H.E.A. 1198, P.L. 243
Effective: July 1, 2019
- Defines “child”, for purposes of provisions regarding the filing of a petition to terminate a parent-child relationship involving a delinquent child or a child in need of services, as an individual who is: (1) less than 18 years of age; and (2) a delinquent child or a child in need of services.
- Provides that a criminal history check for certain family law and juvenile law provisions includes a check of local criminal records (rather than local law enforcement records under current law).
- Amends the list of offenses that disqualify an individual from acting as anadoptive parent or accepting placement of a child (“nonwaivable offenses”) to: (1) add additional nonwaivable offenses; and (2) provide for additional offenses that are nonwaivable only if the conviction for the offense occurred within the past five years.
- Amends Ind. Code § 31-25-4-19.5 to remove the $500 threshold amount of child support in which a Title IV-D agency may begin to collect a fee and requires use of the threshold amount in federal law, under 42 U.S.C. § 654(6);
- Requires a criminal history check to be conducted for an employee, volunteer, or contractor of an applicant for various licenses, regardless of whether the individual has direct contact with children.
- Provides for denial or revocation of various licenses for employees, volunteers, or contractors, regardless of whether the individual has direct contact with children.
- Requires that a child in need of services or a delinquent child be provided with a foster care verification form when the child leaves foster care or has been in foster care for at least six months.
- Amends Ind. Code § 36-1-8.5-2 and adds DCS employees to the list of “covered persons” who may receive benefits if the employee was killed in the line of duty.
- Adds department of child services employees to the list of individuals who may request that a county, municipality, or township restrict access to the individual’s home address on a public property data base operated by the county, municipality, or township.
Read the bill at: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1198