House File 3 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 3 BY HOLT A BILL FOR An Act relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault 1 awareness and prevention and including effective date 2 provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1143YH (1) 88 ko/rh
H.F. 3 Section 1. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS 1 AND PREVENTION WORKING GROUP. 2 1. The department of public health shall convene a working 3 group to examine issues and develop policy recommendations 4 relating to child sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness 5 and prevention. The working group shall request relevant data 6 and outcome measures relating to child sexual abuse and sexual 7 assault awareness and prevention from working group member 8 agencies and organizations, including but not limited to the 9 departments of human services and education, and from other 10 local and state agencies and organizations as appropriate. 11 The working group shall comprehensively review and analyze 12 such information in order to propose recommendations, 13 including but not limited to recommendations to the board 14 of educational examiners relating to continuing education 15 requirements for the issuance, renewal, or reinstatement of 16 a license or endorsement; recommendations to the state board 17 of education relating to in-service training programs on child 18 sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention; 19 and recommendations to the general assembly relating to the 20 provision of instruction in child sexual abuse and sexual 21 assault awareness and prevention as part of a school district’s 22 human growth and development curriculum for kindergarten 23 through grade 12. 24 2. The working group shall include the following: 25 a. Four legislative members who shall be appointed as ex 26 officio, nonvoting members with one member to be appointed by 27 each of the following: the majority leader of the senate, 28 the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house 29 of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of 30 representatives. 31 b. Eleven voting members who shall represent the board 32 of educational examiners; the department of education; the 33 department of human rights; the department of human services; 34 the department of public health’s office of disability, injury 35 -1- LSB 1143YH (1) 88 ko/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 3 and violence prevention; the department of public safety; the 1 child advocacy board; the coalition for family and children’s 2 services in Iowa; the office of the attorney general’s crime 3 victim assistance division; prevent child abuse Iowa; and the 4 Iowa network against human trafficking and slavery. 5 3. The working group shall meet not more than two times and 6 shall submit its findings and recommendations in a report to 7 the general assembly by December 15, 2019. 8 4. The department of public health shall provide staffing 9 and administrative support to the working group. 10 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 11 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill directs the department of public health (DPH) to 16 convene a working group to examine issues and develop policy 17 recommendations relating to child sexual abuse and sexual 18 assault awareness and prevention. The bill directs DPH to 19 provide staffing and administrative support to the working 20 group. 21 The bill requires the working group to submit a report, 22 including findings and recommendations, to the general assembly 23 no later than December 15, 2019. The bill takes effect upon 24 enactment. 25 -2- LSB 1143YH (1) 88 ko/rh 2/ 2