House File 2012

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  OSTERHAUS


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to review of certain juvenile delinquency cases
  2    by a foster care review board.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5075HH 80
  5 jm/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 237.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A local board shall, except in delinquency cases, do the
  1  4 following:
  1  5                           EXPLANATION
  1  6    This bill partially restores the participation of the
  1  7 foster care review board in reviewing delinquency cases of
  1  8 children involved in foster care.  The participation of the
  1  9 foster care review board in delinquency cases was totally
  1 10 eliminated in House File 694 during the 2003 legislative
  1 11 session.
  1 12    The bill provides that the foster care review board shall
  1 13 review the case permanency plan of a delinquent child involved
  1 14 in foster care, notify certain persons prior to the review,
  1 15 submit the findings of their review, and encourage placement
  1 16 of the delinquent child in the most appropriate setting.
  1 17 LSB 5075HH 80
  1 18 jm/sh/8.1
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