HF 2526 — A bill for an act relating to the confidentiality of the residential addresses of foster parents.

SHouse TFile A2526 T- EEnrolled OHouse FFile I2526 OAN WACT ARELATING KTO ITHE MCONFIDENTIALITY ROF ETHE YRESIDENTIAL NADDRESSES OOF LFOSTER DPARENTS. S G O V E R N O R May 15,2026 The Honorable Paul Pate SecretaiyofStateofIowa StateCapitol Des Moines,Iowa50319 DearMr.Secretary, Iherebytransmit:

HouseFile2526,anActrelatingtotheconfidentialityoftheresidentialaddressesofBE fosterparents.IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

TheaboveHouseFileisherebyapprovedonthisdate.

Sincerely, KimReynolo^"-^ Govemor ofIowa cc:

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B E I T E N A C T E D BY T H E G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y O F T H E S T A T E O F I O W A :

237D.1 PosterFoster parent addresses ——— confidentiality.

a,a. ^Address" means the residential address of a person.

b,“Address” ^''Child foster care" means the sameresidential asaddress definedof ina sectionperson. 3 7 .

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c,“Child "^Department"foster care” means the departmentsame ofas healthdefined andin humansection s237.1. e r v i c e s .

d,c. ""^Foster child" means a child receiving child foster care e, '^Foster parent" means an individual licensee as defined i ns e c t i2 3 7 .

1“Department” .means the department of health and human services.

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“Foster child” means a child receiving child foster care.

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“Foster parent” means an individual licensee as defined in section 237.1.

a*a. The department and the department's agents shall not knowingly provide or make available a document to a biological parent of a foster child if the document contains the unredacted address of the foster parent who is currently providing child foster care to the foster child.

The department and the department’s agents shall not knowingly provide or make available a document to a biological parent of a foster child if the document contains the unredacted address of the foster parent who is currently providing child foster care to the foster child.

The department and the department'sdepartment’s agents shall not verbally disclose the address of the foster parent who is currently providing child foster care to a foster child to a biological parent of the foster child.

Notwithstanding subsection 2, a document may contain a foster parent'sparent’s unredacted address, and the department and the House File 2526, p.

2 department'sdepartment’s agents may verbally disclose a foster parent'sparent’s address, if the foster parent provides written consent to disclose the address to a foster child'schild’s biological parent prior to the department or the department'sdepartment’s agent providing the document, making the document available, or verbally disclosing the address to the biological parent.

P______________________________ A______________________________ TPAT GGRASSLEY RAMY ASINCLAIR S S L E ^ A M Y S I N ( 2 t A I R Speaker of the House PPresident rof ethe sSenate i d e n t ot h e S e n a t e I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House PileFile 2526, Ninety-first General Assembly.

M______________________________ EMEGHAN GNELSON HChief A N E L S O N C h i e f Clerk oof ^the tHouse h e H o u s e Approved 2_______________, 02026 2______________________________ 6 KIM Rl^^lJpLDSREYNOLDS GGovernor o v e r n o r