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House Study Bill 212

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.68, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1  2 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  "Interview" means the verbal exchange between the child
  1  4 and a department investigator and or the child and an attorney
  1  5 or mental health professional cooperating with the department
  1  6 investigator, for the purpose of developing information
  1  7 necessary to protect the child.  A department investigator
  1  8 person conducting an interview is not precluded from recording
  1  9 visible evidence of abuse.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 232.71, subsection 6, Code 1995, is
  1 11 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1 12    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The first seven hours of an
  1 13 interview conducted under this subsection shall be recorded on
  1 14 audio or video tape by the department investigator.  Unless
  1 15 notification of an investigation is withheld by court order
  1 16 pursuant to subsection 1, a copy of the recorded tape shall,
  1 17 immediately upon conclusion of the interview, be made
  1 18 available without cost to the child's parent, guardian, or
  1 19 custodian.  If notification of an investigation is withheld by
  1 20 court order, the recorded tape shall be made available without
  1 21 cost to the child's parent, guardian, or custodian at the time
  1 22 of the notification of the investigation.  
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to an interview of a child alleged to be
  1 25 a victim of child abuse.  The bill amends one of the
  1 26 definitions in chapter 232 relating to investigations of child
  1 27 abuse allegations by the department of human services and the
  1 28 requirements for an interview performed during confidential
  1 29 access to a child.  Under the bill, the first seven hours of
  1 30 an interview must be recorded on video or audio tape and a
  1 31 copy of the tape must be made available without charge to the
  1 32 child's parent, guardian, or custodian.  The tape must be made
  1 33 available immediately following the interview unless
  1 34 notification of the investigation has been withheld pursuant
  1 35 to a court order, in which case it is to be made available at
  2  1 the time of the notification.  
  2  2 LSB 2079HC 76
  2  3 jp/cf/24
     
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