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House Amendment 8080

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  1  1    Amend House File 2377 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking page 1, line 17, through page 2,
  1  3 line 8 and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 235A.15, Code Supplement 1999,
  1  5 is amended by adding the following new subsections:
  1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  Upon the request of the
  1  7 governor, the department shall disclose child abuse
  1  8 information to the governor relating to a specific
  1  9 case of child abuse reported to the department.
  1 10    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  If the department receives a
  1 11 request for child abuse information relating to a case
  1 12 of a fatality or near fatality to a child, within five
  1 13 business days of receiving the request the director of
  1 14 human services or the director's designee shall
  1 15 consult with the county attorney responsible for
  1 16 prosecution of any alleged perpetrator of the fatality
  1 17 or near fatality and shall disclose child abuse
  1 18 information relating to the case and the child in
  1 19 accordance with this subsection.  The director or the
  1 20 director's designee shall release all child abuse
  1 21 information associated with the case and the child,
  1 22 except for the following:
  1 23    a.  The substance or content of any mental health
  1 24 or psychological information that is confidential
  1 25 under chapter 228.
  1 26    b.  Information pertaining to the child or the
  1 27 child's family that is not directly related to the
  1 28 cause of the fatality or near fatality.
  1 29    c.  Information that would reveal the identity of
  1 30 any individual who provided information relating to a
  1 31 report of child abuse or an assessment of such a
  1 32 report involving the child.
  1 33    d.  Information that the director or the director's
  1 34 designee reasonably believes is likely to cause mental
  1 35 or physical harm to a sibling of the child or to
  1 36 another child residing in the child's household.
  1 37    e.  Information that the director or the director's
  1 38 designee reasonably believes is likely to jeopardize
  1 39 the prosecution of any alleged perpetrator of the
  1 40 fatality or near fatality.
  1 41    f.  Information that the director or the director's
  1 42 designee reasonably believes is likely to jeopardize
  1 43 the rights of any alleged perpetrator of the fatality
  1 44 or near fatality to a fair trial.
  1 45    g.  Information that the director or the director's
  1 46 designee reasonably believes is likely to undermine an
  1 47 ongoing or future criminal investigation.
  1 48    h.  Information that is not authorized to be
  1 49 released under federal law or regulation."
  1 50    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
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  2  3                               
  2  4 MURPHY of Dubuque 
  2  5 HF 2377.301 78
  2  6 jp/cf
     

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