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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-5550, to Senate File 1 2 2442, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, 1 3 as follows: 1 4 #1. Page 10, by inserting before line 46 the 1 5 following: 1 6 "# . Page 41, by inserting after line 23 the 1 7 following: 1 8 "Sec. . RUNAWAY TREATMENT PLAN GRANTS. There 1 9 is appropriated from the general fund of the state to 1 10 the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning 1 11 of the department of human rights for the fiscal year 1 12 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the 1 13 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, 1 14 to be used for the purposes designated: 1 15 For demonstration grants for implementation of 1 16 runaway treatment plans in accordance with this 1 17 section: 1 18 .................................................. $ 200,000 1 19 1. The division shall utilize the moneys 1 20 appropriated in this section for grants to develop two 1 21 demonstration programs to implement the provisions of 1 22 sections 232.195 and 232.196, as enacted in this Act, 1 23 with one program in an urban area and one program in a 1 24 rural area. The grantees shall provide up to twelve 1 25 assessment and counseling beds and intensive family- 1 26 centered services designed to determine the reasons 1 27 children run away from home and methods to ameliorate 1 28 the reasons so that children may either return home or 1 29 receive necessary services. Not more than $10,000 of 1 30 the moneys shall be used for evaluation and other 1 31 means for grantees to report on the successes and 1 32 failures of the demonstration grants and methods to 1 33 improve services to children who run away from home. 1 34 2. The department of human services and the 1 35 division may adopt emergency rules to implement the 1 36 provisions of section 232.196, subsection 3, as 1 37 enacted by this Act."" 1 38 #2. Page 11, by inserting after line 30 the 1 39 following: 1 40 "# . Page 43, by inserting before line 12 the 1 41 following: 1 42 "Sec. . Section 232.2, Code Supplement 1995, is 1 43 amended by adding the following new subsection: 1 44 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "Chronic runaway" means a 1 45 child who is reported to law enforcement as a runaway 1 46 more than once in any month or three or more times in 1 47 a year. 1 48 Sec. . Section 232.19, subsection 1, paragraph 1 49 c, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 50 c. By a peace officerfor the purpose of reuniting2 1a child with the child's family or removing the child2 2to a shelter care facilityor a juvenile court 2 3 officer, when the peace officer or juvenile court 2 4 officer has reasonable grounds to believe the child 2 5 has run away from the child's parents, guardian, or 2 6 custodian, for the purposes of determining whether the 2 7 child shall be reunited with the child's parents, 2 8 guardian, or custodian, placed in shelter care, or, if 2 9 a chronic runaway, placed in a runaway assessment and 2 10 treatment center under section 232.196. 2 11 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 232.195 RUNAWAY TREATMENT 2 12 PLAN. 2 13 A county, multicounty, or nonprofit organization 2 14 may develop a runaway treatment plan to address 2 15 problems with chronic runaway children in the area 2 16 served by the organization. The organization shall 2 17 submit the plan to the department of human rights, 2 18 division of criminal and juvenile justice planning for 2 19 approval for funding. The plan shall identify the 2 20 problems with chronic runaway children and specific 2 21 solutions to be implemented, including the development 2 22 of a runaway assessment and treatment center and may 2 23 include a request for funding. The division may award 2 24 funds appropriated for implementation of the runaway 2 25 treatment plan to shelter care homes which are 2 26 licensed or approved by the department of human 2 27 services. 2 28 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 232.196 RUNAWAY 2 29 ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT CENTER. 2 30 1. As part of a county, multicounty, or nonprofit 2 31 organization's runaway treatment plan under section 2 32 232.195, the organization may establish a runaway 2 33 assessment and treatment center. A center shall be 2 34 operated by an entity which is licensed or approved by 2 35 the department to operate a shelter care home. A 2 36 center shall provide services to assess a child who is 2 37 referred to the center for being a chronic runaway and 2 38 intensive family counseling designed to address any 2 39 problem causing the child to run away. 2 40 2. a. If a child is a chronic runaway and is not 2 41 sent home with the child's parent, guardian, or 2 42 custodian, the child may be placed in a runaway 2 43 assessment and treatment center by a peace officer, 2 44 juvenile court officer, or the child if the officer, 2 45 juvenile court officer, or the child believes it to be 2 46 in the child's best interest after consulting with the 2 47 child's parent, guardian, or custodian. 2 48 b. Within forty-eight hours of being placed in the 2 49 center the child shall be assessed by a center 2 50 counselor to determine the reasons why the child is a 3 1 chronic runaway and whether child in need of 3 2 assistance or family in need of assistance proceedings 3 3 are appropriate. As soon as practicable following the 3 4 assessment, the child and the child's parent, 3 5 guardian, or custodian shall be provided the 3 6 opportunity for counseling sessions to identify the 3 7 underlying causes of the runaway behavior and to 3 8 develop a plan to address those causes. 3 9 c. A child shall be released from a runaway 3 10 assessment and treatment center to the child's parent, 3 11 guardian, or custodian not later than forty-eight 3 12 hours after being placed in the center unless the 3 13 child is placed in shelter care under section 232.21 3 14 or an order is entered under section 232.78. A child 3 15 whose parent, guardian, or custodian failed to attend 3 16 counseling or who fails to take custody of the child 3 17 at the end of placement in the center may be the 3 18 subject of a child in need of assistance petition or 3 19 such other order as the juvenile court finds to be in 3 20 the child's best interest. 3 21 3. The department of human services may establish 3 22 a special category within rules applicable to a 3 23 juvenile shelter care home licensed or approved by the 3 24 department which provides for operation of a runaway 3 25 assessment and treatment center by such a home. Any 3 26 rules applicable to the special category shall be 3 27 jointly developed by the department of human services 3 28 and the division of criminal and juvenile justice 3 29 planning of the department of human rights."" 3 30 #3. Page 11, by inserting after line 39 the 3 31 following: 3 32 "# . Page 45, by inserting after line 31 the 3 33 following: 3 34 "Sec. . Section 710.8, Code 1995, is amended by 3 35 adding the following new subsection: 3 36 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. A person shall not harbor a 3 37 runaway child with the intent of allowing the runaway 3 38 child to remain away from home against the wishes of 3 39 the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. However, 3 40 the provisions of this subsection do not apply to a 3 41 shelter care home which is licensed or approved by the 3 42 department of human services."" 3 43 3 44 3 45 3 46 MARY LUNDBY 3 47 SF 2442.525 76 3 48 jp/jw
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