Bill Text: IA HF2334 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural disaster. (See HF 2530.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 299. [HF2334 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2334-Introduced.html
House File 2334 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2334 BY THORUP A BILL FOR An Act establishing a task force relating to the reunification 1 of an unaccompanied child with the child’s parent, guardian, 2 or custodian following a natural disaster. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5962HH (5) 88 as/rh
H.F. 2334 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY 1 MANAGEMENT —— CHILD REUNIFICATION FOLLOWING A NATURAL DISASTER 2 —— TASK FORCE. 3 1. The department of homeland security and emergency 4 management shall convene a task force to study the current 5 status of unaccompanied children following a natural disaster, 6 who are not under the supervision of a school or the department 7 of human services, to ascertain gaps, assess capacity concerns, 8 identify resources, and examine issues including specifically 9 the dangers that a child separated from a parent, guardian, or 10 custodian may face including victimization, abuse, kidnapping, 11 or exploitation and reunification efforts that need to 12 be addressed by all agencies and organizations across the 13 response community. The task force shall develop specific 14 policy recommendations relating to the reunification of an 15 unaccompanied child with the child’s parent, guardian, or 16 custodian following a natural disaster. 17 2. The task force members shall include but are not 18 limited to the department of public safety, the Iowa emergency 19 management directors association, the Iowa state sheriffs and 20 deputies association, a police officers association, a fire 21 fighters association, and other agencies as deemed appropriate. 22 The task force shall also include four legislators as ex 23 officio, nonvoting members. The four legislators shall be 24 appointed one each by the majority leader of the senate, 25 the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house 26 of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of 27 representatives for terms as provided in section 69.16B. 28 3. The task force shall meet by October 2, 2020, and shall 29 submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the 30 general assembly for consideration by January 2, 2021. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill establishes a task force relating to the 35 -1- LSB 5962HH (5) 88 as/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 2334 reunification of an unaccompanied child with the child’s 1 parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural disaster. 2 The bill requires the department of homeland security and 3 emergency management to convene a task force to study the 4 current status of unaccompanied children following a natural 5 disaster, who are not under the supervision of a school or 6 the department of human services, to ascertain gaps, assess 7 capacity concerns, identify resources, examine issues including 8 specific issues relating to dangers a child may face and 9 reunification efforts by all agencies and organizations across 10 the response community, and develop policy recommendations 11 relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child with 12 the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a natural 13 disaster. 14 The bill provides that task force members shall include 15 but are not limited to the department of public safety, the 16 Iowa emergency management directors association, the Iowa 17 state sheriffs and deputies association, a police officers 18 association, a fire fighters association, and other agencies 19 as deemed appropriate. The task force shall also include four 20 legislators as ex officio, nonvoting members. The task force 21 shall meet by October 2, 2020, and shall submit a report of 22 its findings and recommendations to the general assembly for 23 consideration by January 2, 2021. 24 -2- LSB 5962HH (5) 88 as/rh 2/ 2
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