232.102A, subsection 2, Code 2025, is
2 amended to read as follows:
3 2. Family interactions shall continue regardless of a
4 parent’s failure to comply with the requirements of a court
5 order or the department, provided there is no finding by
6 a court or the department that such interaction would be
7 detrimental to the child unless a court finds that substantial
8 evidence exists that the family interactions, whether
9 supervised or unsupervised, would cause an imminent risk to the
10 child’s life or health.
11 EXPLANATION
12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
14 This bill relates to family interactions (interactions)
15 during an ongoing child in need of assistance (CINA)
16 proceeding.
17 Under current law, interactions during an ongoing CINA
18 proceeding must continue unless a court or the department of
19 health and human services finds that the interactions would
20 be detrimental to a child. The bill requires interactions to
21 continue unless a court finds substantial evidence exists that
22 the interactions, whether supervised or unsupervised, would
23 cause an imminent risk to the child’s life or health.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 232.102A