Text: HSB00569 Text: HSB00571 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.13, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. A court appointed special advocate and other persons 1 4 volunteering under the auspices of the child advocacy board 1 5 created in section 237.16 or a local citizen foster care 1 6 review board created in accordance with section 237.19. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 232.147, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 1 8 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 9 c. The child's parent, guardian or custodian,court-1 10appointed special advocate, andguardian ad litem, and court 1 11 appointed special advocate or other person volunteering in 1 12 connection with the child under the auspices of the child 1 13 advocacy board created in section 237.16 or a local citizen 1 14 foster care review board created in accordance with section 1 15 237.19. 1 16 Sec. 3. Section 237.21, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2003, 1 17 are amended to read as follows: 1 18 1. The information and records of or provided to a local 1 19 board,or thestate board, court appointed special advocate, 1 20 or other person volunteering under the auspices of either 1 21 board regarding a child receiving foster care and the child's 1 22 family when relating to the foster care placement are not 1 23 public records pursuant to chapter 22. The state board and 1 24 local boards, with respect to hearings involving specific 1 25 children receiving foster care and the child's family, are not 1 26 subject to chapter 21. 1 27 3. Members of the state board and local boards, court 1 28 appointed special advocate, or other person volunteering under 1 29 the auspices of either board, and the employees of the 1 30 department and the department of inspections and appeals are 1 31 subject to standards of confidentiality pursuant to sections 1 32 217.30, 228.6, subsection 1, sections 235A.15, 600.16, and 1 33 600.16A. Members of the state and local boards and employees 1 34 of the department and the department of inspections and 1 35 appeals who disclose information or records of the board or 2 1 department, other than as provided in subsection 2, are guilty 2 2 of a simple misdemeanor. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill relates to confidentiality and liability 2 5 provisions involving the child advocacy board and the programs 2 6 and volunteers associated with the board. The child advocacy 2 7 board is part of the department of inspections and appeals and 2 8 has many responsibilities for oversight and review of the 2 9 state's foster care system, including establishing and 2 10 overseeing local citizen foster care review boards and 2 11 administering the court appointed special advocate program. 2 12 Code section 232.13, providing state tort liability 2 13 protection for court appointed special advocates and certain 2 14 other persons, is expanded to provide the protection for other 2 15 persons volunteering under the auspices of the child advocacy 2 16 board or a local foster care review board. 2 17 Code section 232.147, relating to confidentiality of 2 18 juvenile court records, authorizes disclosure of a child's 2 19 official records without court order to various persons 2 20 involved with the juvenile court system, including the child's 2 21 court appointed special advocate. The bill expands the 2 22 disclosure authorization to other persons volunteering in 2 23 connection with the child under the auspices of the child 2 24 advocacy board or a local foster care review board. 2 25 Code section 237.21 provides that information or records 2 26 involving a child or the child's family provided to the child 2 27 advocacy board or a local foster care review board, as well as 2 28 employees of the departments of human services and inspections 2 29 and appeals, are not public records. In addition, those 2 30 persons are subject to various statutory confidentiality 2 31 standards and to a simple misdemeanor penalty for unauthorized 2 32 disclosure of confidential information. The bill makes both 2 33 of these provisions applicable to court appointed special 2 34 advocates and other volunteers of the child advocacy board or 2 35 a local foster care review board. 3 1 LSB 5289DP 80 3 2 jp/sh/8
Text: HSB00569 Text: HSB00571 Text: HSB00500 - HSB00599 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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