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House Journal: Page 1721: Wednesday, April 19, 1995

 5   mental health professionals who are" and inserting the
 6   following:  "One mental health professional who is".
 7     3.  Page 2, line 25, by striking the words "Two
 8   social workers who are" and inserting the following:
 9   "One social worker who is".
10     4.  Page 3, line 2, by striking the words "Three
11   others" and inserting the following:  "One other".
12     5.  Page 4, line 35, by striking the words "areas
13   of the state" and inserting the following:  "of the
14   department's county clusters".
15     6.  Page 5, line 8, by inserting after the word
16   "assessment." the following:  "The department shall
17   commence the assessment within seventy-two hours of
18   the receipt of the report."
19     7.  Page 5, line 34, by striking the words "and
20   shall" and inserting the following:  "within twenty-
21   one calendar days of the receipt of the report.  The
22   assessment shall".
23     8.  Page 6, by striking lines 10 through 20 and
24   inserting the following:
25     "6.  The department shall provide the county
26   attorney with a written copy of any assessment which
27   includes a recommendation for a juvenile or criminal
28   court action or petition.  The county attorney shall
29   notify the department of any action taken concerning
30   an assessment provided by the department."
31     9.  Page 6, line 32, by striking the words "The
32   case was referred for" and inserting the following:
33   "A petition was filed requesting".
34     10.  Page 6, line 35, by striking the word "The"
35   and inserting the following:  "In the opinion of a
36   health practitioner or mental health professional,
37   the".
38     11.  Page 7, by inserting after line 10 the
39   following:
40     "c.  If information is placed in the central
41   registry as a case of founded child abuse, all of the
42   provisions of sections 235A.13 to 235A.23 which apply
43   to a case of founded child abuse shall apply to a case
44   of founded child abuse under this section."
45     12.  Page 8, by inserting after line 5 the
46   following:
47     "Sec. ___.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PILOT
48   PROJECTS.  In implementing the pilot projects for
49   child abuse assessment required under section 232.71A,
50   as enacted by this Act, the department shall apply a

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 1   special protocol for investigating those child abuse
 2   reports in which previous reports involving the same
 3   family have been determined to be unfounded and the
 4   alleged perpetrator does not have a record of founded
 5   child abuse.  If an intake worker or other child abuse

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 1)

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