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1 1 Section 1. Section 232.71, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. If a report is determined to constitute a child abuse
1 4 allegation, the department of human services shall promptly
1 5 commence an appropriate investigation. The primary purpose of
1 6 this investigation shall be the protection of the child named
1 7 in the report. The department, within five working days of
1 8 commencing the investigation, shall provide written
1 9 notification of the investigation to the child's parents.
1 10 However, if the department shows the court to the court's
1 11 satisfaction that notification is likely to endanger the child
1 12 or other persons, the court shall orally direct the department
1 13 to withhold notification. Within one working day of issuing
1 14 an oral directive, the court shall issue a written order
1 15 restraining the notification. The department shall not reveal
1 16 in the written notification to the parents or otherwise the
1 17 identity of the reporter of child abuse during an
1 18 investigation to a subject of a child abuse report listed in
1 19 section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph "a". If a report is
1 20 determined not to constitute a child abuse allegation, but a
1 21 criminal act harming a child is alleged, the department shall
1 22 immediately refer the matter to the appropriate law
1 23 enforcement agency.
1 24 EXPLANATION
1 25 This bill relates to child abuse investigations by
1 26 prohibiting release of the identity of a reporter of child
1 27 abuse to a subject of the child abuse report during a child
1 28 abuse investigation. A subject of a child abuse report may
1 29 include the child, the child's parent, guardian, or legal
1 30 custodian, or an attorney of any such individual. The bill
1 31 does not affect the provisions of law, which upon completion
1 32 of an investigation, require notification of the subjects of a
1 33 child abuse report concerning the result of the investigation
1 34 and does not affect a subject's rights concerning correction
1 35 of the information in the report.
2 1 LSB 2482XS 76
2 2 jp/sc/14
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