House Journal: Page 969: Wednesday, April 2, 1997

21   "perpetrator" the following:  "or a criminal or
22   juvenile court action was initiated by the county
23   attorney or juvenile court within twelve months of the
24   date of the department's report concerning the case,
25   in which the alleged perpetrator was convicted of a
26   crime involving the child or there was a delinquency
27   or child in need of assistance adjudication".
28     4.  Page 4, by striking lines 6 through 9 and
29   inserting the following:
30     "b.  The department determines the acts or
31   omissions of the alleged perpetrator meet the
32   definition of child abuse under section 232.68,
33   subsection 2, paragraph "a", involving nonaccidental
34   physical injury suffered by the child and the injury
35   was not minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur."
36     5.  Page 4, by striking lines 10 through 13 and
37   inserting the following:
38     "c.  The department determines the acts or
39   omissions of the alleged perpetrator meet the
40   definition of child abuse and the department has
41   previously determined within the twelve-month period
42   preceding the issuance of the department's report that
43   the acts or omissions of the alleged perpetrator in
44   another case met the definition of child abuse."
45     6.  Page 4, line 31, by inserting after the word
46   "welfare" the following:  ", and any injury to the
47   child or risk to the child's health and welfare was
48   not minor, isolated, and unlikely to reoccur,".
49     7.  Page 5, by striking lines 13 through 15 and
50   inserting the following:

Page 2  

 1     "   .  i.  The alleged abuse took place in any of
 2   the following licensed, registered, unregistered, or
 3   regulated facilities or services:
 4     (1)  Substance abuse program licensed under chapter
 5   125.
 6     (2)  Hospital licensed under chapter 135B.
 7     (3)  Health care facility or residential care
 8   facility licensed under chapter 135C.
 9     (4)  Psychiatric medical institution licensed under
10   chapter 135H.
11     (5)  Medical assistance home and community-based
12   waiver for persons with mental retardation residential
13   program regulated by the department.
14     (6)  An institution controlled by the department
15   and enumerated in section 218.1.
16     (7)  Mental health center, juvenile shelter care
17   facility, or juvenile detention facility.
18     (8)  Child foster care licensee under chapter 237.
19     (9)  Child day care provider under chapter 237A.
20     (10)  Public or private school which provides
21   overnight care."

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