House
File
545
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Enrolled
House
File
545
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
PUBLIC
DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMATION
REGARDING
FOUNDED
CHILD
ABUSE
INVOLVING
A
CHILD
FATALITY
OR
NEAR
FATALITY.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
235A.15,
subsection
10,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10.
The
information
released
by
the
director
of
human
services
or
the
director’s
designee
pursuant
to
a
request
made
under
subsection
9
relating
to
a
case
of
founded
child
abuse
involving
a
fatality
or
near
fatality
to
a
child
shall
include
all
of
the
following,
unless
such
information
is
excepted
from
disclosure
under
subsection
9
:
a.
Any
relevant
child
abuse
information
concerning
the
cause
of
and
circumstances
surrounding
the
child
fatality
or
near
fatality,
including
the
age
and
gender
of
the
child
or
the
child’s
family
and
the
department’s
response
and
findings.
b.
Information
describing
any
previous
child
abuse
or
neglect
investigations
of
the
caregivers
responsible
for
the
child
abuse
or
neglect
that
are
pertinent
to
the
child
abuse
or
neglect
that
led
to
the
child
fatality
or
near
fatality,
and
the
results
of
any
such
investigations.
b.
c.
A
summary
of
information,
that
would
otherwise
be
confidential
under
section
217.30
,
as
to
whether
or
not
the
child
or
a
member
of
the
child’s
family
was
utilizing
social
services
provided
by
the
department
at
the
time
of
the
child
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fatality
or
near
fatality
or
within
the
five-year
period
preceding
the
fatality
or
near
fatality.
c.
d.
Any
recommendations
made
by
the
department
to
the
county
attorney
or
the
juvenile
court.
d.
e.
If
applicable,
a
summary
of
an
evaluation
of
the
department’s
responses
in
the
case.
The
services
provided
by
and
actions
of
the
state
on
behalf
of
the
child
that
are
pertinent
to
the
child
abuse
or
neglect
that
led
to
the
child
fatality
or
near
fatality.
Sec.
2.
Section
235A.15,
subsection
11,
paragraph
b,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
If
release
of
social
services
information
in
addition
to
that
released
under
subsection
10
,
paragraph
“b”
“c”
,
is
believed
to
be
in
the
public’s
interest
and
right
to
know,
the
director
of
human
services
or
the
director’s
designee
may
apply
to
the
court
under
section
235A.24
requesting
a
review
of
the
information
proposed
for
release
and
an
order
authorizing
release
of
the
information.
A
release
of
information
that
would
otherwise
be
confidential
under
section
217.30
concerning
social
services
provided
to
the
child
or
the
child’s
family
shall
not
include
information
concerning
financial
or
medical
assistance
provided
to
the
child
or
the
child’s
family.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
545,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor