A bill for an act relating to early childhood and family services, including the creation of an early childhood and family services system, making appropriations, convening an early childhood Iowa interim study committee, and including applicability, retroactive applicability, and effective date provisions. (Formerly SF 2462, SSB 3111.) Effective date: 06/02/2026, 07/01/2026. Applicability date: 07/01/2025.

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This bill creates a new Early Childhood and Family Services (ECFS) system under the Department of Health and Human Services to provide prevention and intervention services for children and families. It also makes changes to the Decategorization Initiative, transitions the administration of home visiting services from the Early Childhood Iowa initiative to the ECFS system, and moves child abuse prevention programs into the new ECFS system. The bill also establishes new Health and Human Services districts for program delivery.

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