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Amendment H-8362 to HF 2698

Relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations including but not limited to the personal needs allowance for certain persons under Medicaid and the state supplementary assistance programs, replacement generation tax revenues, the Medicaid fraud and health care trust funds, the retention of certain revenues by the mental health institutes, the retention of Medicaid eligibility by residents of mental health institutes, the scope of services of the state resource centers, the appropriation of moneys in the juvenile detention home fund, the family investment program account and diversion program, the child support collection services center refund account, the quality assurance assessment payment period, the centers of excellence grant program, an assisted living program revised payment model study, funding for county commissions of veteran affairs, foster care provisions including those relating to a relative or fictive kin, health care employment agencies and health care technology platforms, medical cannabidiol practitioner requirements, nursing facility oversight, and state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions

Ruled not germane · April 18, 2024

Filed April 18, 2024 in the House by

What it changes

  1. Page 59, after line 11 by inserting: “DIVISION ___ COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES AND CHILD ADVOCACY BOARD Sec. ___. Section 10A.104, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Appoint the administrators of the divisions within the department and all other personnel deemed necessary for the administration of this chapter , except the state public defender, assistant state public defenders, administrator of the racing and gaming commission, labor commissioner, workers’ compensation commissioner, director of the Iowa state civil rights commission, and members of the employment appeal board , and administrator of the child advocacy board created in section 237.16 . All persons appointed and employed in the department are covered by the provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV , but persons not appointed by the director are exempt from the merit system provisions of chapter 8A, subchapter IV . Sec. ___. Section 237.16, subsections 1, 3, 4, and 5, Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
  3. The child advocacy board is created within the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing . The state board consists of nine members appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate and directly responsible to the governor. One member shall be an active court appointed special advocate volunteer, one member shall be an active member of a local citizen foster care review board, and one member shall be a judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch. The appointment is for a term of four years that begins and ends as provided in section 69.19 . Vacancies on the state board shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments are made.
  4. An employee of the department or the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing , an employee of a -1- H 8348.4388 (2) 90 pf/ko 1/ 3 child-placing agency, an employee of an agency with which the department contracts for services for children under foster care, a foster parent providing foster care, or an employee of the district court is not eligible to serve on the state board. However, the judicial branch employee or judicial officer appointed from nominees submitted by the judicial branch in accordance with subsection 1 shall be eligible to serve on the state board.
  5. The department and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall jointly develop written protocols detailing the responsibilities of the each department with regard to children under the purview of the state board. The protocols shall be reviewed by the department departments on an annual basis.
  6. The director of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing shall employ appropriate staff for the state board in accordance with available funding. Sec. ___. Section 237.18, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
  7. Employ appropriate staff in accordance with available funding. Sec. ___. Section 237.21, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
  8. Members of the state board and local boards, court appointed special advocates, and the employees of the department and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing are subject to standards of confidentiality pursuant to sections 217.30 , 228.6, subsection 1 , sections 235A.15 , 600.16 , and 600.16A . Members of the state and local boards, court appointed special advocates, and employees of the department and the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing who disclose information or records of the board or department, other than as provided in subsections 2, 3, and 4 , section 232.126 , and section 237.20, subsection 2 , are guilty of a simple misdemeanor.” -2- H 8348.4388 (2) 90 pf/ko 2/ 3
  9. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book