H-8105

   Amend Senate File 2258, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 11, after line 27 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN WORKGROUP.
   1.  The governor’s office of drug control policy shall convene a stakeholder workgroup to meet during the 2016 legislative interim to examine issues and develop policy recommendations relating to the protection and safety of drug endangered children for purposes of child in need of assistance and child abuse proceedings. The workgroup shall request relevant data and outcome measures relating to drug endangered children from workgroup member organizations and from state departments and agencies, including but not limited to the departments of human services and public safety, the juvenile court, the judicial branch, and other appropriate organizations. The workgroup shall comprehensively review and analyze such information and propose a statutory definition of a drug endangered child for purposes of child in need of assistance and child abuse proceedings.
   2.  The workgroup shall be composed of all of the following members:
   a.  Four members of the general assembly appointed to serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity. The legislative members shall be selected, one member each, by the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives.
   b.  Fifteen voting members to include all of the following:
   (1)  One representative from each of the following:
   (a)  The division of criminal and juvenile justice planning in the department of human rights.
   (b)  The department of human services.
   (c)  The child advocacy board.
   (d)  The department of justice.
   (e)  The judicial branch.
   (f)  The governor’s office of drug control policy.
   (g)  The Iowa alliance for drug endangered children.
   (h)  The Iowa county attorneys association.
   (i)  The Iowa state sheriffs’ and deputies’ association.
   (j)  A child welfare service provider group.
   (k)  A health care provider group.
   (l)  A mental health care provider group.
   (m)  A substance abuse provider group.
   (n)  A peace officer group.
   (2)  A child abuse prevention advocate.
   3.  The workgroup shall meet up to two times during the 2016 legislative interim and shall submit findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 15, 2016.
   4.  If possible, organizations participating in the workgroup shall absorb costs associated with the workgroup. The governor’s office of drug control policy shall pay other costs associated with the workgroup, not to exceed one thousand dollars, from the operating budget of the office.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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DAWSON of Woodbury