{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-91a.5b","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 91A.5B","heading":"Treatment of adoptive parent employees.","body":"1. For purposes of this section, “adoption” means the permanent placement in this state of a child by the department of health and human services, by a licensed agency under chapter 238, by an agency that meets the provisions of the interstate compact in section 232.158, or by a person making an independent placement according to the provisions of chapter 600.\n2. An employer shall treat an employee who chooses to adopt a child up to six years of age in the same manner as an employee who is the biological parent of a newborn child for purposes of employment policies, benefits, and protections for the first year of the adoption.\n3. Notwithstanding subsection 2, an employee shall not be entitled to disability leave without a qualifying disability under an employer’s disability policies.","path":["Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION (Ch. 80 - 122C)","Chapter 91A - WAGE PAYMENT COLLECTION"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/91A.5B.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:01Z","sha256":"fb000c234a2173d265dfb52c8a5834c82da5071354cb4f7644a49439244abc14","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-91a.5a","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-91a.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}