Senate
File
2182
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Enrolled
Senate
File
2182
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
STATE
PUBLIC
DEFENDER
PILOT
PROJECT
AND
LEGAL
REPRESENTATION
IN
CHILD
WELFARE
CASES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
13B.13
State
public
defender
pilot
project
——
child
welfare
legal
representation.
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
the
law
to
the
contrary,
for
each
fiscal
year
for
the
period
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2024,
the
state
public
defender
may
establish
a
pilot
project
to
implement
innovative
models
of
legal
representation
in
order
to
assist
families
involved
in
the
child
welfare
system.
The
state
public
defender
shall
have
sole
discretion
to
establish
and
implement
the
pilot
project.
The
state
public
defender
may
implement
the
new
pilot
project
in
up
to
six
counties
throughout
the
state.
The
purpose
of
the
pilot
project
is
to
implement
and
study
innovative
ways,
through
a
team
approach
or
through
other
methods,
to
achieve
positive
outcomes
for
families,
reduce
trauma
to
young
children,
and
deliver
financial
benefits
to
families
and
their
communities.
The
state
public
defender
may
coordinate
with
other
agencies
and
organizations
to
implement
the
pilot
project,
seek
grant
funding,
and
measure
the
results.
The
state
public
defender
may
appoint
an
attorney
to
represent
an
indigent
person
prior
to
initiation
of
formal
proceedings,
without
court
order,
if
such
representation
is
deemed
appropriate
by
the
state
public
defender
and
relates
to
Senate
File
2182,
p.
2
the
purposes
of
the
pilot
project.
Sec.
2.
Section
815.11,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
815.11
Appropriations
for
indigent
defense
——
fund
created.
Costs
incurred
for
legal
representation
by
a
court-appointed
attorney
under
chapter
229A
,
665
,
822
,
or
908
,
or
section
232.141,
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“d”
,
or
section
598.23A
,
600A.6B
,
814.9
,
814.10
,
814.11
,
815.4
,
815.7
,
or
815.10
on
behalf
of
an
indigent
shall
be
paid
from
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
to
the
office
of
the
state
public
defender
in
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
and
deposited
in
an
account
to
be
known
as
the
indigent
defense
fund.
Costs
incurred
representing
an
indigent
defendant
in
a
contempt
action,
or
representing
an
indigent
juvenile
in
a
juvenile
court
proceeding,
or
representing
a
person
pursuant
to
section
13B.13
are
also
payable
from
the
fund.
However,
costs
incurred
in
any
administrative
proceeding
or
in
any
other
proceeding
under
this
chapter
or
chapter
598
,
600
,
600A
,
633
,
633A
,
814
,
or
915
or
other
provisions
of
the
Code
or
administrative
rules
are
not
payable
from
the
fund.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2182,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2020
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor