Senate Amendment 5376


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2577 as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 8, by inserting after line 32, the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 234.39, subsection 6, if
     1  6 enacted by 2004 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2298, is
     1  7 amended by striking the subsection.
     1  8    Sec.    .  Section 272C.3, subsection 1, paragraph
     1  9 k, Code Supplement 2003, is amended to read as
     1 10 follows:
     1 11    k.  Establish a licensee review committee for the
     1 12 purpose of evaluating and monitoring licensees who are
     1 13 impaired as a result of alcohol or drug abuse,
     1 14 dependency, or addiction, or by any mental or physical
     1 15 disorder or disability, and who self=report the
     1 16 impairment to the committee, or who are referred by
     1 17 the board to the committee.  Members of the committee
     1 18 shall receive actual expenses for the performance of
     1 19 their duties and shall be eligible to receive per diem
     1 20 compensation pursuant to section 7E.6.  The board
     1 21 shall adopt rules for the establishment and
     1 22 administration of the committee, including but not
     1 23 limited to establishment of the criteria for
     1 24 eligibility for referral to the committee and the
     1 25 grounds for disciplinary action for noncompliance with
     1 26 committee decisions.  Information in the possession of
     1 27 the board or the licensee review committee, under this
     1 28 paragraph, shall be subject to the confidentiality
     1 29 requirements of section 272C.6.  Referral of a
     1 30 licensee by the board to a licensee review committee
     1 31 shall not relieve the board of any duties of the board
     1 32 and shall not divest the board of any authority or
     1 33 jurisdiction otherwise provided.  A licensee who
     1 34 violates section 272C.10 or the rules of the board
     1 35 while under review by the licensee review committee
     1 36 shall be referred to the board for appropriate
     1 37 action.>
     1 38 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 42 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
     1 43 JEFF ANGELO, Chairperson
     1 44 HF 2577.207 80
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