House Amendment 2109
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 44, by inserting after line 26 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 216A.139 SEX OFFENDER
1 6 TREATMENT AND SUPERVISION TASK FORCE.
1 7 1. The division shall establish and maintain a
1 8 task force to study and make recommendations for
1 9 treating and supervising sex offenders in correctional
1 10 institutions, community=based correctional programs,
1 11 and in the community.
1 12 2. Members of the task force shall include members
1 13 of the general assembly selected by the legislative
1 14 council and representatives of the following:
1 15 a. One representative from the state department of
1 16 transportation.
1 17 b. One representative of the Iowa civil liberties
1 18 union.
1 19 c. One representative of the department of human
1 20 services.
1 21 d. One representative of the department of public
1 22 safety.
1 23 e. One representative of the Iowa state sheriffs'
1 24 and deputies' association.
1 25 f. One representative of the Iowa county attorneys
1 26 association.
1 27 g. One representative of the department of
1 28 corrections.
1 29 h. One representative of the board of parole.
1 30 i. One representative of a judicial district
1 31 department of correctional services.
1 32 j. One representative of the department of
1 33 justice.
1 34 k. One representative of the state public
1 35 defender.
1 36 l. One representative of the Iowa coalition
1 37 against sexual assault.
1 38 m. One representative of the judicial branch.
1 39 3. The task force shall study the following:
1 40 a. The effectiveness of electronically monitoring
1 41 sex offenders.
1 42 b. The effects and costs of sex offender
1 43 sentencing laws including the special sentence in
1 44 chapter 903B.
1 45 c. Risk assessment models created for sex
1 46 offenders.
1 47 d. Determining the best treatment programs
1 48 available for sex offenders and the efforts of Iowa
1 49 and other states to implement treatment programs.
1 50 e. The efforts of Iowa and other states to prevent
2 1 sex=related crimes and child sexual abuse.
2 2 f. Any other issues the task force deems necessary
2 3 including but not limited to computer and internet
2 4 sex=related crimes, the investigation of sex=related
2 5 crimes, sex offender case management, best practices
2 6 for sex offender supervision, the sex offender
2 7 registry, and the effectiveness of safety zones.
2 8 4. During the 2007 interim and periodically
2 9 thereafter the task force shall study and make
2 10 specific recommendations for licensure or
2 11 certification standards of sex offender treatment
2 12 programs. The specific recommendations shall be part
2 13 of any report submitted pursuant to subsection 6.
2 14 5. In addition, during the 2007 interim the task
2 15 force shall study the federal Adam Walsh Child
2 16 Protection and Safety Act of 2006 and compare the Act
2 17 with Iowa's sex offender registry laws, and make
2 18 recommendations part of any report submitted pursuant
2 19 to subsection 6.
2 20 6. Beginning on January 15, 2008, and every year
2 21 thereafter by January 15, the task force shall report
2 22 to the governor and the general assembly the issues
2 23 studied, actions taken, and task force
2 24 recommendations.>
2 25 #2. Page 59, by inserting after line 4 the
2 26 following:
2 27 <Sec. . 2005 Iowa Acts, chapter 158, section
2 28 52, is amended by striking the section.>
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2 31
2 32 SWAIM of Davis
2 33 SF 601.535 82
2 34 mg/je/10058
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