Bill Text: IA HF2571 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a work group to study information shared between county medical examiners and the Iowa division of criminal investigation criminalistics laboratory. (Formerly HSB 610.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-26 - Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 382. [HF2571 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2571-Introduced.html
House File 2571 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2571 BY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 610) (COMPANION TO SF 2274 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY) A BILL FOR An Act creating a work group to study information shared 1 between county medical examiners and the Iowa division of 2 criminal investigation criminalistics laboratory. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5375HV (2) 88 hf/rh
H.F. 2571 Section 1. INFORMATION SHARING —— DECEASED DRIVERS AND 1 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS —— WORK GROUP. 2 1. The department of public safety shall convene and provide 3 administrative support to a work group to study the issue 4 of information sharing between county medical examiners and 5 the Iowa division of criminal investigation criminalistics 6 laboratory relating to deceased drivers involved in motor 7 vehicle accidents. The membership of the work group shall 8 consist of the president of the Iowa association of county 9 medical examiners or the president’s designee, three county 10 medical examiners representing different-sized counties, 11 the state medical examiner or the state medical examiner’s 12 designee, a member of the Iowa funeral directors association, 13 a member of the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association, 14 a member of Iowa peace officers association, the drug policy 15 coordinator of the governor’s office of drug control policy 16 or the drug policy coordinator’s designee, the director of 17 the department of transportation or the director’s designee, 18 the commissioner of the department of public safety or the 19 commissioner’s designee, and the director of the department of 20 public health or the director’s designee. The director of the 21 department of public health or the director’s designee shall 22 serve as chairperson of the work group. 23 2. The work group shall submit a report of the findings 24 and recommendations of the work group to the governor and the 25 general assembly by December 16, 2020. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill creates a work group to study information shared 30 between county medical examiners and the Iowa division of 31 criminal investigation criminalistics laboratory relating to 32 deceased drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents. The 33 director of the department of public health or the director’s 34 designee shall serve as chairperson, and the department of 35 -1- LSB 5375HV (2) 88 hf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 2571 public safety shall provide administrative support for the 1 work group. The membership of the work group shall consist of 2 various stakeholders and state agencies. The work group shall 3 submit a report of findings and recommendations to the governor 4 and the general assembly by December 16, 2020. 5 -2- LSB 5375HV (2) 88 hf/rh 2/ 2
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