Bill Text: IA HF2444 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to child care facilities, including child abuse reporting and the prohibition of certain persons from involvement with child care. (Formerly HSB 630.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-11 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 780. [HF2444 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF2444-Enrolled.html

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House File 2444 - Enrolled




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                              BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                  RESOURCES

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 630)
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                                        House File 2444

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO CHILD CARE FACILITIES, INCLUDING CHILD
    ABUSE REPORTING AND THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN PERSONS FROM
    INVOLVEMENT WITH CHILD CARE.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
 2018, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (14)  An employee, operator, owner, or
 other person who performs duties for a children's residential
 facility certified under chapter 237C.
    Sec. 2.  Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
 2018, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  If a person subject to a record
 check refuses to consent to a record check or if the person
 makes what the person knows to be a false statement of material
 fact in connection with a record check, the person shall be
 prohibited from involvement with child care.
    Sec. 3.  Section 237A.5, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code
 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
 lieu thereof the following:
    i.  (1)  A person subject to an evaluation shall be
 prohibited from involvement with child care under any of the
 following circumstances:
    (a)  The person has a record of founded child abuse or
 dependent adult abuse that was determined to be sexual abuse.
    (b)  The person is listed or is required to be listed on
 any state sex offender registry or the national sex offender
 registry.
    (c)  If the person has committed any of the following
 felony=level offenses:
    (i)  Child endangerment or neglect or abandonment of a
 dependent person.
    (ii)  Domestic abuse.
    (iii)  A crime against a child including but not limited to
 sexual exploitation of a minor.
    (iv)  A forcible felony.
    (v)  Arson.
    (d)  The person has a record of a misdemeanor conviction
 against a child that constitutes one of the following offenses:
    (i)  Child abuse.
    (ii)  Child endangerment.
    (iii)  Sexual assault.
    (iv)  Child pornography.
    (2)  If, within five years prior to the date of application
 for registration or licensure under this chapter, for
 employment or residence in a child care facility or child care
 home, or for receipt of public funding for providing child
 care, a person subject to an evaluation has been convicted
 of a controlled substance offense or has been found to have
 committed physical abuse, the person shall be prohibited from
 involvement with child care for a period of five years from
 the date of conviction or founded abuse. After the five=year
 prohibition period, the person may submit an application for
 registration or licensure under this chapter, or to receive
 public funding for providing child care or may request an
 evaluation, and the department shall perform an evaluation
 and, based upon the criteria in paragraph "h", shall determine
 whether prohibition of the person's involvement with child care
 continues to be warranted.


                                                                                            LINDA UPMEYER


                                                                                            CHARLES SCHNEIDE


                                                                                            CARMINE BOAL


                                                                                            KIM REYNOLDS

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