Senate File 356 H-1411 Amend Senate File 356, as passed by the Senate, as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 694.1, subsection 1, Code 2021, is 4 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 5 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. Is a veteran-at-risk. 6 Sec. 2. Section 694.1, Code 2021, is amended by adding the 7 following new subsection: 8 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. “Veteran-at-risk” means a veteran as 9 defined in section 35.1 or an active duty member of the armed 10 forces of the United States, a member of a reserve component 11 thereof, or a member of the national guard who, based on the 12 information provided by a person filing a complaint pursuant to 13 section 694.2, is a veteran or member with a physical or mental 14 health condition related to the military service of the veteran 15 or member. 16 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 694.5A Green alert program for missing 17 veterans-at-risk. 18 1. For purposes of this section: 19 a. “Department” means the department of homeland security 20 and emergency management. 21 b. “Green alert” means a public alert program for missing 22 veterans-at-risk. 23 2. The department shall establish a green alert to require 24 a law enforcement agency that receives a report of a missing 25 person involving a veteran-at-risk to submit a request for a 26 public alert to the department as soon as practicable. The 27 department shall implement rules, policies, and procedures for 28 initiating and utilizing the mass notification and emergency 29 messaging system, as described in section 29C.17A, when a 30 request for a green alert is approved. 31 3. The department shall develop the criteria to be used 32 in determining whether a green alert shall be issued. The 33 department shall develop the criteria in collaboration with 34 the department of veterans affairs, the commission of veterans 35 -1- SF 356.2207 (2) 89 da/ns 1/ 2 #1.
affairs, the United States department of veterans affairs, the 1 department of human services, the department of public safety, 2 and the Iowa association of broadcasters. The criteria shall 3 include but not be limited to the following: 4 a. A report of a missing veteran-at-risk may be provided 5 to a law enforcement agency within seventy-two hours of the 6 veteran-at-risk’s disappearance. 7 b. There is reason to believe the veteran-at-risk may 8 be missing as a consequence of a physical or mental health 9 condition related to the veteran-at-risk’s military service. 10 c. There is sufficient information available to disseminate 11 a green alert to the public that could assist in locating the 12 missing veteran-at-risk. 13 4. The department shall develop and disseminate to Iowa law 14 enforcement agencies a form to be used in submitting a request 15 to the department for a green alert. 16 5. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 17 consistent with the purposes of this section. > 18 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting 19 < An Act relating to the creation of a green alert program for 20 missing veterans-at-risk. > 21 ______________________________ B. MEYER of Polk -2- SF 356.2207 (2) 89 da/ns 2/ 2 #2.