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Indiana Senate Bill SB0060 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE BILL No. 60
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 10-13-5; IC 31-9-2; IC 31-34-2.5; IC
7	7	31-35-1.5.
8	8	Synopsis: Safe haven infants. Requires the Indiana clearinghouse for
9	9	information on missing children and missing endangered adults to
10	10	cooperate with licensed child placing agencies for purposes of locating
11	11	missing children. Amends the definition of "safe haven infant" to
12	12	provide that the term means any infant taken into custody by an
13	13	emergency medical services provider under specified circumstances.
14	14	Amends the definition of "abandoned infant" for purposes of juvenile
15	15	law to provide that the term does not include a safe haven infant.
16	16	Requires an emergency medical services provider who takes custody
17	17	of a safe haven infant at a location other than a hospital to transport the
18	18	safe haven infant to a hospital. Requires the department of child
19	19	services (department) to do the following: (1) Create and maintain: (A)
20	20	a means by which licensed child placing agencies may opt to receive
21	21	notice of a safe haven infant having been taken into custody by an
22	22	emergency medical services provider; and (B) a registry of licensed
23	23	child placing agencies that have opted to receive notice. (2) Accurately
24	24	track the number of safe haven infants taken into custody by emergency
25	25	medical services providers. Requires a licensed child placing agency
26	26	that assumes custody of a safe haven infant to immediately notify the
27	27	department that the licensed child placing agency has assumed custody
28	28	of the safe haven infant. Provides that if a licensed child placing agency
29	29	assumes custody of a safe haven infant from an emergency medical
30	30	services provider with which the licensed child placing agency, or an
31	31	employee of the licensed child placing agency, has a financial
32	32	relationship that could be construed as providing an incentive for the
33	33	emergency medical services provider to give custody of the safe haven
34	34	(Continued next page)
35	35	Effective: July 1, 2024.
36	36	Holdman
37	37	January 8, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Family and Children
38	38	Services.
39	39	2024 IN 60—LS 6427/DI 119 Digest Continued
40	40	infant to the licensed child placing agency, the licensed child placing
41	41	agency: (1) may not place the safe haven infant; and (2) shall, without
42	42	unnecessary delay after taking custody of the safe haven infant, transfer
43	43	custody of the safe haven infant to the department. Provides that if the
44	44	department or a licensed child placing agency files a petition to
45	45	terminate the parent-child relationship, the petition must be
46	46	accompanied by an affidavit attesting to the existence of specified
47	47	conditions. Specifies that notice to an unnamed or unknown putative
48	48	parent regarding the surrender of a safe haven infant must be published
49	49	only in Indiana counties. Makes technical corrections.
50	50	2024 IN 60—LS 6427/DI 1192024 IN 60—LS 6427/DI 119 Introduced
51	51	Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
52	52	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
53	53	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
54	54	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
55	55	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
56	56	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
57	57	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
58	58	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
59	59	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
60	60	between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
61	61	SENATE BILL No. 60
62	62	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
63	63	family law and juvenile law.
64	64	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
65	65	1 SECTION 1. IC 10-13-5-6, AS AMENDED BY P.L.43-2009,
66	66	2 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
67	67	3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 6. (a) The superintendent shall designate staff
68	68	4 responsible for the operation of the clearinghouse.
69	69	5 (b) The staff's duties include the following:
70	70	6 (1) Creation and operation of an intrastate network of
71	71	7 communication designed for the speedy collection and processing
72	72	8 of information concerning missing children and missing
73	73	9 endangered adults.
74	74	10 (2) Creation and operation of a central data storage, retrieval, and
75	75	11 information distribution system designed for the exchange of
76	76	12 information on missing children and missing endangered adults
77	77	13 within and outside Indiana. The system must be capable of
78	78	14 interacting with:
79	79	15 (A) the Indiana data and communication system under
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81	81	1 IC 10-13-3-35; and
82	82	2 (B) the National Crime Information Center.
83	83	3 (3) Development of appropriate forms for the reporting of missing
84	84	4 children and missing endangered adults that may be used by law
85	85	5 enforcement agencies and private citizens to provide useful
86	86	6 information about a missing child or a missing endangered adult
87	87	7 to the clearinghouse.
88	88	8 (4) Coordinating efforts to locate missing children and
89	89	9 missing endangered adults in cooperation: with the following
90	90	10 agencies concerning the location of missing children and missing
91	91	11 endangered adults:
92	92	12 (A) with:
93	93	13 (A) (i) state and local public and private nonprofit agencies
94	94	14 involved with the location and recovery of missing persons;
95	95	15 (B) (ii) agencies of the federal government; and
96	96	16 (C) (iii) state and local law enforcement agencies within and
97	97	17 outside Indiana;
98	98	18 concerning the location of missing children and missing
99	99	19 endangered adults; and
100	100	20 (B) with child placing agencies licensed under IC 31-27-6
101	101	21 concerning the location of missing children.
102	102	22 (5) Coordinating efforts to locate missing children and missing
103	103	23 endangered adults with the agencies listed in subdivision (4).
104	104	24 (6) (5) Operation of the toll free telephone line created under
105	105	25 section 7(a) of this chapter.
106	106	26 (7) (6) Publishing and updating, on a quarterly basis, a directory
107	107	27 of missing children and missing endangered adults.
108	108	28 (8) (7) Compiling statistics on missing children and missing
109	109	29 endangered adult cases handled by the clearinghouse, including
110	110	30 the number of cases resolved each year.
111	111	31 SECTION 2. IC 10-13-5-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.56-2023,
112	112	32 SECTION 67, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
113	113	33 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. (a) The clearinghouse shall do the following:
114	114	34 (1) Collect, process, and maintain identification and investigative
115	115	35 information to aid in finding missing children and missing
116	116	36 endangered adults.
117	117	37 (2) Establish a statewide, toll free telephone line for the reporting:
118	118	38 (A) of missing children and missing endangered adults; and
119	119	39 (B) of sightings of missing children and missing endangered
120	120	40 adults.
121	121	41 (3) Prescribe a uniform reporting form concerning missing
122	122	42 children and missing endangered adults for use by law
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124	124	1 enforcement agencies within Indiana.
125	125	2 (4) Assist in training law enforcement and other professionals on
126	126	3 issues relating to missing children and missing endangered adults.
127	127	4 (5) Operate a resource center of information regarding the
128	128	5 prevention of:
129	129	6 (A) the abduction of children; and
130	130	7 (B) the sexual exploitation of children.
131	131	8 (6) Distribute the quarterly directory prepared under section
132	132	9 6(b)(7) 6(b)(6) of this chapter to schools and hospitals.
133	133	10 (7) Distribute the quarterly directory described in subdivision (6)
134	134	11 to child care centers and child care homes that make an annual
135	135	12 contribution of four dollars ($4) to the clearinghouse. The
136	136	13 contributions must be used to help defray the cost of publishing
137	137	14 the quarterly directory.
138	138	15 (b) For a missing child who was born in Indiana, the clearinghouse
139	139	16 shall notify the vital statistics division of the Indiana department of
140	140	17 health:
141	141	18 (1) within fifteen (15) days after receiving a report under
142	142	19 IC 31-36-1-3 (or IC 31-6-13-4 before its repeal) of a missing child
143	143	20 less than thirteen (13) years of age; and
144	144	21 (2) promptly after the clearinghouse is notified that a missing
145	145	22 child has been found.
146	146	23 (c) Upon receiving notification under subsection (b) that a child is
147	147	24 missing or has been found, the vital statistics division of the Indiana
148	148	25 department of health shall notify the local health department or the
149	149	26 health and hospital corporation that has jurisdiction over the area where
150	150	27 the child was born.
151	151	28 (d) Information collected, processed, or maintained by the
152	152	29 clearinghouse under subsection (a) is confidential and is not subject to
153	153	30 IC 5-14-3, but may be disclosed by the clearinghouse for purposes of
154	154	31 locating missing children and missing endangered adults.
155	155	32 SECTION 3. IC 31-9-2-0.5, AS AMENDED BY P.L.128-2012,
156	156	33 SECTION 22, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
157	157	34 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 0.5. (a) "Abandoned infant", for purposes of
158	158	35 IC 31-34-21-5.6, means
159	159	36 (1) a child who is less than twelve (12) months of age and whose
160	160	37 parent, guardian, or custodian has knowingly or intentionally left
161	161	38 the child in:
162	162	39 (A) (1) an environment that endangers the child's life or health; or
163	163	40 (B) (2) a hospital or medical facility;
164	164	41 and has no reasonable plan to assume the care, custody, and control of
165	165	42 the child. or
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167	167	1 (2) a child who is, or who appears to be, not more than thirty (30)
168	168	2 days of age and whose parent:
169	169	3 (A) has knowingly or intentionally left the child with an
170	170	4 emergency medical services provider; and
171	171	5 (B) did not express an intent to return for the child.
172	172	6 (b) The term does not include a safe haven infant.
173	173	7 SECTION 4. IC 31-9-2-113.1, AS ADDED BY P.L.45-2023,
174	174	8 SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
175	175	9 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 113.1. "Safe haven infant", for purposes of
176	176	10 IC 31-34 and IC 31-35, means a child
177	177	11 (1) who is, or appears to be, not more than thirty (30) days of age;
178	178	12 and
179	179	13 (2) who has been voluntarily left:
180	180	14 (A) by a parent with taken into custody by an emergency
181	181	15 medical services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1); or
182	182	16 (B) in a newborn safety device;
183	183	17 under IC 31-34-2.5-1.
184	184	18 SECTION 5. IC 31-34-2.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.45-2023,
185	185	19 SECTION 5, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
186	186	20 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 1. (a) An emergency medical services provider (as
187	187	21 defined in IC 16-41-10-1) shall, without a court order, take custody of
188	188	22 a child who is, or who appears to be, not more than thirty (30) days of
189	189	23 age if except as provided in subsection (h), the child is voluntarily left:
190	190	24 (1) with the provider by the child's parent;
191	191	25 (2) in a newborn safety device that:
192	192	26 (A) has been approved by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21;
193	193	27 (B) is physically located inside a hospital that is staffed
194	194	28 continuously on a twenty-four (24) hour basis every day to
195	195	29 provide care to patients in an emergency; and
196	196	30 (C) is located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to
197	197	31 hospital staff;
198	198	32 (3) in a newborn safety device that was installed on or before
199	199	33 January 1, 2017, and is located at a site that is staffed by an
200	200	34 emergency medical services provider (as defined in
201	201	35 IC 16-41-10-1);
202	202	36 (4) in a newborn safety device that:
203	203	37 (A) is located at a facility, fire department, or emergency
204	204	38 medical services station that:
205	205	39 (i) is staffed by an emergency medical services provider (as
206	206	40 defined in IC 16-41-10-1) on a twenty-four (24) hour seven
207	207	41 (7) day a week basis; and
208	208	42 (ii) has a dual alarm system to dispatch the nearest
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210	210	1 emergency medical services provider to retrieve the
211	211	2 newborn infant if all emergency medical services providers
212	212	3 are dispatched to an emergency;
213	213	4 (B) is located in an area that is conspicuous and visible to
214	214	5 staff; and
215	215	6 (C) includes an adequate dual alarm system connected to the
216	216	7 site that is tested at least one (1) time per month to ensure the
217	217	8 alarm system is in working order;
218	218	9 (5) in a newborn safety device that:
219	219	10 (A) is located at a volunteer fire department that:
220	220	11 (i) meets the minimum response time established by the
221	221	12 county, not to exceed four (4) minutes; and
222	222	13 (ii) is located within one (1) mile of a hospital, police
223	223	14 station, or emergency medical services station that is staffed
224	224	15 on a twenty-four (24) hour per day, seven (7) day a week
225	225	16 basis with full-time personnel who hold a valid
226	226	17 cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification and that meets
227	227	18 the minimum response time established by the county, not
228	228	19 to exceed four (4) minutes;
229	229	20 (B) is equipped with an alert system:
230	230	21 (i) that, when the newborn safety device is opened,
231	231	22 automatically connects to the 911 system and transmits a
232	232	23 request for immediate dispatch of an emergency medical
233	233	24 services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1) to the
234	234	25 location of the newborn safety device; and
235	235	26 (ii) that is tested at least one (1) time per month to ensure
236	236	27 the alert system is in working order; and
237	237	28 (C) is equipped with a video surveillance system that allows
238	238	29 members of a fire department to monitor the inside of the
239	239	30 newborn safety device twenty-four (24) hours a day and that:
240	240	31 (i) has at least two (2) firefighters who are responsible for
241	241	32 monitoring the inside of the newborn safety device
242	242	33 twenty-four (24) hours a day; and
243	243	34 (ii) is an independent surveillance system from the alert
244	244	35 system described in clause (B); or
245	245	36 (6) with medical staff after delivery in a hospital or other medical
246	246	37 facility when the child's parent notifies the medical staff that the
247	247	38 parent is voluntarily relinquishing the child;
248	248	39 and the parent does not express an intent to return for the child.
249	249	40 (b) An emergency medical services provider who takes custody of
250	250	41 a child under this section shall perform any act necessary to protect the
251	251	42 child's physical health or safety. An emergency medical services
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253	253	1 provider who takes custody of a child under this section at a
254	254	2 location other than a hospital shall transport the child to a hospital.
255	255	3 (c) Any person who in good faith voluntarily leaves a child:
256	256	4 (1) with an emergency medical services provider;
257	257	5 (2) in a newborn safety device described in this section; or
258	258	6 (3) with medical staff as described in subsection (a)(6);
259	259	7 is not obligated to disclose the parent's name or the person's name.
260	260	8 (d) The following are immune from civil liability, unless the act or
261	261	9 omission constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct:
262	262	10 (1) An:
263	263	11 (A) emergency medical services provider; or
264	264	12 (B) employee of an emergency medical services provider;
265	265	13 for an act or omission relating to taking custody of a child under
266	266	14 subsection (a).
267	267	15 (2) A:
268	268	16 (A) medical staff person; or
269	269	17 (B) hospital or other medical facility;
270	270	18 for an act or omission relating to taking custody of a child under
271	271	19 subsection (a)(6).
272	272	20 (e) A hospital that approves the operation of a newborn safety
273	273	21 device that meets the requirements set forth in subsection (a)(2) is
274	274	22 immune from civil liability for an act or omission relating to the
275	275	23 operation of the newborn safety device unless the act or omission
276	276	24 constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
277	277	25 (f) A newborn safety device described in subsection (a)(3) may
278	278	26 continue to operate without meeting the conditions set forth in
279	279	27 subsection (a)(2).
280	280	28 (g) A:
281	281	29 (1) facility, fire department, or emergency medical services
282	282	30 station or an employee of a facility, fire department, or emergency
283	283	31 medical services station that meets the requirements set forth in
284	284	32 subsection (a)(4); or
285	285	33 (2) volunteer fire department or a member of a volunteer fire
286	286	34 department that meets the requirements set forth in subsection
287	287	35 (a)(5);
288	288	36 is immune from civil liability for an act or omission relating to the
289	289	37 operation of the newborn safety device unless the act or omission
290	290	38 constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
291	291	39 (h) Due to extenuating circumstances, if a child's parent or a person
292	292	40 is unable to give up custody of the child as described in subsection (a),
293	293	41 the child's parent or the person may request that an emergency medical
294	294	42 services provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1) take custody of the
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296	296	1 child by:
297	297	2 (1) dialing the 911 emergency call number; and
298	298	3 (2) staying with the child until an emergency medical services
299	299	4 provider (as defined in IC 16-41-10-1) arrives to take custody of
300	300	5 the child.
301	301	6 The emergency medical dispatch agency (as defined in IC 16-31-3.5-1)
302	302	7 or the emergency medical services provider (as defined in
303	303	8 IC 16-41-10-1) shall inform the child's parent or the person described
304	304	9 in this subsection of the ability to remain anonymous as described in
305	305	10 subsection (c).
306	306	11 SECTION 6. IC 31-34-2.5-2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.45-2023,
307	307	12 SECTION 6, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
308	308	13 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2. (a) Immediately after an emergency medical
309	309	14 services provider takes custody of a safe haven infant under section 1
310	310	15 of this chapter, the provider shall notify either:
311	311	16 (1) the department of child services; or
312	312	17 (2) a licensed child placing agency that has opted under section
313	313	18 2.1 of this chapter to receive notices under this section;
314	314	19 that the provider has taken custody of the safe haven infant.
315	315	20 (b) If notified under subsection (a), the department of child services
316	316	21 or a licensed child placing agency shall:
317	317	22 (1) assume the care, control, and custody of the safe haven infant
318	318	23 immediately after receiving notice under subsection (a);
319	319	24 (2) not later than forty-eight (48) hours after the department of
320	320	25 child services or a licensed child placing agency has taken
321	321	26 custody of the safe haven infant, contact the Indiana
322	322	27 clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing
323	323	28 endangered adults established by IC 10-13-5-5 and the National
324	324	29 Center for Missing and Exploited Children to determine if the
325	325	30 safe haven infant has been reported missing; and
326	326	31 (3) fifteen (15) days after the department of child services or a
327	327	32 licensed child placing agency has taken custody of the safe haven
328	328	33 infant, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited
329	329	34 Children a second time to determine if the safe haven infant has
330	330	35 been reported missing.
331	331	36 SECTION 7. IC 31-34-2.5-2.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
332	332	37 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
333	333	38 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 2.1. The department shall create
334	334	39 and maintain:
335	335	40 (1) a means by which a licensed child placing agency may opt
336	336	41 to receive notifications from emergency medical services
337	337	42 providers under section 2 of this chapter;
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339	339	1 (2) a registry of licensed child placing agencies that have
340	340	2 opted to receive notifications from emergency medical
341	341	3 services providers under section 2 of this chapter; and
342	342	4 (3) a means by which an emergency medical services provider
343	343	5 may access the registry created under subdivision (2).
344	344	6 SECTION 8. IC 31-34-2.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.45-2023,
345	345	7 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
346	346	8 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 3. A safe haven infant for whom:
347	347	9 (1) the department of child services; or
348	348	10 (2) a licensed child placing agency;
349	349	11 assumes care, control, and custody under section 2 of this chapter shall
350	350	12 be treated as a child taken into custody without a court order, except
351	351	13 that efforts to locate the safe haven infant's parents or reunify the safe
352	352	14 haven infant's family are not necessary, if the court makes a finding to
353	353	15 that effect under IC 31-34-21-5.6(b)(5). IC 31-34-21-5.6(b)(6).
354	354	16 SECTION 9. IC 31-34-2.5-5, AS ADDED BY P.L.45-2023,
355	355	17 SECTION 9, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
356	356	18 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 5. (a) Subject to section 5.1 of this chapter, if a
357	357	19 licensed child placing agency assumes custody of a safe haven infant
358	358	20 under section 2 of this chapter, the licensed child placing agency shall
359	359	21 do the following:
360	360	22 (1) Immediately notify the department that the licensed child
361	361	23 placing agency has assumed custody of the safe haven infant.
362	362	24 (1) (2) Without unnecessary delay, place the safe haven infant in
363	363	25 a preapproved adoptive home with a prospective adoptive parent
364	364	26 who intends to adopt the safe haven infant.
365	365	27 (2) (3) File a petition to terminate the parent-child relationship
366	366	28 under IC 31-35-1.5.
367	367	29 (b) The department shall create and maintain a means by which
368	368	30 a licensed child placing agency may provide notice to the
369	369	31 department under subsection (a).
370	370	32 SECTION 10. IC 31-34-2.5-5.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
371	371	33 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
372	372	34 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 5.1. (a) For purposes of this
373	373	35 section, a licensed child placing agency has a prohibited financial
374	374	36 relationship with an emergency medical services provider if, at the
375	375	37 time the licensed child placing agency assumes custody of a safe
376	376	38 haven infant from the emergency medical services provider, the
377	377	39 licensed child placing agency or an employee of the licensed child
378	378	40 placing agency:
379	379	41 (1) is engaged in a financial relationship with the emergency
380	380	42 medical services provider; or
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382	382	1 (2) has made a gift or donation to the emergency medical
383	383	2 services provider;
384	384	3 that could be construed as providing an incentive for the
385	385	4 emergency medical services provider to give custody of the safe
386	386	5 haven infant to the licensed child placing agency.
387	387	6 (b) If a licensed child placing agency assumes custody of a safe
388	388	7 haven infant from an emergency medical services provider with
389	389	8 which the licensed child placing agency has a prohibited financial
390	390	9 relationship, the licensed child placing agency:
391	391	10 (1) may not place the safe haven infant under section 5 of this
392	392	11 chapter; and
393	393	12 (2) shall, without unnecessary delay after the licensed child
394	394	13 placing agency knows, or reasonably should know, that the
395	395	14 licensed child placing agency has a prohibited financial
396	396	15 relationship with the emergency medical services provider,
397	397	16 transfer custody of the safe haven infant to the department.
398	398	17 (c) A gift made by an employee of a licensed child placing
399	399	18 agency to an individual who is:
400	400	19 (1) an employee of an emergency medical services provider;
401	401	20 and
402	402	21 (2) a family or household member of the employee of the
403	403	22 licensed child placing agency;
404	404	23 is not a gift to the emergency medical services provider for
405	405	24 purposes of subsection (a)(2).
406	406	25 SECTION 11. IC 31-34-2.5-7 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
407	407	26 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
408	408	27 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 7. The department shall
409	409	28 accurately track the number of children taken into custody under
410	410	29 this chapter.
411	411	30 SECTION 12. IC 31-35-1.5-4, AS ADDED BY P.L.45-2023,
412	412	31 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
413	413	32 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 4. (a) The:
414	414	33 (1) department's attorney; or
415	415	34 (2) licensed child placing agency;
416	416	35 shall sign and file a verified petition for the termination of the
417	417	36 parent-child relationship not more than fifteen (15) days after taking
418	418	37 custody of a safe haven infant.
419	419	38 (b) The petition must:
420	420	39 (1) be entitled "In the Matter of the Termination of the
421	421	40 Parent-Child Relationship of ____________, a Safe Haven
422	422	41 Infant"; and
423	423	42 (2) allege that the:
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425	425	1 (A) child was left in a newborn safety device or by a parent
426	426	2 with an emergency medical services provider; and
427	427	3 (B) termination of the parent-child relationship is:
428	428	4 (i) in the child's best interest; and
429	429	5 (ii) in furtherance of an adoption.
430	430	6 (c) At the time the department's attorney files a verified petition
431	431	7 described in under subsection (a), is filed: (1) the department's
432	432	8 attorney shall also file:
433	433	9 (1) a permanency plan for the safe haven infant; or and
434	434	10 (2) an affidavit attesting that:
435	435	11 (A) the department has contacted the Indiana
436	436	12 clearinghouse for information on missing children and
437	437	13 missing endangered adults and the National Center for
438	438	14 Missing and Exploited Children as required under
439	439	15 IC 31-34-2.5-2(b); and
440	440	16 (B) neither the Indiana clearinghouse for information on
441	441	17 missing children and missing endangered adults nor the
442	442	18 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has
443	443	19 notified the department that the safe haven infant has been
444	444	20 reported missing.
445	445	21 (2) (d) the At the time a licensed child placing agency files a
446	446	22 verified petition under subsection (a), the licensed child placing
447	447	23 agency shall also file:
448	448	24 (1) a recommendation in support of the prospective adoptive
449	449	25 parent with whom the safe haven infant is placed; and
450	450	26 (2) an affidavit:
451	451	27 (A) attesting that:
452	452	28 (i) the licensed child placing agency has contacted the
453	453	29 Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing
454	454	30 children and missing endangered adults and the National
455	455	31 Center for Missing and Exploited Children as required
456	456	32 under IC 31-34-2.5-2(b); and
457	457	33 (ii) neither the Indiana clearinghouse for information on
458	458	34 missing children and missing endangered adults nor the
459	459	35 National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has
460	460	36 notified the licensed child placing agency that the safe
461	461	37 haven infant has been reported missing; and
462	462	38 (B) attesting that the licensed child placing agency or an
463	463	39 employee of the licensed child placing agency does not have
464	464	40 a financial relationship with the emergency medical
465	465	41 services provider from which the licensed child placing
466	466	42 agency assumed custody of the safe haven infant, as
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468	468	1 described in IC 31-34-2.5-5.1.
469	469	2 SECTION 13. IC 31-35-1.5-6, AS ADDED BY P.L.45-2023,
470	470	3 SECTION 13, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
471	471	4 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 6. Notice given to an unnamed or unknown
472	472	5 putative parent under section 5 of this chapter must be published once
473	473	6 a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in the print edition or electronic
474	474	7 edition of a newspaper of general circulation in:
475	475	8 (1) the county in which the safe haven infant was voluntarily
476	476	9 surrendered; and
477	477	10 (2) each Indiana county that is contiguous county to the county
478	478	11 described in subdivision (1).
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