Iowa SF582 amends child foster care, dependent adult abuse, and internal audit confidentiality laws, and makes appropriations.

Iowa SF582 amends provisions related to child foster care, including defining "fictive kin" and requiring certain individuals to obtain a license to provide foster care. It also modifies the definition of "licensee" to include individuals approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide foster care. The bill makes child abuse information confidential and requires HHS to require providers to share information to identify, prevent, or respond to child or dependent adult abuse.

Iowa SF582 amends child foster care, dependent adult abuse, and internal audit confidentiality laws, and makes appropriations.

Iowa SF582 amends provisions related to child foster care, including defining "fictive kin" and requiring certain individuals to obtain a license to provide foster care. It also modifies the definition of "licensee" to include individuals approved by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide foster care. The bill makes child abuse information confidential and requires HHS to require providers to share information to identify, prevent, or respond to child or dependent adult abuse.