Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
3
BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
interim
study
committee
relating
to
1
child
welfare.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
LEGISLATIVE
INTERIM
STUDY
COMMITTEE
——
CHILD
1
WELFARE.
2
1.
The
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
an
3
interim
study
committee
to
comprehensively
review
and
evaluate
4
the
state’s
child
welfare
system.
5
2.
The
committee
shall
solicit
and
receive
information
from
6
agencies
and
entities
including
but
not
limited
to
all
of
the
7
following:
8
a.
The
department
of
human
services.
9
b.
The
judicial
branch.
10
c.
The
department
of
education.
11
d.
Recruitment,
retention,
training,
and
support
12
contractors.
13
e.
Law
enforcement
agencies.
14
f.
A
nonprofit
adoption
agency.
15
3.
The
interim
committee’s
evaluation
and
review
shall
16
include
but
is
not
limited
to
a
review
of
the
protocols
and
17
practices
relating
to
the
child
abuse
reporting,
investigation,
18
and
assessment
process;
the
education
and
training
of
foster
19
parents
and
adoptive
parents;
the
grounds
for
termination
of
20
parental
rights
in
relation
to
child
abuse
and
neglect;
the
21
roles
of
and
relationship
between
the
judicial
branch,
juvenile
22
court
officers,
schools,
and
the
department
of
human
services
23
in
relation
to
child
abuse;
and
the
outsourcing
of
services
24
provided
by
the
department
of
human
services
in
relation
to
the
25
child
welfare
system.
26
4.
The
interim
committee
shall
meet
during
the
2021
27
legislative
interim
and
shall
submit
a
report,
including
28
findings
and
recommendations,
to
the
governor
and
the
general
29
assembly
by
December
21,
2021.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
requests
the
legislative
council
to
establish
an
34
interim
study
committee
for
the
2021
legislative
interim.
The
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bill
requires
the
study
committee
to
comprehensively
evaluate
1
the
child
abuse
reporting,
investigation,
and
assessment
2
process;
the
education
and
training
of
foster
parents
and
3
adoptive
parents;
the
grounds
for
termination
of
parental
4
rights
in
relation
to
child
abuse
and
neglect;
the
roles
and
5
relationship
between
the
judicial
branch,
juvenile
court
6
officers,
schools,
and
the
department
of
human
services
in
7
relation
to
child
abuse;
and
the
outsourcing
of
services
8
provided
by
the
department
of
human
services
in
relation
to
the
9
child
welfare
system.
10
The
bill
provides
that
the
committee
shall
solicit
and
11
receive
information
from
agencies
and
entities
including
12
but
not
limited
to
the
department
of
human
services;
the
13
judicial
branch;
the
department
of
education;
recruitment,
14
retention,
training,
and
support
contractors;
law
enforcement
15
agencies;
and
a
nonprofit
adoption
agency.
The
bill
requires
16
the
committee
to
submit
a
report,
including
findings
and
17
recommendations,
to
the
governor
and
general
assembly
by
18
December
21,
2021.
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