Iowa Code § 232.79B - Safety plans

1. For the purposes of this section, “safety plan” means a short-term, time-limited agreement entered into between the department and a child’s parent or guardian designed to address signs of imminent or impending danger to a child identified by the department. 2. Upon the department’s determination that potential harm to a child may be mitigated by the development of a safety plan, the department may enter into a safety plan with the child’s parent or guardian. 3. A safety plan shall not be construed as a removal from parental or guardian custody absent a court order placing the child with a person or facility other than the parent or guardian who entered into the safety plan. 4. The department shall adopt rules to implement this section. 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §29, 93; 2023 Acts, ch 140, §2 Section applies beginning on the effective date specified in rules adopted by the department of health and human services pursuant to chapter 17A to implement the section; 2022 Acts, ch 1098, §93