House Amendment 1019 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 206 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 13 the 1 3 following: 1 4 <Sec. . Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph 1 5 b, Code 2003, is amended by adding the following new 1 6 subparagraph: 1 7 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (13) A member of the clergy. 1 8 However, if the belief that a child has suffered abuse 1 9 arises from information obtained only during a 1 10 penitential communication, the clergy member is not 1 11 subject to the requirement to make the report. This 1 12 subparagraph shall not be construed to modify or limit 1 13 a clergy member's duty to report the belief that a 1 14 child has been abused when the clergy member is acting 1 15 in some other capacity that would otherwise make the 1 16 clergy member a mandatory reporter of abuse. For the 1 17 purposes of this subparagraph, unless the context 1 18 otherwise requires: 1 19 (a) "Clergy member" or "member of the clergy" 1 20 means an individual who is designated as clergy by 1 21 ordination, licensing, or other form of entitlement by 1 22 the religious group or sect with whom the individual 1 23 is affiliated. 1 24 (b) "Penitential communication" means a 1 25 communication intended to be in confidence, including 1 26 but not limited to a sacramental confession made to a 1 27 clergy member who, in the course of the discipline or 1 28 practice of the clergy member's religious group or 1 29 sect, is authorized to hear those communications, and 1 30 under the discipline, practice, tenets, or customs of 1 31 the religious group or sect, the clergy member has the 1 32 duty to keep the communication secret. 1 33 Sec. . Section 232.69, subsection 3, paragraph 1 34 b, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 35 b. A person required to make a report under 1 36 subsection 1, other than a physician whose 1 37 professional practice does not regularly involve 1 38 providing primary health care to children or a member 1 39 of the clergy, shall complete two hours of training 1 40 relating to the identification and reporting of child 1 41 abuse within six months of initial employment or self= 1 42 employment involving the examination, attending, 1 43 counseling, or treatment of children on a regular 1 44 basis. Within one month of initial employment or 1 45 self=employment, the person shall obtain a statement 1 46 of the abuse reporting requirements from the person's 1 47 employer or, if self=employed, from the department. 1 48 The person shall complete at least two hours of 1 49 additional child abuse identification and reporting 1 50 training every five years.> 2 1 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 MURPHY of Dubuque 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 McCARTHY of Polk 2 10 HF 206.501 80 2 11 jp/cf -1-