H-1456

   Amend  the amendment, H-1448, to Senate File 516, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 13, after line 15 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  PROFESSIONAL LICENSING BOARD INVESTIGATION.
   1.  The ombudsman shall conduct a three-year investigation of the complaint handling procedures of professional licensing boards regulated under chapters 272 and 272C.
   2.  The ombudsman shall investigate and assess the sufficiency of each professional licensing board’s internal processes for investigating, responding to, and ruling on complaints filed against persons licensed, registered, or certified by the board. Notwithstanding section 21.5, subsection 5, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), as part of the investigation authorized pursuant to this section, the ombudsman may review investigative files and closed session records.
   3.  The ombudsman shall be reimbursed by each licensing board, or by the department or agency that provides administrative support to the licensing board, for the cost of the investigation. The ombudsman shall submit quarterly statements of costs for purposes of reimbursement.
   4.  The legislative council is requested to authorize the ombudsman to hire one additional staff person for purposes of the investigation.
   5.  By October 1, 2020, the ombudsman shall submit a report to the general assembly documenting the findings of the study and any related recommendations.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque

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LENSING of Johnson