House File 2609 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2301)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the training of mandatory reporters of abuse
  2    by requiring the training to address identification of
  3    domestic abuse.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6285HV 81
  6 jp/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.69, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  A person required to make a report under subsection 1,
  1  4 other than a physician whose professional practice does not
  1  5 regularly involve providing primary health care to children,
  1  6 shall complete two hours of training relating to the
  1  7 identification and reporting of child abuse within six months
  1  8 of initial employment or self=employment involving the
  1  9 examination, attending, counseling, or treatment of children
  1 10 on a regular basis.  Within one month of initial employment or
  1 11 self=employment, the person shall obtain a statement of the
  1 12 abuse reporting requirements from the person's employer or, if
  1 13 self=employed, from the department.  The person shall complete
  1 14 at least two hours of additional child abuse identification
  1 15 and reporting training every five years.  The initial and
  1 16 additional training shall include but is not limited to a
  1 17 component on identification of domestic abuse.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  Section 235B.16, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
  1 19 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 20    b.  A person required to report cases of dependent adult
  1 21 abuse pursuant to section 235B.3, other than a physician whose
  1 22 professional practice does not regularly involve providing
  1 23 primary health care to adults, shall complete two hours of
  1 24 training relating to the identification and reporting of
  1 25 dependent adult abuse within six months of initial employment
  1 26 or self=employment which involves the examination, attending,
  1 27 counseling, or treatment of adults on a regular basis.  Within
  1 28 one month of initial employment or self=employment, the person
  1 29 shall obtain a statement of the abuse reporting requirements
  1 30 from the person's employer or, if self=employed, from the
  1 31 department.  The person shall complete at least two hours of
  1 32 additional dependent adult abuse identification and reporting
  1 33 training every five years.  The initial and additional
  1 34 training shall include but is not limited to a component on
  1 35 identification of domestic abuse.
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill relates to the training of mandatory reporters of
  2  3 abuse by requiring the training to address identification of
  2  4 domestic abuse.
  2  5    Under current law in Code section 232.69, relating to
  2  6 reporting of child abuse, and in Code section 235B.16,
  2  7 relating to reporting of dependent adult abuse, a mandatory
  2  8 reporter of either type of abuse is required to have at least
  2  9 two hours of initial training and follow=up training at least
  2 10 every five years regarding the abuse that is required to be
  2 11 reported.  The bill amends both of the provisions to require
  2 12 the initial and additional training to include a component on
  2 13 identification of domestic abuse.
  2 14 LSB 6285HV 81
  2 15 jp:nh/sh/8