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. 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 1 43 JEFF ANGELO, Chairperson 1 44 HF 2577.207 80 1 45 pf/sh 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-