Iowa SF620 amends child foster care, dependent adult abuse, and internal audit confidentiality provisions.

Iowa SF620 modifies child foster care regulations, allowing children to remain in their current school if placed with relatives or fictive kin not licensed for foster care. It defines "fictive kin" and requires background checks for foster care providers. The bill also addresses dependent adult abuse, authorizing evaluations and access to financial records upon probable cause of abuse or exploitation. It mandates confidentiality for internal audit and examination information within the Department of Health and Human Services, with limited exceptions.

Iowa SF620 amends child foster care, dependent adult abuse, and internal audit confidentiality provisions.

Iowa SF620 modifies child foster care regulations, allowing children to remain in their current school if placed with relatives or fictive kin not licensed for foster care. It defines "fictive kin" and requires background checks for foster care providers. The bill also addresses dependent adult abuse, authorizing evaluations and access to financial records upon probable cause of abuse or exploitation. It mandates confidentiality for internal audit and examination information within the Department of Health and Human Services, with limited exceptions.