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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 123 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO RUNAWAY CHILDREN, BY DEFINING WHEN A CHILD IS 1 5 A CHRONIC RUNAWAY, AUTHORIZING COUNTY RUNAWAY TREATMENT 1 6 PLANS, AND PROVIDING FOR ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PRO- 1 7 CEDURES FOR CHRONIC RUNAWAYS. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. Section 232.2, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 12 the following new subsection: 1 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "Chronic runaway" means a child who 1 14 is reported to law enforcement as a runaway more than once in 1 15 any month or three or more times in any year. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 232.19, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 17 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 18 c. By a peace officerfor the purpose of reuniting a child1 19with the child's family or removing the child to a shelter1 20care facility, when the peace officer has reasonable grounds 1 21 to believe the child has run away from the child's parents, 1 22 guardian, or custodian, for the purposes of determining 1 23 whether the child shall be reunited with the child's parents, 1 24 guardian, or custodian, placed in shelter care, or, if the 1 25 child is a chronic runaway and the county has an approved 1 26 county runaway treatment plan, placed in a runaway assessment 1 27 and counseling center under section 232.196. 1 28 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 232.195 RUNAWAY TREATMENT PLAN. 1 29 A county may develop a runaway treatment plan to address 1 30 problems with chronic runaway children in the county. The 1 31 plan shall identify the problems with chronic runaway children 1 32 in the county and specific solutions to be implemented by the 1 33 county, including the development of a runaway assessment and 1 34 counseling center. 1 35 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 232.196 RUNAWAY ASSESSMENT AND 2 1 COUNSELING CENTER. 2 2 1. As part of a county runaway treatment plan under 2 3 section 232.195, a county may establish a runaway assessment 2 4 and treatment center or other plan. The center or other plan, 2 5 if established, shall provide services to assess a child who 2 6 is referred to the center or plan for being a chronic runaway 2 7 and intensive family counseling services designed to address 2 8 any problem causing the child to run away. A center shall at 2 9 least meet the requirements established for providing child 2 10 foster care under chapter 237. 2 11 2. a. If not sent home with the child's parent, guardian, 2 12 or custodian, a chronic runaway may be placed in a runaway 2 13 assessment and treatment center by the peace officer who takes 2 14 the child into custody under section 232.19, if the officer 2 15 believes it to be in the child's best interest after 2 16 consulting with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. A 2 17 chronic runaway shall not be placed in a runaway assessment 2 18 and treatment center for more than forty-eight hours. 2 19 b. If a runaway is placed in a treatment center according 2 20 to a county plan, the runaway shall be assessed within twenty- 2 21 four hours of being placed in the center by a center counselor 2 22 to determine the following: 2 23 (1) The reasons why the child is a runaway. 2 24 (2) Whether the initiation or continuation of child in 2 25 need of assistance or family in need of assistance proceedings 2 26 is appropriate. 2 27 c. As soon as practicable following the assessment, the 2 28 child and the child's parents, guardian, or custodian shall be 2 29 provided the opportunity for a counseling session to identify 2 30 the underlying causes of the runaway behavior and develop a 2 31 plan to address those causes. 2 32 d. A child shall be released from a runaway assessment and 2 33 treatment center, established pursuant to the county plan, to 2 34 the child's parents, guardian, or custodian not later than 2 35 forty-eight hours after being placed in the center unless the 3 1 child is placed in shelter care under section 232.21 or an 3 2 order is entered under section 232.78. A child whose parents, 3 3 guardian, or custodian failed to attend counseling at the 3 4 center or who fails to take custody of the child at the end of 3 5 placement in the center may be the subject of a child in need 3 6 of assistance petition or such other order as the juvenile 3 7 court finds to be in the child's best interest. 3 8 3 9 3 10 MARY E. KRAMER 3 11 President of the Senate 3 12 3 13 3 14 3 15 RON J. CORBETT 3 16 Speaker of the House 3 17 3 18 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 19 is known as Senate File 123, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 20 3 21 3 22 3 23 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 24 Secretary of the Senate 3 25 Approved , 1997 3 26 3 27 3 28 3 29 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 30 Governor
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