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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2462
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO IMPLEMENT CHILD
1 5 WELFARE DIVERSION AND MEDIATION PILOT PROJECTS.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. CHILD WELFARE MEDIATION PILOT PROJECTS. The
1 10 department of human services shall implement one or more child
1 11 welfare diversion and mediation pilot projects through the
1 12 offices of the county attorney. The projects shall be
1 13 implemented in separate counties commencing during the fiscal
1 14 year beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005. The
1 15 purposes of the projects are to divert selected child abuse
1 16 and neglect cases that may otherwise result in a child in need
1 17 of assistance adjudication, improve permanency for children,
1 18 promote family unification, and reduce state expenditures
1 19 associated with adjudication of child protection cases.
1 20 Selection of children and families for participation in a
1 21 pilot project shall be based upon diversion criteria mutually
1 22 agreed upon by the department and a pilot project. The
1 23 department shall be assisted by the pilot projects in
1 24 collecting data to analyze the effectiveness of the pilot
1 25 projects and the department shall submit an initial evaluation
1 26 to the general assembly on or before December 15, 2007. The
1 27 savings attributable to the pilot projects shall be calculated
1 28 and may be allocated to the projects as necessary to assist
1 29 with operating expenses.
1 30 Sec. 2. CHILD IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE FAMILY CASE STAFFING
1 31 PILOT PROJECT. The department of human services shall
1 32 implement a child in need of assistance family case staffing
1 33 pilot project in at least two counties. Under the pilot
1 34 project, unless the department determines that the pilot
1 35 project approach would not be in the child's best interest,
2 1 prior to a child in need of assistance petition being filed,
2 2 the department shall conduct a full case staffing for the
2 3 child's case. The staffing participants shall include but are
2 4 not limited to relevant treatment providers, the child's
2 5 parents or guardians, and other persons involved with the
2 6 child. The purposes of the pilot project are to divert
2 7 selected child abuse and neglect cases that may otherwise
2 8 result in a child in need of assistance adjudication, improve
2 9 permanency for children, promote family unification, and
2 10 reduce state expenditures associated with adjudication of
2 11 child in need of assistance cases.
2 12
2 13
2 14
2 15 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
2 16 Speaker of the House
2 17
2 18
2 19
2 20 JEFFREY M. LAMBERTI
2 21 President of the Senate
2 22
2 23 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 24 is known as House File 2462, Eightieth General Assembly.
2 25
2 26
2 27
2 28 MARGARET THOMSON
2 29 Chief Clerk of the House
2 30 Approved , 2004
2 31
2 32
2 33
2 34 THOMAS J. VILSACK
2 35 Governor
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