House
File
2285
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2285
BY
BERRY
and
ROGERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
study
and
report
concerning
juvenile
1
detention.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
JUVENILE
DETENTION
STUDY.
1
1.
The
public
safety
advisory
board
established
within
2
the
division
of
criminal
and
juvenile
justice
planning
of
the
3
department
of
human
rights
shall
study
the
use
of
juvenile
4
detention
in
this
state.
The
public
safety
advisory
board
5
shall
discuss
and
evaluate
the
approaches
currently
taken
6
across
this
state
for
making
juvenile
detention
decisions;
7
the
appropriateness
of
using
juvenile
detention
screening
8
instruments;
the
use
and
effectiveness
of
juvenile
detention
9
screening
instruments
used
in
this
state,
contemplated
to
10
be
used
in
this
state,
and
used
out
of
state;
the
juvenile
11
detention
screening
instrument’s
effect
on
overrepresentation
12
or
disproportionate
minority
contact
in
juvenile
detention;
13
the
offenses
for
which
juvenile
detention
is
appropriate;
14
a
juvenile
detention
screening
instrument’s
effect
on
the
15
types
of
offenses
for
which
juvenile
detention
is
appropriate;
16
and
other
matters
the
public
safety
advisory
board
deems
17
appropriate.
18
2.
The
public
safety
advisory
board
shall
develop
19
recommendations
concerning
juvenile
detention
admissions
and
20
screening,
juvenile
detention
screening
instruments,
and
other
21
issues
deemed
appropriate
by
the
board.
The
public
safety
22
advisory
board
shall,
by
December
15,
2014,
submit
a
report
23
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
the
24
general
assembly.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
requires
the
public
safety
advisory
board
to
29
study
and
report
on
juvenile
detention.
The
bill
requires
30
the
board
to
discuss
and
evaluate
the
current
method
for
31
determining
whether
to
place
juveniles
in
detention,
and
the
32
appropriateness
of
juvenile
detention
screening
instruments
33
and
their
use
in
this
state
and
out
of
state,
as
well
as
34
the
juvenile
detention
screening
instrument’s
impact
on
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disproportionate
minority
contact
in
juvenile
detention.
The
1
board
also
shall
discuss
offenses
that
should
or
should
not
2
entail
juvenile
detention
and
a
juvenile
detention
screening
3
instrument’s
impact
on
the
types
of
offenses
for
which
a
person
4
is
placed
in
juvenile
detention.
5
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
develop
recommendations
and
6
present
its
findings
and
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
7
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
December
15,
2014.
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