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1 1 HOUSE FILE 598
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1 3
1 4 AN ACT
1 5 ESTABLISHING A CHILD PROTECTION CENTER GRANT PROGRAM.
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1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 9 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.113 CHILD PROTECTION CENTER
1 10 GRANT PROGRAM.
1 11 1. A child protection center grant program is established
1 12 in the Iowa department of public health in accordance with
1 13 this section. The director of public health shall establish
1 14 requirements for the grant program and shall award grants. A
1 15 grant may be used for establishment of a new center or for
1 16 support of an existing center.
1 17 2. The eligibility requirements for a child protection
1 18 center grant shall include but are not limited to all of the
1 19 following:
1 20 a. A grantee must meet or be in the process of meeting the
1 21 standards established by the national children's alliance for
1 22 children's advocacy centers.
1 23 b. A grantee must have in place an interagency memorandum
1 24 of understanding regarding participation in the operation of
1 25 the center and for coordinating the activities of the
1 26 government entities that respond to cases of child abuse in
1 27 order to facilitate the appropriate disposition of child abuse
1 28 cases through the juvenile and criminal justice systems.
1 29 Agencies participating under the memorandum must include the
1 30 following that are operating in the area served by the
1 31 grantee:
1 32 (1) Department of human services county offices assigned
1 33 to child protection.
1 34 (2) County and municipal law enforcement agencies.
1 35 (3) Office of the county attorney.
2 1 (4) Other government agencies involved with child abuse
2 2 assessments or service provision.
2 3 c. The interagency memorandum must provide for a
2 4 cooperative team approach to responding to child abuse,
2 5 reducing the number of interviews required of a victim of
2 6 child abuse, and establishing an approach that emphasizes the
2 7 best interest of the child and that provides investigation,
2 8 assessment, and rehabilitative services.
2 9 d. As necessary to address serious cases of child abuse
2 10 such as those involving sexual abuse, serious physical abuse,
2 11 and substance abuse, a grantee must be able to involve or
2 12 consult with persons from various professional disciplines who
2 13 have training and expertise in addressing special types of
2 14 child abuse. These persons may include but are not limited to
2 15 physicians and other health care professionals, mental health
2 16 professionals, social workers, child protection workers,
2 17 attorneys, juvenile court officers, public health workers,
2 18 child development experts, child educators, and child
2 19 advocates.
2 20 3. The director shall create a committee to consider grant
2 21 proposals and to make grant recommendations to the director.
2 22 The committee membership may include but is not limited to
2 23 representatives of the following: departments of human
2 24 services, justice, and public health, Iowa medical society,
2 25 Iowa hospital association, Iowa nurses association, and an
2 26 association representing social workers.
2 27 4. Implementation of the grant program is subject to the
2 28 availability of funding for the grant program.
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2 31
2 32 BRENT SIEGRIST
2 33 Speaker of the House
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2 35
3 1
3 2 MARY E. KRAMER
3 3 President of the Senate
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3 5 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
3 6 is known as House File 598, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
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3 8
3 9
3 10 MARGARET THOMSON
3 11 Chief Clerk of the House
3 12 Approved , 2001
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3 14
3 15
3 16 THOMAS J. VILSACK
3 17 Governor
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