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Senate Amendment 5462

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2399 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  Section 232.71A, subsections 3, 5, 6,
  1  5 and 8, Code Supplement 1995, are amended to read as
  1  6 follows:
  1  7    3.  Upon receipt of a child abuse report in a pilot
  1  8 project area, the department shall notify the
  1  9 appropriate county attorney of the receipt of the
  1 10 report and shall perform an assessment.  The
  1 11 department shall commence the assessment within
  1 12 seventy-two hours of the receipt of the report.  The
  1 13 primary purpose of the assessment shall be to protect
  1 14 the safety of the child named in the report.  The
  1 15 secondary purpose of the assessment shall be to engage
  1 16 the child's family in services to enhance family
  1 17 strengths and to address needs.
  1 18    5.  A child abuse assessment shall be completed in
  1 19 writing within twenty-one calendar twenty business
  1 20 days of the receipt of the report.  The assessment
  1 21 shall include a description of the child's condition,
  1 22 identification of the injury or risk to which the
  1 23 child was exposed, the circumstances which led to the
  1 24 injury or risk to the child, and the identity of any
  1 25 person alleged to be responsible for the injury or
  1 26 risk to the child.  In addition, the assessment shall
  1 27 identify the strengths and needs of the child, and of
  1 28 the child's parent, home, family, and community.  Upon
  1 29 completion of the assessment, the department shall
  1 30 consult with the child's family in offering services
  1 31 to the child and the child's family to address
  1 32 strengths and needs identified in the assessment.
  1 33    6.  The department shall provide the juvenile court
  1 34 and the county attorney with a written copy of any the
  1 35 written assessment which includes a recommendation for
  1 36 a juvenile or criminal court action or petition
  1 37 pertaining to the child abuse report.  The juvenile
  1 38 court and the county attorney shall notify the
  1 39 department of any action taken concerning an
  1 40 assessment provided by the department.
  1 41    8.  The department shall implement the pilot
  1 42 projects by January 15, 1996.  The department shall
  1 43 report to the governor and the general assembly
  1 44 concerning the pilot projects on or before February 29
  1 45 December 16, 1996.  The report shall include a the
  1 46 following information:
  1 47    a.  A description of successes and problems
  1 48 encountered in implementing the pilot projects.
  1 49    b.  An analysis of the effect of the pilot projects
  1 50 on utilizing the child abuse registry for the tracking
  2  1 of a pattern of child abuse incidents.
  2  2    c.  The outcome changes for children in the pilot
  2  3 project areas where the assessment approach is
  2  4 utilized in response to an allegation of child abuse
  2  5 versus the investigation approach utilized in other
  2  6 areas of the state.
  2  7    d.  A copy of any report provided by a county
  2  8 attorney in a pilot project area, a copy of any report
  2  9 provided by the county attorney's association, and a
  2 10 copy of any report provided by the juvenile court in a
  2 11 pilot project area.
  2 12    PARAGRAPH DIVIDED.  It is the intent of the general
  2 13 assembly to implement consider implementing statewide
  2 14 an assessment-based approach to respond to child abuse
  2 15 reports commencing with the fiscal year beginning July
  2 16 1, 1996 February 10, 1997.
  2 17    Sec. 2.  Section 232.71A, subsection 4, Code
  2 18 Supplement 1995, is amended by adding the following
  2 19 new paragraph:
  2 20    NEW PARAGRAPH.  h.  The department shall work with
  2 21 representatives of law enforcement at the local level
  2 22 to develop a protocol for joint investigative
  2 23 processes.
  2 24    Sec. 3.  Section 910A.16, subsection 4, Code 1995,
  2 25 is amended to read as follows:
  2 26    4.  To the greatest extent possible, a
  2 27 multidisciplinary team involving the county attorney,
  2 28 law enforcement personnel, community-based child
  2 29 advocacy organizations, and personnel of the
  2 30 department of human services shall be utilized in
  2 31 investigating and prosecuting cases involving a
  2 32 violation of chapter 709 or 726 or other crime
  2 33 committed upon a victim as defined in subsection 1.  A
  2 34 multidisciplinary team may also consult with or
  2 35 include juvenile court officers, medical and mental
  2 36 health professionals, court-appointed special
  2 37 advocates, guardians ad litem, and members of a
  2 38 multidisciplinary team created by the department of
  2 39 human services for child abuse investigations.  The
  2 40 department of justice may provide training and other
  2 41 assistance to support the activities of a
  2 42 multidisciplinary team referred to in this subsection.
  2 43    Sec. 4.  CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM REVIEW.  The
  2 44 department of human services shall convene a group
  2 45 consisting of interested members of the general
  2 46 assembly, persons involved with child protection, and
  2 47 other interested persons to consult with national
  2 48 experts in child protection.  The group shall be
  2 49 convened during the 1996 legislative interim and may
  2 50 submit a report to the governor and the general
  3  1 assembly.
  3  2    Sec. 5.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3  3 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment."
  3  4    #2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and
  3  5 inserting the following:  "An Act relating to child
  3  6 protection system provisions involving the child abuse
  3  7 assessment pilot projects administered by the
  3  8 department of human services and certain
  3  9 multidisciplinary teams, and providing an effective
  3 10 date." 
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  3 14 ELAINE SZYMONIAK
  3 15 SF 2399.202 76
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