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1 1 Section 1. Section 232.19, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. By a peace officer, when the peace officer has
1 4 reasonable grounds to believe the child has run away from the
1 5 child's parents, guardian, or custodian, for the purposes of
1 6 determining whether the child shall be reunited with the
1 7 child's parents, guardian, or custodian, placed in shelter
1 8 care, or, if the child is a chronic runaway and the county has
1 9 an approved county runaway treatment plan, placed in a runaway
1 10 assessment center under section 232.196. If the county does
1 11 not have an approved runaway treatment plan or the child is
1 12 not a chronic runaway, the child, together with the child's
1 13 parent, guardian, or custodian, shall participate in a brief
1 14 counseling session, if such services are available in the
1 15 county, addressing the reasons why the child has run away.
1 16 The counseling may occur at a shelter care facility or another
1 17 location.
1 18 Sec. 2. Section 232.195, Code 2001, is amended to read as
1 19 follows:
1 20 232.195 RUNAWAY TREATMENT PLAN.
1 21 A county may develop a runaway treatment plan to address
1 22 problems with chronic runaway children in the county. The
1 23 plan shall identify the problems with chronic runaway children
1 24 in the county and specific solutions to be implemented by the
1 25 county, including the development of a runaway assessment
1 26 center. If a county has not developed a runaway treatment
1 27 plan or the child is not a chronic runaway, the child,
1 28 together with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, may
1 29 participate in a counseling session as provided in section
1 30 232.19, subsection 1, paragraph "c".
1 31 EXPLANATION
1 32 This bill relates to counseling for runaway children. The
1 33 bill provides that if a county does not have an approved
1 34 runaway treatment plan or the child is not a chronic runaway,
1 35 a child who has run away and the child's parent or guardian
2 1 shall participate in a counseling session, if such services
2 2 are available in the county, addressing the reasons why the
2 3 child ran away. The bill provides that the counseling may
2 4 occur at a shelter care facility or any other location.
2 5 LSB 2809HH 79
2 6 jm/gg/8
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