Bill Text: IA SF278 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the duty of the state medical examiner to convene a child fatality review committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Subcommittee: Segebart, Garrett, and Jochum. S.J. 371. [SF278 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF278-Introduced.html
Senate File 278 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY McCOY A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the duty of the state medical examiner to 2 convene a child fatality review committee. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2263XS (2) 87 hb/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 135.43, subsection 4, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0a. The state medical examiner shall appoint 1 4 a child fatality review committee to review the death of a 1 5 child under age eighteen upon the request of a member of the 1 6 legislature or the governor in cases in which a report of 1 7 suspected child abuse had been filed with the department of 1 8 human services pursuant to section 232.70 within the two=year 1 9 period immediately preceding the child's death. 1 10 EXPLANATION 1 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 13 This bill relates to the duty of the medical examiner to 1 14 convene a child fatality review committee. A child fatality 1 15 review committee is appointed by the state medical examiner 1 16 who appoints a medical examiner, a pediatrician, and a person 1 17 involved with law enforcement to the committee to immediately 1 18 review the child abuse assessments which involve the fatality 1 19 of a child under 18. The bill provides that the state medical 1 20 examiner shall appoint a child fatality review committee upon 1 21 the request of a member of the legislature or the governor 1 22 in cases in which a report of suspected child abuse has been 1 23 filed with the department of human services pursuant to Code 1 24 section 232.70 within the two=year period immediately preceding 1 25 the child's death. Code section 232.70 provides the reporting 1 26 procedure for mandatory and permissive reporters of child abuse 1 27 and the requirements of the department upon the receipt of such 1 28 reports. LSB 2263XS (2) 87 hb/rh