HF 2285 (LSB 5932YH (4) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2285

BY  BERRY and ROGERS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a study and report concerning juvenile detention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  JUVENILE DETENTION STUDY.
   1.  The public safety advisory board established within the division of criminal and juvenile justice planning of the department of human rights shall study the use of juvenile detention in this state. The public safety advisory board shall discuss and evaluate the approaches currently taken across this state for making juvenile detention decisions; the appropriateness of using juvenile detention screening instruments; the use and effectiveness of juvenile detention screening instruments used in this state, contemplated to be used in this state, and used out of state; the juvenile detention screening instrument’s effect on overrepresentation or disproportionate minority contact in juvenile detention; the offenses for which juvenile detention is appropriate; a juvenile detention screening instrument’s effect on the types of offenses for which juvenile detention is appropriate; and other matters the public safety advisory board deems appropriate.
   2.  The public safety advisory board shall develop recommendations concerning juvenile detention admissions and screening, juvenile detention screening instruments, and other issues deemed appropriate by the board. The public safety advisory board shall, by December 15, 2014, submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the general assembly.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the public safety advisory board to study and report on juvenile detention. The bill requires the board to discuss and evaluate the current method for determining whether to place juveniles in detention, and the appropriateness of juvenile detention screening instruments and their use in this state and out of state, as well as the juvenile detention screening instrument’s impact on disproportionate minority contact in juvenile detention. The board also shall discuss offenses that should or should not entail juvenile detention and a juvenile detention screening instrument’s impact on the types of offenses for which a person is placed in juvenile detention.
   The bill requires the board to develop recommendations and present its findings and recommendations in a report to the governor and the general assembly by December 15, 2014.