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House Study Bill 110 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to child in need of assistance proceedings
2concerning determinations of reasonable efforts for
3placement of a child and access to criminal history data.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 232.102A, subsection 5, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
35. Prior With the exception of services provided to the
4family in prior child in need of assistance or termination of
5parental rights proceedings, prior services the state provided
6to the family shall not be considered in making a determination
7as to whether a waiver of reasonable efforts is appropriate.
8 Sec. 2. Section 692.1, subsection 7, Code 2023, is amended
9to read as follows:
107. “Criminal or juvenile justice agency” means an either of
11the following:
12a. Anagency or department of any level of government
13or an entity wholly owned, financed, or controlled by one
14or more such agencies or departments which performs as its
15principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication,
16incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal or juvenile
17offenders.
18b. The department of health and human services and agents
19and employees of the department of health and human services
20who have been appointed by a juvenile court to represent
21the department of health and human services in a proceeding
22alleging that a child is a child in need of assistance as
23defined in section 232.2.
24EXPLANATION
25The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
27This bill relates to child in need of assistance proceedings
28concerning determination of reasonable efforts for placement of
29a child and access to criminal history data.
30The bill allows a juvenile court to consider services
31provided to a family during prior child in need of assistance
32and termination of parental rights proceedings when determining
33whether to waive reasonable efforts to keep a child with the
34child’s family in a child in need of assistance proceeding.
35The bill adds to the definition of “criminal or juvenile
-1-1justice agency” (relating to the provision of criminal history
2data under Code chapter 692) the department of health and human
3services (HHS) and HHS agents and employees who have been
4appointed by a juvenile court to represent HHS in a proceeding
5alleging that a child is a child in need of assistance.
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2concerning determinations of reasonable efforts for
3placement of a child and access to criminal history data.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 232.102A, subsection 5, Code 2023, is
2amended to read as follows:
35. Prior With the exception of services provided to the
4family in prior child in need of assistance or termination of
5parental rights proceedings, prior services the state provided
6to the family shall not be considered in making a determination
7as to whether a waiver of reasonable efforts is appropriate.
8 Sec. 2. Section 692.1, subsection 7, Code 2023, is amended
9to read as follows:
107. “Criminal or juvenile justice agency” means an either of
11the following:
12a. Anagency or department of any level of government
13or an entity wholly owned, financed, or controlled by one
14or more such agencies or departments which performs as its
15principal function the apprehension, prosecution, adjudication,
16incarceration, or rehabilitation of criminal or juvenile
17offenders.
18b. The department of health and human services and agents
19and employees of the department of health and human services
20who have been appointed by a juvenile court to represent
21the department of health and human services in a proceeding
22alleging that a child is a child in need of assistance as
23defined in section 232.2.
24EXPLANATION
25The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
26the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
27This bill relates to child in need of assistance proceedings
28concerning determination of reasonable efforts for placement of
29a child and access to criminal history data.
30The bill allows a juvenile court to consider services
31provided to a family during prior child in need of assistance
32and termination of parental rights proceedings when determining
33whether to waive reasonable efforts to keep a child with the
34child’s family in a child in need of assistance proceeding.
35The bill adds to the definition of “criminal or juvenile
-1-1justice agency” (relating to the provision of criminal history
2data under Code chapter 692) the department of health and human
3services (HHS) and HHS agents and employees who have been
4appointed by a juvenile court to represent HHS in a proceeding
5alleging that a child is a child in need of assistance.
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