HF 3 (LSB 1143YH (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 3

BY  HOLT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION WORKING GROUP.
   1.  The department of public health shall convene a working group to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention. The working group shall request relevant data and outcome measures relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention from working group member agencies and organizations, including but not limited to the departments of human services and education, and from other local and state agencies and organizations as appropriate. The working group shall comprehensively review and analyze such information in order to propose recommendations, including but not limited to recommendations to the board of educational examiners relating to continuing education requirements for the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of a license or endorsement; recommendations to the state board of education relating to in-service training programs on child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention; and recommendations to the general assembly relating to the provision of instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention as part of a school district’s human growth and development curriculum for kindergarten through grade 12.
   2.  The working group shall include the following:
   a.  Four legislative members who shall be appointed as ex officio, nonvoting members with one member to be appointed by each of the following: the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives.
   b.  Eleven voting members who shall represent the board of educational examiners; the department of education; the department of human rights; the department of human services; the department of public health’s office of disability, injury and violence prevention; the department of public safety; the child advocacy board; the coalition for family and children’s services in Iowa; the office of the attorney general’s crime victim assistance division; prevent child abuse Iowa; and the Iowa network against human trafficking and slavery.
   3.  The working group shall meet not more than two times and shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2019.
   4.  The department of public health shall provide staffing and administrative support to the working group.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill directs the department of public health (DPH) to convene a working group to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention. The bill directs DPH to provide staffing and administrative support to the working group.
   The bill requires the working group to submit a report, including findings and recommendations, to the general assembly no later than December 15, 2019. The bill takes effect upon enactment.