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House Amendment 8672

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend House File 2377, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, line 6, by inserting before the word
  1  4 "committee" the following:  "child fatality review".
  1  5    #2.  Page 1, line 8, by striking the word "death"
  1  6 and inserting the following:  "fatality".
  1  7    #3.  Page 1, line 17, by striking the word "death"
  1  8 and inserting the following:  "fatality".
  1  9    #4.  Page 1, line 24, by striking the word "deaths"
  1 10 and inserting the following:  "fatalities".
  1 11    #5.  Page 1, by striking line 30 and inserting the
  1 12 following:  "each report and allegation of child abuse
  1 13 involving the child who died."
  1 14    #6.  Page 2, line 9, by striking the word "death"
  1 15 and inserting the following:  "fatality".
  1 16    #7.  Page 2, line 16, by striking the word "death"
  1 17 and inserting the following:  "fatality".
  1 18    #8.  Page 2, line 16, by inserting before the words
  1 19 ", the committee" the following:  "and the appeal
  1 20 period for the granting of a new trial".
  1 21    #9.  Page 2, line 22, by inserting after the word
  1 22 "report" the following:  "and any supplemental
  1 23 report".
  1 24    #10.  Page 2, by striking line 33 and inserting the
  1 25 following:  "report on a child fatality by an ad hoc
  1 26 child fatality review committee under".
  1 27    #11.  Page 3, by inserting after line 4 the
  1 28 following:
  1 29    "Sec.    .  Section 232.70, Code 1999, is amended
  1 30 by adding the following new subsection:
  1 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Within twenty-four hours of
  1 32 receiving a report from a mandatory or permissive
  1 33 reporter, the department shall inform the reporter,
  1 34 orally or by other appropriate means, whether or not
  1 35 the department has commenced an assessment of the
  1 36 allegation in the report."
  1 37    #12.  Page 3, by inserting after line 22 the
  1 38 following:
  1 39    "Sec.    .  Section 235A.15, subsection 2,
  1 40 paragraph f, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read
  1 41 as follows:
  1 42    f.  The following, but only Only with respect to
  1 43 disposition data for cases of founded child abuse
  1 44 subject to placement in the central registry pursuant
  1 45 to section 232.71D:
  1 46    (1)  To to a person who submits written
  1 47 authorization from an individual allowing the person
  1 48 access to data pursuant to this subsection on behalf
  1 49 of the individual in order to verify whether the
  1 50 individual is named in a founded child abuse report as
  2  1 having abused a child.
  2  2    (2)  To an individual who is requesting information
  2  3 on a specific case of child abuse which resulted in a
  2  4 child fatality or near fatality."
  2  5    #13.  By striking page 3, line 32 through page 4,
  2  6 line 5 and inserting the following:  "protection
  2  7 system in order to improve the system.  After".
  2  8    #14.  Page 5, by striking lines 28 and 29 and
  2  9 inserting the following:
  2 10    "i.  Information, the release of which is a
  2 11 violation of federal law or regulation."
  2 12    #15.  Page 6, by striking lines 6 through 15 and
  2 13 inserting the following:  "other official source.  The
  2 14 child abuse information may also include the following
  2 15 related information that the individual is allowed
  2 16 under law to possess:  department of human services
  2 17 information described in section 217.30, subsection 1,
  2 18 mental health information as defined in section 228.1,
  2 19 and juvenile court social records and other
  2 20 information in official juvenile court records
  2 21 described in section 232.147.  A person who receives
  2 22 confidential child abuse information and related
  2 23 information redisseminated under this subsection".
  2 24    #16.  Page 7, by inserting after line 14 the
  2 25 following:
  2 26    "Sec. ___.  STUDY OF ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL
  2 27 INFORMATION.  The legislative council is requested to
  2 28 establish a study committee for the 2000 interim to
  2 29 review state policy regarding confidential information
  2 30 in the area of child abuse and other human services-
  2 31 related programs.  The study shall include
  2 32 consideration of the review of the child abuse program
  2 33 performed by independent experts retained by the
  2 34 department of human services, approaches used in other
  2 35 states, policy regarding privileged information, and
  2 36 access to agency and other information by the office
  2 37 of the citizens' aide."
  2 38    #17.  Page 7, by striking lines 15 through 20 and
  2 39 inserting the following:
  2 40    "Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE – APPLICABILITY.  This
  2 41 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
  2 42 effect upon enactment and is applicable to disclosures
  2 43 of information on or after the date of enactment
  2 44 related to cases of child abuse reported prior to, on,
  2 45 or after the effective date of this Act."
  2 46    #18.  Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and
  2 47 inserting the following:  "An Act providing for access
  2 48 to certain child abuse information, making penalties
  2 49 and".
  2 50    #19.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  3  1 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  3  2 HF 2377S
  3  3 jp/cc/26

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