Bill Text: IA SF2300 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 2300 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the department of human services to facilitate a workgroup study relating to certain mandatory reporter training and certification requirements. (Formerly SSB 3127.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-14 - Read first time, referred to Human Resources. H.J. 587. [SF2300 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2300-Introduced.html


Senate File 2300 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                     RESOURCES

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     3127)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of human services to facilitate
  2    a workgroup study relating to certain mandatory reporter
  3    training and certification requirements.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ==== MANDATORY
  1  2 REPORTER TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION WORKGROUP.  The department
  1  3 of human services, in cooperation with the departments of
  1  4 education and public health, shall facilitate a study by a
  1  5 workgroup of stakeholders to make recommendations relating
  1  6 to mandatory child abuse and mandatory dependent adult
  1  7 abuse reporter training and certification requirements.  The
  1  8 workgroup shall develop interdepartmental strategies for
  1  9 improving mandatory child abuse and mandatory dependent
  1 10 adult abuse reporter training and certification requirements.
  1 11 The workgroup shall consist of representatives from the
  1 12 departments of human services, education, and public health,
  1 13 and other experts the department of human services deems
  1 14 necessary. The workgroup shall submit a report on the study
  1 15 with recommendations, including but not limited to strategies
  1 16 developed and other proposed improvements, to the governor and
  1 17 the general assembly on or before December 14, 2018.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 20 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 21    This bill requires the department of human services to
  1 22 facilitate a study by a workgroup, in cooperation with the
  1 23 departments of education and public health, related to
  1 24 mandatory child abuse and mandatory dependent adult abuse
  1 25 reporter training and certification requirements. The bill
  1 26 provides that the workgroup shall consist of representatives
  1 27 from the departments of human services, education, and public
  1 28 health and other experts the department of human services
  1 29 deems necessary. The workgroup is required to develop
  1 30 interdepartmental strategies for improving mandatory child
  1 31 abuse and mandatory dependent adult abuse reporter training
  1 32 and certification requirements and submit a report with
  1 33 recommendations to the governor and the general assembly on or
  1 34 before December 14, 2018.
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