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1 1 Amend Senate File 208, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 2, by striking lines 8 through 16.
1 4 #2. Page 2, line 23, by striking the words "Two
1 5 mental health professionals who are" and inserting the
1 6 following: "One mental health professional who is".
1 7 #3. Page 2, line 25, by striking the words "Two
1 8 social workers who are" and inserting the following:
1 9 "One social worker who is".
1 10 #4. Page 3, line 2, by striking the words "Three
1 11 others" and inserting the following: "One other".
1 12 #5. Page 4, line 35, by striking the words "areas
1 13 of the state" and inserting the following: "of the
1 14 department's county clusters".
1 15 #6. Page 5, line 8, by inserting after the word
1 16 "assessment." the following: "The department shall
1 17 commence the assessment within seventy-two hours of
1 18 the receipt of the report."
1 19 #7. Page 5, line 34, by striking the words "and
1 20 shall" and inserting the following: "within twenty-
1 21 one calendar days of the receipt of the report. The
1 22 assessment shall".
1 23 #8. Page 6, by striking lines 10 through 20 and
1 24 inserting the following:
1 25 "6. The department shall provide the county
1 26 attorney with a written copy of any assessment which
1 27 includes a recommendation for a juvenile or criminal
1 28 court action or petition. The county attorney shall
1 29 notify the department of any action taken concerning
1 30 an assessment provided by the department."
1 31 #9. Page 6, line 32, by striking the words "The
1 32 case was referred for" and inserting the following:
1 33 "A petition was filed requesting".
1 34 #10. Page 6, line 35, by striking the word "The"
1 35 and inserting the following: "In the opinion of a
1 36 health practitioner or mental health professional,
1 37 the".
1 38 #11. Page 7, by inserting after line 10 the
1 39 following:
1 40 "c. If information is placed in the central
1 41 registry as a case of founded child abuse, all of the
1 42 provisions of sections 235A.13 to 235A.23 which apply
1 43 to a case of founded child abuse shall apply to a case
1 44 of founded child abuse under this section."
1 45 #12. Page 8, by inserting after line 5 the
1 46 following:
1 47 "Sec. . DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PILOT
1 48 PROJECTS. In implementing the pilot projects for
1 49 child abuse assessment required under section 232.71A,
1 50 as enacted by this Act, the department shall apply a
2 1 special protocol for investigating those child abuse
2 2 reports in which previous reports involving the same
2 3 family have been determined to be unfounded and the
2 4 alleged perpetrator does not have a record of founded
2 5 child abuse. If an intake worker or other child abuse
2 6 investigation worker has knowledge that five or more
2 7 reports determined to be unfounded have been made in
2 8 the two-year period preceding the report concerning
2 9 the same alleged perpetrator or family member of the
2 10 alleged perpetrator, a special protocol may be
2 11 applied. Under the special protocol, an assessment
2 12 may be made by telephone contact or other means to
2 13 shorten the assessment process concerning reports in
2 14 which there has been a previous investigation or
2 15 assessment and the worker has past experience which
2 16 suggests the report may be unfounded."
2 17 #13. Page 8, by striking lines 6 through 14.
2 18 #14. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
2 19 and correcting internal references as necessary.
2 20
2 21
2 22
2 23 COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
2 24 DAGGETT of Union, Chairperson
2 25 SF 208.701 76
2 26 jp/sc
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