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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 353
  1  2  
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 REQUIRING ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY CHILD PROTECTION ASSISTANCE
  1  5    TEAMS.
  1  6 
  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  8 
  1  9    Section 1.  Section 232.71B, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
  1 10 amended to read as follows:
  1 11    3.  INVOLVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.  The department shall
  1 12 apply a protocol protocols, developed with representatives of
  1 13 law enforcement agencies at the local level the local child
  1 14 protection assistance team established pursuant to section
  1 15 915.35, to prioritize the actions taken in response to child
  1 16 abuse reports and to work jointly with child protection
  1 17 assistance teams and law enforcement agencies in performing
  1 18 assessment and investigative processes for child abuse reports
  1 19 in which a criminal act harming a child is alleged.  The
  1 20 county attorney and appropriate law enforcement agencies shall
  1 21 also take any other lawful action which may be necessary or
  1 22 advisable for the protection of the child.  If a report is
  1 23 determined not to constitute a child abuse allegation, but a
  1 24 criminal act harming a child is alleged, the department shall
  1 25 immediately refer the matter to the appropriate law
  1 26 enforcement agency.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  Section 235A.15, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
  1 28 2003, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  1 29    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (10)  To the child protection assistance
  1 30 team established in accordance with section 915.35 for the
  1 31 county in which the report was made.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  Section 331.756, Code 2003, is amended by adding
  1 33 the following new subsection:
  1 34    NEW SUBSECTION.  83B.  Establish a child protection
  1 35 assistance team in accordance with section 915.35.
  2  1    Sec. 4.  Section 915.35, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  2  2 amended to read as follows:
  2  3    4.  a.  To the greatest extent possible, a
  2  4 multidisciplinary A child protection assistance team involving
  2  5 the county attorney, law enforcement personnel, community-
  2  6 based child advocacy organizations, and personnel of the
  2  7 department of human services shall be established for each
  2  8 county by the county attorney.  However, by mutual agreement,
  2  9 two or more county attorneys may establish a single child
  2 10 protection assistance team to cover a multicounty area.  A
  2 11 child protection assistance team, to the greatest extent
  2 12 possible, may be consulted in cases involving a forcible
  2 13 felony against a child who is less than age fourteen in which
  2 14 the suspected offender is the person responsible for the care
  2 15 of a child, as defined in section 232.68.  A child protection
  2 16 assistance team may also be utilized in investigating and
  2 17 prosecuting cases involving a violation of chapter 709 or 726
  2 18 or other crime committed upon a victim as defined in
  2 19 subsection 1.
  2 20    b.  A multidisciplinary child protection assistance team
  2 21 may also consult with or include juvenile court officers,
  2 22 medical and mental health professionals, physicians or other
  2 23 hospital-based health professionals, court-appointed special
  2 24 advocates, guardians ad litem, and members of a
  2 25 multidisciplinary team created by the department of human
  2 26 services for child abuse investigations.  A child protection
  2 27 assistance team may work cooperatively with the local
  2 28 community empowerment area board established under section
  2 29 28.6.  The child protection assistance team shall work with
  2 30 the department of human services in accordance with section
  2 31 232.71B, subsection 3, in developing the protocols for
  2 32 prioritizing the actions taken in response to child abuse
  2 33 reports and for law enforcement agencies working jointly with
  2 34 the department at the local level in processes for child abuse
  2 35 reports.  The department of justice may provide training and
  3  1 other assistance to support the activities of a
  3  2 multidisciplinary child protection assistance team referred to
  3  3 in this subsection.
  3  4    Sec. 5.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  3  5 3, shall not apply to this Act.  
  3  6 
  3  7 
  3  8                                                             
  3  9                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 10                               President of the Senate
  3 11 
  3 12 
  3 13                                                             
  3 14                               CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS
  3 15                               Speaker of the House
  3 16 
  3 17    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  3 18 is known as Senate File 353, Eightieth General Assembly.
  3 19 
  3 20 
  3 21                                                             
  3 22                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  3 23                               Secretary of the Senate
  3 24 Approved                , 2003
  3 25 
  3 26 
  3 27                                
  3 28 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  3 29 Governor
     
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