2000 Summary of Legislation CHILDREN AND YOUTH Published by the Iowa General Assembly -- Legislative Service Bureau

CHILDREN AND YOUTH LEGISLATION

SENATE FILE 421 - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction -- Adoption and Termination of Parental Rights (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act permits the juvenile court to exercise jurisdiction over adoption proceedings and specifies that the juvenile court exercise jurisdiction over proceedings for termination of parental rights. Currently, only a district court judge may preside over adoption proceedings.

   Currently, the "Termination of Parental Rights" chapter, Code Chapter 600A, provides for the exercise of jurisdiction by the juvenile court in those matters. However, Code Chapter 232, which establishes the parameters of juvenile court jurisdiction under Code Section 602.7101, contains no reference to the exercise of jurisdiction under Code chapter 600A. The Act adds a reference to Code Chapter 600A and Code Chapter 232 to provide for juvenile court exercise of jurisdiction in those matters.

SENATE FILE 2221 - Juvenile Court Jurisdiction (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY. This Act makes changes relating to proceedings involving juvenile offenders in juvenile and district court.

   The Act provides the district court with the option to suspend a sentence of a juvenile offender who has been waived to adult court, except for a juvenile who commits a class "A" felony. The Act also provides that a juvenile waived to adult court may not receive a deferred judgment for a class "A" felony. Under existing law, the district court may suspend the sentence of an adult offender under certain statutes but is unable to suspend the sentence of any juvenile offender waived to adult court. Existing law also permits a court to grant a deferred judgment to a juvenile waived to adult court for a class "A" felony.

   The Act also extends the duration of the juvenile court's jurisdiction over certain offenders. The Act provides that if a dispositional order is entered prior to a juvenile attaining 17 years of age, the order shall automatically terminate when the juvenile reaches the age of 18. However, the Act provides that if a dispositional order is entered after a juvenile reaches the age of 17, the order may terminate up to 18 months after the date of the order.

   The Act also provides that an adult who has committed a delinquent act and who is under the supervision of the juvenile court may be supervised by the juvenile court until the age of 19«. The Act further provides that a juvenile who has been ordered to the training school after reaching the age of 17 may be held at the training school for up to18 months after the date of the order for the purpose of completing any necessary instruction.

   The Act generally extends the duration of juvenile court jurisdiction over certain offenders by six months beyond the jurisdiction granted under existing law.

SENATE FILE 2344 - Child and Family Services (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES. This Act relates to child and family services administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS), including home condition investigations, child and dependent adult abuse registry access, case permanency plan requirements and other child welfare provisions, and the State Child Care Assistance Program.

Division I -- Home Condition Investigations

   This division amends Code Section 598.12, relating to home condition investigations, including the appointment of an attorney for a minor child relating to a dissolution of marriage. The amendment strikes references to DHS in provisions authorizing the court to appoint the department or an appropriate agency to make investigations regarding placement of the child, parenting capacities, and other matters.

Division II -- Child and Dependent Adult Abuse Registry Access

   Code Section 235A.19, relating to requests for correction or expungement of child abuse information and appeals, prohibits the department from disclosing the information until the conclusion of proceedings. However, there is a list of exceptions to the prohibition. The Act adds to that list by allowing disclosure for the purpose of statutorily authorized record checks for employment of an individual by a provider of adult home care, adult health facility care, or other adult placement facility care.

   The Act amends Code Section 235B.6 to allow access to dependent adult abuse information to the administrator of an agency providing care to a dependent adult in another state, for the purpose of performing an employment background check.

Division III -- Case Permanency Plans

   This division relates to the definitions of "case permanency plan" for children removed for out-of-home placements and other child welfare provisions. The Act amends the definition in Code Section 232.2 of the Juvenile Justice Code to include a reference to the federal requirements for the plans in the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act, Pub. L. No. 105-89. In addition, the Act amends a definition of "case permanency plan" in Code Section 237.15, used for the foster care review process. The Act strikes and rewrites that definition to incorporate identical language in the Code Section 232.2 definition by reference and reinserts additional plan requirements that existed prior to this enactment.

   In addition, the Act includes new case permanency plan provisions. A plan is required under current law for children placed out of home pursuant to a court order. If a child is placed out of state, the Act requires that a department designee or other person must visit the child at least once every 12 months. If it has been determined that the child cannot return home, the plan must document the steps taken toward finalizing an adoption or other permanent placement.

   In ex parte orders for temporary removal of a child, the order no longer has to specify the facility to which the child is to be brought. These removal orders and other temporary removal orders resulting from the filing of a child in need of assistance petition must now include a statement that allowing the child to remain in the child's home would be contrary to the welfare of the child and that reasonable efforts have been made to prevent or eliminate the need for the removal.

   If a child is subject to an ex parte order for temporary removal, the court must also hold a hearing within 10 days of the temporary removal to determine whether the removal should be continued.

   Under the existing provisions for court orders following a determination that a child is in need of assistance, there are provisions defining the reasonable efforts made for family preservation and unification. The Act provides that if returning the child to the family home is not appropriate or is not possible, the reasonable efforts are to include efforts made in a timely manner to finalize a permanency plan for the child. Existing law requires a permanency hearing to be held for children in an out-of-home placement. The Act amends this law to require the court to identify a primary permanency goal and if a permanency plan is already in effect, the court is to make a determination whether reasonable progress is being made in achieving the permanency goal and other provisions of that plan.

Division IV -- State Child Care Assistance

   This division places into Code Chapter 237A, relating to regulation of child care, the provisions of the State Child Care Assistance Program that have been previously outlined on a year-to-year basis in the appropriations Acts for DHS.

   The Act specifies basic eligibility provisions under which the child's parent, guardian or custodian must be participating in academic or vocational training, be seeking employment, be employed and meet income requirements, or be absent due to hospitalization or physical or mental illness, or the child needs protective services. Services may be provided in various regulated and unregulated settings. The Act requires DHS to set reimbursement rates for child care providers as authorized by appropriations and to conduct a statewide reimbursement rate survey at least every two years. Rates are to be set in a manner so as to provide an incentive for unregistered providers to become registered.

   Based on funding availability, the Act authorizes DHS to establish a waiting list for child care assistance. These persons are exempt from any waiting lists: Family Investment Program participants, families already receiving state child care assistance upon the birth of a child, and children who need protective services. Waiting lists are to be applied according to specified criteria involving family poverty and employment status, age of parent, and participation in an approved training or educational program, and presence of a special needs child.

   The Act directs DHS to review alternatives for applying reimbursement rates on a county, cluster or regional basis and to report to the legislative subcommittee that oversees the department's budget.

SENATE FILE 2369 - Interagency Sharing of Confidential Information (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES. This Act provides for the sharing of juvenile court social records pursuant to an interagency agreement prior to any adjudication. The Act allows such records to be disclosed, without court order, for the purpose of sharing information with schools and juvenile justice system agencies that have agreed to share information.

   The Act also provides for the sharing of Department of Human Services child abuse information with parties to an interagency agreement if the interagency agreement is approved by the department, and if the sharing is necessary to assist the department in the disposition of a child abuse case. The Act also permits the department to share records with public officials for use in connection with their official duties, if the department approves the release of the records.

   See also H.F. 2377 for other provisions relating to sharing of child abuse and other information with the Governor and certain legislators. Under existing law, a school may share information pursuant to an interagency agreement, but the other parties to the agreement are unable to share information with the school or other agencies that are part of the agreement.

HOUSE FILE 2377 - Access to Child Abuse Information (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES. This Act provides for access to child abuse information for purposes of review and public disclosure.

   Existing law relating to the Child Death Review Team is amended. This team is staffed by the Iowa Department of Public Health and issues an annual report making recommendations for actions to prevent child deaths. Under the Act, the team is to prepare protocols for a child fatality review committee to be appointed by the Director of Public Health on an ad hoc basis to review child abuse assessments involving the fatality of a child who is under age 18. The director is to appoint a medical examiner, a pediatrician, and a person involved with law enforcement to the fatality review committee. The purpose of the ad hoc committee review is to determine whether the Department of Human Services (DHS) and others involved with a case of child abuse that ended with a fatality responded appropriately.

   The ad hoc committee has access to patient records and other confidential information. The committee is to issue a report with findings concerning the case and recommendations to prevent child fatalities when similar circumstances exist. Specific information regarding the actions of DHS and others is to be included in the report. The information released in the report is subject to confidentiality restrictions applicable to the DHS report on child fatality and near fatality cases also included in this Act. Consultation with the relevant county attorney is required prior to issuance of the report. A later supplemental report is required for information that was withheld in the initial report so as not to jeopardize the prosecution or the rights of an alleged perpetrator to a fair trial.

   The Act includes a number of provisions applicable to DHS. The department is required, within 24 hours of receiving a report from a mandatory or permissive reporter, to inform the reporter whether or not an assessment of the allegation has commenced. Upon completion of an assessment, the department is directed to offer an assessment report to each mandatory reporter who reported the child abuse. The Governor is authorized to request information concerning specific cases of child abuse reported to the department.

   The term "near fatality" is defined. Federal law addresses public disclosure by states concerning cases of child abuse that resulted in a fatality or near fatality. The Act requires the department to respond to a request for information concerning such cases within five business days. The department is to disclose confidential information, subject to a list of restrictions. Restrictions on release of information include mental health or psychological information, information that is believed would cause mental or physical harm to a sibling, information that would jeopardize a prosecution or undermine a criminal investigation, and other information. A person whose request for child abuse information is denied by DHS may apply to the juvenile court for an order compelling disclosure. The juvenile court is to review the child abuse information and order disclosure of the information unless the court finds one of the listed restrictions is applicable.

   In addition, the department is to provide information on such cases without those restrictions to the following authorized requestors: the Governor or the Governor's designee and to members or employees of the General Assembly designated by a legislative leader listed in the Act. After completing a review of the information provided, these authorized requestors may issue a report to the Governor regarding the specific case.

   Current law includes criminal and civil penalties for a prohibited redissemination of child abuse information. The Act makes an exception to the prohibitions for the child named as the victim of abuse; the child's parent, guardian or custodian; and the person named in the report as having abused the child. The exception allows any of these persons to redisseminate child abuse information and related confidential information that the person is authorized to have. The redissemination is limited to the Governor or the Governor's designee or to a member of the General Assembly or an employee of the General Assembly designated by the member. Persons receiving the redisseminated information cannot further redisseminate except to persons authorized to have access to the information.

   The Act relates to expungement of child abuse information from the department's Child Abuse Registry by requiring expungement upon a determination by a juvenile or district court that the information is unfounded in a written finding.

   The Act also requests the Legislative Council to establish a legislative study committee during the 2000 Interim to review state policy concerning confidential information in the area of child abuse and other human services-related programs.

   The Act takes effect April 21, 2000, and is applicable to disclosures of information on or after that date related to cases of child abuse reported prior to, on or after that date.

RELATED LEGISLATION

SENATE FILE 228 -- School Employment or Volunteer Record Checks (Complete summary under EDUCATION.)

   This Act authorizes the administrators of a public school district or an accredited private school, for purposes of a volunteer or employment record check, to have access to founded child and dependent adult abuse information in the possession of the Department of Human Services.

SENATE FILE 2007 -- Guardians -- Procurement of Professional Services for Ward (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act provides that a guardian is not required to seek prior court approval in the instance in which, if necessitated by the physical or mental disability of the ward, anesthesia is used in providing the ward professional care, counseling, treatment, or services limited to the provision of routine physical and dental examinations, and administering anesthesia is within the health care practitioner's scope of practice.

SENATE FILE 2031 -- Sex Offender Registration (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act makes changes to the criminal penalties relating to the Sex Offender Registry. The Act also changes the period of time by which an offender must register from 10 days to five days.

SENATE FILE 2092 -- Substantive Code Corrections (Complete summary under STATE GOVERNMENT.)

   This Act contains statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities. The civil penalty applicable to holders of liquor licenses or permits for first offense violations of Code Section 123.49, subsection 2, paragraph "h," which relates to sales of alcohol to minors, is changed from $300 to $500. Language relating to the expunging of child abuse information from the Child Abuse Registry is changed to specify that information relating to the types of child abuse specified in paragraph "c" or "e" of Code Section 232.68, subsection 2, is not to be expunged for 30 years. Provisions relating to temporary emergency jurisdiction of courts of this state in child-custody matters are amended by replacing the word "or" in the phrase "court or another state under a statute" with the word "of." Language relating to the listing, in an order for hearing in a child-custody proceeding, of the circumstances which must be demonstrated by a respondent to prevent the hearing from going forward is amended to reflect the mutual exclusivity of those circumstances. Language in provisions relating to the fingerprinting of adults and juveniles is amended to clarify that final disposition reports are to be filled out on both arrests of adults and the taking of juveniles into custody.

SENATE FILE 2254 -- Child Support -- Medical Support -- Data Matching (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

   This Act provides changes in child support law relating to medical support, to payment of financial institutions for the costs of quarterly data matches and automation program development, and to liability of financial institutions relating to data matches.

SENATE FILE 2265 -- Lascivious Acts -- Additional Sentence (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act provides for the imposition of an additional sentence of mandatory parole or work release for offenders sentenced to a period of confinement for the criminal offense of lascivious acts with a child.

SENATE FILE 2302 -- Public Health Programs and Issues (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act makes changes relating to programs under the purview of the Iowa Department of Public Health. The Act corrects the reference to "targeted housing" to read "target housing" for the purposes of the program relating to lead-poisoned children, and provides that the provisions apply to children under six years of age. The Act also explicitly authorizes breast-feeding of a child in a public place.

SENATE FILE 2313 -- Driver Licensing, Authorized Emergency Vehicles, and Miscellaneous Motor Vehicle Provisions (Complete summary under TRANSPORTATION.)

   This Act amends Code Section 321.446, relating to child restraint devices in vehicles. The Act requires children under six years of age to be in a child restraint system or safety belt when transported in a motor vehicle subject to registration. The Act provides an exception to this requirement for children transported in motor homes, unless the child is transported in the front passenger seat of the motor home.

SENATE FILE 2314 -- Communicable and Infectious Diseases (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act combines four related Code chapters into a new Code Chapter 139A, titled the "Communicable and Infectious Disease Reporting and Control Act." With regard to required immunizations of children, the Act retains exceptions for health reasons and expands the religious exception to include not only members of a recognized religious denomination but also persons who are adherents to recognized religious denominations. A similar exception also applies to the instilling of a prophylactic solution in the eyes of newborns and to the broader category of a course of medical treatment prescribed by law or by a health care provider.

SENATE FILE 2360 -- Human Services -- Administration and Employment (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

   This Act relates to various state and local administrative provisions involving human services and requires the Department of Human Services to conduct criminal and child abuse and dependent adult abuse record checks on employees, prospective employees, volunteers, and prospective volunteers in the department's local offices who have direct contact with the department's clients.

SENATE FILE 2366 -- Purchase, Possession, and Sale of Cigarettes and Tobacco Products (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act relates to cigarette and tobacco product provisions. The Act makes the use of a false or altered driver's license or nonoperator's identification card by a person under the age of 18 to obtain cigarettes or tobacco products a simple misdemeanor. However, the possession of cigarettes or tobacco products by an individual under the age of 18 as part of the individual's employment does not constitute a violation of the prohibition against a minor possessing cigarettes or tobacco products. The Act establishes civil penalties for violations of the prohibition against a minor smoking, using, possessing, purchasing, or attempting to purchase tobacco, tobacco products or cigarettes.

SENATE FILE 2368 -- Family Investment Program -- Miscellaneous Provisions (Complete summary under HUMAN SERVICES.)

   This Act makes various changes to the Family Investment Program and related provisions.

SENATE FILE 2429 -- Appropriations -- Health and Human Rights (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act provides for a study regarding prevention of lead poisoning among children in the state of Iowa. The study shall be conducted by the Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, in consultation with an ad hoc committee of designated individuals, with recommendations submitted in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2001.

SENATE FILE 2435 -- Appropriations -- Human Services (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS. )

   This Act provides appropriations to the Department of Human Services for FY 2000-2001 and includes provisions related to federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds for Community Empowerment Initiative child care programming, child care emergency and start-up grants, assistance to providers of school-age child care, and provision of educational opportunities to child care providers; implementation of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program through the school system; the Medical Assistance (MA) Program (Medicaid) eligibility income limit for pregnant women and infants under the mothers and infants category; continued funding for the State Child Care Assistance Program and child care resource and referral services; and funding for court-ordered services provided to juveniles and for child support enforcement. The Act also delays implementation of the subsidized guardianship program.

HOUSE FILE 683 -- Child Custody, Visitation, and Support -- Mediation (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act provides for mediation services related to custody, visitation and support of a child.

HOUSE FILE 723 -- Animal Torture (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act creates a new offense referred to as "animal torture." The Act provides that a person is guilty of animal torture if the person inflicts upon the animal severe physical pain with a depraved or sadistic intent to cause prolonged suffering or death. A person convicted of animal torture is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor for the first offense and a class "D" felony for a subsequent offense. The Act provides that the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in a proceeding concerning a child who is alleged to have committed animal torture. The juvenile court cannot waive jurisdiction in a proceeding concerning an offense alleged to have been committed by a child under the age of 17.

HOUSE FILE 2135 -- Child Support -- Liens -- Motor Vehicle Registration -- Income Withholding (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act relates to support obligations. The Act amends the section of the Code relating to development of a statewide support lien index. The Act also removes the date, October 1, 1999, as the last date on which a payor of income (an employer, trustee or governmental entity) was required to include, in payment identification, the date income was withheld from a support obligor.

HOUSE FILE 2240 -- Guardianships and Conservatorships -- Notice -- Counsel (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act amends certain parallel Code sections relating to notice and the appointment of counsel in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings.

HOUSE FILE 2351 -- Limited Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Clothing and Footwear (Complete summary under TAXATION.)

   This Act provides for a sales and use tax exemption for clothing and footwear purchased on the first Friday and Saturday of August in each year. The exemption would also apply to local sales and services taxes. The Act takes effect May 26, 2000.

HOUSE FILE 2365 -- Review of Child Deaths (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act amends the duties of the Child Death Review Team to require review of all deaths of children under age 18, rather than only those age six or younger.

HOUSE FILE 2388 -- Modification of Child Custody or Support Orders -- Pilot Project (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act provides for implementation of a pilot project relating to the concurrent jurisdiction of the juvenile court and the district court in modification of child custody and support orders when the juvenile court issues an order removing a child from the custody of a parent previously granted custody or support.

HOUSE FILE 2420 -- Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation -- Statute of Limitations (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURES & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act amends Code Sections 802.2 and 802.3, which relate to the statute of limitations for filing a sexual abuse charge.

HOUSE FILE 2437 -- Communications Between Postsecondary Schools and Students' Parents or Guardians (Complete summary under EDUCATION.)

   This Act specifically authorizes a postsecondary education institution to disclose to a parent or guardian of a student under the age of 21 years, information regarding violations of a federal, state or local law, or institutional rule or policy governing the use or possession of alcohol or a controlled substance by the student.

HOUSE FILE 2470 -- Indigent Defense (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act makes procedural and administrative changes relating to the Office of the State Public Defender and to the payment of indigent defense costs.

HOUSE FILE 2511 -- Drinking Driver Restrictions (Complete summary under CRIMINAL LAW, PROCEDURE & CORRECTIONS.)

   This Act provides for parental and school notification by law enforcement when a child under the age of 18 violates the Code sections related to public intoxication, operating while intoxicated, or driving with a blood alcohol concentration at or above .02.

HOUSE FILE 2518 -- Estates and Trusts (Complete summary under CIVIL LAW, PROCEDURE & COURT ADMINISTRATION.)

   This Act amends several sections of the Probate Code, including allowing, without a court order, bequests of $10,000 or less to a minor to be paid to a custodian for the minor under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

HOUSE FILE 2533 -- Federal Block Grant Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act appropriates federal block grant and other nonstate moneys to state agencies for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2000, and ending September 30, 2001. The Act includes funding for various programs involving children and families, including Child Care and Development, Maternal and Child Health Services, Community Services, and Social Services Block Grants.

HOUSE FILE 2549 -- Appropriations -- Education (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act appropriates moneys from the General Fund of the State to the College Student Aid Commission, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Regents and its institutions. The Act allocates moneys for the community empowerment office and for technical assistance activities, requires progress reports from local empowerment boards, and provides that School Ready Children Grants Account funds will be distributed through a grant application process. The Act directs the Iowa Empowerment Board to give consideration to the future implementation of a funding formula. The Act increases the number of board members. The Act also directs the Department of Human Services (DHS) to deposit into its Medical Assistance (MA) Account, rather than the State General Fund, amounts transferred by a qualifying hospital to DHS. The Act also increases to $12 million the amount received in additional reimbursement from the enhanced MA claiming that must be credited to the General Fund of the State resulting from a contract entered into by the state to enhance claiming of MA Program reimbursement payable for services provided by the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The Governor item vetoed a provision directing the Cooperative Extension Service at Iowa State University to conduct a study, in consultation with DHS, identifying all educational materials, seminars and assistance offered by the extension service that are duplicative, either directly or in subject area, of educational materials, seminars and assistance offered by DHS.

HOUSE FILE 2555 -- Tobacco Settlement Fund Appropriations (Complete summary under APPROPRIATIONS.)

   This Act relates to and makes appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Fund, including appropriations to the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS) for providers of services under the Medical Assistance Program and for other providers of services under the purview of DHS, for supplementation of the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for performance of an evaluation to study the effects of providing continuous eligibility for children under the Medical Assistance Program; and to the Iowa Department of Public Health for a Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program, including the funding of a statewide youth summit on tobacco use prevention and control. The Act also provides for eligibility under the Medical Assistance Program for an infant whose family income is not more than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, and provides for eligibility under the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa Program for a child whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

HOUSE FILE 2565 -- Tobacco Use Prevention and Control (Complete summary under HEALTH & SAFETY.)

   This Act creates new Code Chapter 142A, relating to tobacco use prevention and control. The Act creates a Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Division and Commission within the Iowa Department of Public Health. The commission is comprised of 10 voting members, three of whom are youth. The Act creates a Comprehensive Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Initiative, which is to be implemented with the extensive involvement of youth through the use of community partnerships, and which is targeted to reduce tobacco use by youth. The initiative includes a youth program component that is to be implemented in each community partnership area and which provides for an annual youth summit. The Act takes effect May 15, 2000.

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