Senate
Study
Bill
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
ZAUN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
child
in
need
of
assistance
proceedings
1
concerning
determinations
of
reasonable
efforts
for
2
placement
of
a
child
and
access
to
criminal
history
data.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
232.102A,
subsection
5,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
Prior
With
the
exception
of
services
provided
to
the
3
family
in
prior
child
in
need
of
assistance
or
termination
of
4
parental
rights
proceedings,
prior
services
the
state
provided
5
to
the
family
shall
not
be
considered
in
making
a
determination
6
as
to
whether
a
waiver
of
reasonable
efforts
is
appropriate.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
692.1,
subsection
7,
Code
2023,
is
amended
8
to
read
as
follows:
9
7.
“Criminal
or
juvenile
justice
agency”
means
an
either
of
10
the
following:
11
a.
An
agency
or
department
of
any
level
of
government
12
or
an
entity
wholly
owned,
financed,
or
controlled
by
one
13
or
more
such
agencies
or
departments
which
performs
as
its
14
principal
function
the
apprehension,
prosecution,
adjudication,
15
incarceration,
or
rehabilitation
of
criminal
or
juvenile
16
offenders.
17
b.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
and
agents
18
and
employees
of
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
19
who
have
been
appointed
by
a
juvenile
court
to
represent
20
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
in
a
proceeding
21
alleging
that
a
child
is
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
as
22
defined
in
section
232.2.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
child
in
need
of
assistance
proceedings
27
concerning
determination
of
reasonable
efforts
for
placement
of
28
a
child
and
access
to
criminal
history
data.
29
The
bill
allows
a
juvenile
court
to
consider
services
30
provided
to
a
family
during
prior
child
in
need
of
assistance
31
and
termination
of
parental
rights
proceedings
when
determining
32
whether
to
waive
reasonable
efforts
to
keep
a
child
with
the
33
child’s
family
in
a
child
in
need
of
assistance
proceeding.
34
The
bill
adds
to
the
definition
of
“criminal
or
juvenile
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justice
agency”
(relating
to
the
provision
of
criminal
history
1
data
under
Code
chapter
692)
the
department
of
health
and
human
2
services
(HHS)
and
HHS
agents
and
employees
who
have
been
3
appointed
by
a
juvenile
court
to
represent
HHS
in
a
proceeding
4
alleging
that
a
child
is
a
child
in
need
of
assistance.
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