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1 1 Amend House File 698 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking page 2, line 21 through page 3,
1 3 line 22.
1 4 #2. By striking page 3, line 31 through page 4,
1 5 line 2 and inserting the following:
1 6 "2. If the alleged child abuse meets the
1 7 definition of child abuse under section 232.68,
1 8 subsection 2, paragraph "a" or "d", and the department
1 9 determines the injury or risk of harm to the child was
1 10 minor and isolated and is unlikely to reoccur, the
1 11 names of the child and the alleged perpetrator of the
1 12 child abuse shall not be placed in the central
1 13 registry as a case of founded child abuse.
1 14 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 232.68,
1 15 subsection 2, paragraph "d", regarding parents
1 16 legitimately practicing religious beliefs, the names
1 17 of the child and the alleged perpetrator shall be
1 18 placed in the central registry as a case of founded
1 19 child abuse under any of the following circumstances:"
1 20 #3. Page 4, line 5, by inserting after the word
1 21 "perpetrator" the following: "or a criminal or
1 22 juvenile court action was initiated by the county
1 23 attorney or juvenile court within twelve months of the
1 24 date of the department's report concerning the case,
1 25 in which the alleged perpetrator was convicted of a
1 26 crime involving the child or there was a delinquency
1 27 or child in need of assistance adjudication".
1 28 #4. Page 4, by striking lines 6 through 9 and
1 29 inserting the following:
1 30 "b. The department determines the acts or
1 31 omissions of the alleged perpetrator meet the
1 32 definition of child abuse under section 232.68,
1 33 subsection 2, paragraph "a", involving nonaccidental
1 34 physical injury suffered by the child and the injury
1 35 was not minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur."
1 36 #5. Page 4, by striking lines 10 through 13 and
1 37 inserting the following:
1 38 "c. The department determines the acts or
1 39 omissions of the alleged perpetrator meet the
1 40 definition of child abuse and the department has
1 41 previously determined within the twelve-month period
1 42 preceding the issuance of the department's report that
1 43 the acts or omissions of the alleged perpetrator in
1 44 another case met the definition of child abuse."
1 45 #6. Page 4, line 31, by inserting after the word
1 46 "welfare" the following: ", and any injury to the
1 47 child or risk to the child's health and welfare was
1 48 not minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur,".
1 49 #7. Page 5, by striking lines 13 through 15 and
1 50 inserting the following:
2 1 " . i. The alleged abuse took place in any of
2 2 the following licensed, registered, unregistered, or
2 3 regulated facilities or services:
2 4 (1) Substance abuse program licensed under chapter
2 5 125.
2 6 (2) Hospital licensed under chapter 135B.
2 7 (3) Health care facility or residential care
2 8 facility licensed under chapter 135C.
2 9 (4) Psychiatric medical institution licensed under
2 10 chapter 135H.
2 11 (5) Medical assistance home and community-based
2 12 waiver for persons with mental retardation residential
2 13 program regulated by the department.
2 14 (6) An institution controlled by the department
2 15 and enumerated in section 218.1.
2 16 (7) Mental health center, juvenile shelter care
2 17 facility, or juvenile detention facility.
2 18 (8) Child foster care licensee under chapter 237.
2 19 (9) Child day care provider under chapter 237A.
2 20 (10) Public or private school which provides
2 21 overnight care."
2 22 #8. Page 14, line 35, by inserting after the word
2 23 "registry." the following: "The time period used by
2 24 the department for retaining child abuse information
2 25 which is expunged from the central registry under this
2 26 subsection shall credit the amount of time the child
2 27 abuse information has been on the central registry and
2 28 after applying the credit, the information shall not
2 29 be retained by the department any longer than the time
2 30 period for information which is not placed on the
2 31 central registry."
2 32 #9. Page 15, by striking line 8 and inserting the
2 33 following: "performing a record check evaluation
2 34 under law or administrative rule."
2 35 #10. Page 17, by inserting after line 8 the
2 36 following:
2 37 "Sec. ___. MINOR INJURY CRITERIA. The department
2 38 of human services shall convene a group of child abuse
2 39 experts to develop uniform criteria for identifying
2 40 what constitutes a minor physical injury and the
2 41 circumstances in which a minor injury does not cause
2 42 concern about the safety or risk of harm to a child.
2 43 The group shall present recommended criteria and other
2 44 recommendations to the governor and the general
2 45 assembly on or before November 1, 1997."
2 46 #11. By striking page 17, line 11 through page 18,
2 47 line 12.
2 48 #12. By renumbering as necessary.
2 49
2 50
3 1
3 2 BODDICKER of Cedar
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6 MURPHY of Dubuque
3 7 HF 698.506 77
3 8 jp/jw/28
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