H-1385

   Amend House File 772 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 694.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  Is a veteran-at-risk.
   Sec. 2.  Section 694.1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  “Veteran-at-risk” means a veteran as defined in section 35.1 or an active duty member of the armed forces of the United States, a member of a reserve component thereof, or a member of the national guard who, based on the information provided by a person filing a complaint pursuant to section 694.2, is a veteran or member with a physical or mental health condition related to the military service of the veteran or member. 
   Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  694.5A  Green alert program for missing veterans-at-risk.
   1.  For purposes of this section:
   a.  “Department” means the department of homeland security and emergency management.
   b.  “Green alert” means a public alert program for missing veterans-at-risk.
   2.  The department shall establish a green alert to require a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing person involving a veteran-at-risk to submit a request for a public alert to the department as soon as practicable. The department shall implement rules, policies, and procedures for initiating and utilizing the mass notification and emergency messaging system, as described in section 29C.17A, when a request for a green alert is approved.
   3.  The department shall develop the criteria to be used in determining whether a green alert shall be issued. The department shall develop the criteria in collaboration with the department of veterans affairs, the commission of veterans affairs, the United States department of veterans affairs, the department of human services, the department of public safety, and the Iowa association of broadcasters. The criteria shall include but not be limited to the following:
   a.  A report of a missing veteran-at-risk may be provided to a law enforcement agency within seventy-two hours of the veteran-at-risk’s disappearance.
   b.  There is reason to believe the veteran-at-risk may be missing as a consequence of a physical or mental health condition related to the veteran-at-risk’s military service.
   c.  There is sufficient information available to disseminate a green alert to the public that could assist in locating the missing veteran-at-risk.
   4.  The department shall develop and disseminate to Iowa law enforcement agencies a form to be used in submitting a request to the department for a green alert.
   5.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A consistent with the purposes of this section.>
   2.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 5 and inserting <An Act relating to the creation of a green alert program for missing veterans-at-risk.>

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B. MEYER of Polk