HSB 627 (LSB 5306XD (1) 87)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the disposition of a child found to have committed a delinquent act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph e, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   An order transferring the guardianship custody of the child, subject to the continuing jurisdiction and custody of the court for the purposes of section 232.54, to the director of the department of human services for purposes of placement in the state training school or other facility, provided that the child is at least twelve years of age and the court finds the placement to be in the best interests of the child or necessary for the protection of the public, and that the child has been found to have committed an act which is a forcible felony, as defined in section 702.11, or a felony violation of section 124.401 or chapter 707, or the court finds any three of the following conditions exist:
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a court may enter a dispositional order for a child adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act transferring the guardianship of the child to the director of the department of human services for the purpose of placing the child in the state training school or other facility. This bill amends current law to provide a court may enter a dispositional order transferring the custody of the child to the director of the department of human services for the purpose of placing the child in the state training school or other facility.