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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2359 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING FOR A REVIEW OF JUVENILE JUSTICE PROVISIONS 1 5 INVOLVING CHILD PROTECTION BY THE CITIZENS' AIDE AND 1 6 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM REVIEW. 1 11 1. The citizens' aide shall conduct a review of the 1 12 state's child protection system in accordance with this 1 13 section. The review shall encompass all aspects of the 1 14 system, including child abuse reporting, investigation, and 1 15 assessment, child removal, child in need of assistance 1 16 proceedings, review and appeals, and termination of parental 1 17 rights. The purpose of review is to determine whether the 1 18 current system adequately provides fairness and due process 1 19 protections for all persons involved with the system. 1 20 2. The review may include but is not limited to all of the 1 21 following: 1 22 a. Surveys of attorneys experienced in representing 1 23 subjects of child abuse investigations and assessments and in 1 24 child welfare and family law. 1 25 b. Surveys of persons who have been the subject of a child 1 26 abuse investigation or assessment. 1 27 c. Reviews of known complaints concerning the system. 1 28 d. Reviews of previous testimony and submissions by 1 29 critics and proponents of the system to legislative, 1 30 administrative, and other bodies organized to provide 1 31 oversight of the child protection system. In addition, the 1 32 review may include review of the reports and findings of these 1 33 bodies. 1 34 e. Review of legal information concerning child protection 1 35 including state and federal statutory requirements, rules, 2 1 regulations, and policies, judicial decisions including 2 2 dissenting opinions, and opinions of the attorney general. 2 3 f. Interviews of recognized critics and supporters of the 2 4 child protection system. 2 5 g. Use of focus groups to refine the issues for 2 6 consideration. 2 7 h. Random sample reviews of closed child abuse 2 8 investigations and assessments. 2 9 3. The citizens' aide may appoint a project team or 2 10 contract for a project team to perform the review. Any 2 11 project team shall include persons with skills and knowledge 2 12 concerning child welfare and juvenile justice and due process 2 13 rights. The project team may include an attorney, an 2 14 authority on social work, and a skilled general investigator 2 15 or a paralegal. The citizens' aide may also utilize a broad- 2 16 based advisory group. 2 17 4. The citizens' aide shall submit a report containing 2 18 findings and recommendations in accordance with chapter 2C to 2 19 the department of human services, chief juvenile court officer 2 20 of each judicial district, governor, and general assembly. 2 21 The report shall be submitted on or before February 1, 1999. 2 22 5. Implementation of this section is subject to 2 23 authorization of funding for the purposes of this section by 2 24 the legislative council. 2 25 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 26 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 27 2 28 2 29 2 30 MARY E. KRAMER 2 31 President of the Senate 2 32 2 33 2 34 2 35 RON J. CORBETT 3 1 Speaker of the House 3 2 3 3 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 4 is known as Senate File 2359, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 3 9 Secretary of the Senate 3 10 Approved , 1998 3 11 3 12 3 13 3 14 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 3 15 Governor
Text: SF02358 Text: SF02360 Text: SF02300 - SF02399 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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