H-8179

   Amend House File 2450 as follows:
   1.  Page 21, after line 16 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  STATEWIDE SOBRIETY AND DRUG MONITORING PILOT PROGRAM.
   1.  The department of public health in collaboration with the department of corrections may approve an application from a county for a countywide sobriety and drug monitoring pilot program that is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in an effort to reduce the number of crimes that have a nexus with alcohol or drug abuse.
   2.  The sobriety and drug monitoring pilot program shall do all of the following:
   a.  Require a person who has been charged with, pled guilty to, or convicted of a crime that has a nexus with alcohol or drug abuse to abstain from alcohol or drugs for a period of time.
   b.  Require the person to be subject to testing to determine the presence of alcohol or drugs under any of the following circumstances:
   (1)  At least twice a day at a central location where an immediate sanction can be applied.
   (2)  Where twice-a-day testing is impractical, by continuous or transdermal alcohol monitoring by means of an electronic monitoring device to ensure timely sanctions can be applied.
   3.  A court in a county that has established a pilot program pursuant to this section may order a defendant, as a condition of pretrial release, probation, or parole, to participate in the program.
   4.  An approved pilot program shall begin on January 15, 2015, or upon the effective date of department rules, whichever is earlier, and shall be conducted for a minimum of one year.
   5.  The department of public health shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement this section which shall include but not be limited to provisions relating to applications for and approval of such pilot programs and reporting requirements for participating counties.
   6.  The department of public health shall submit a report on the results of the pilot projects and make recommendations to the general assembly by December 15, 2016.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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DAWSON of Woodbury

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HANSON of Jefferson

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HALL of Woodbury

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BERRY of Black Hawk