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Establishing a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a disaster
Sponsored by the Senate Human Resources Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 11, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 13, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2020
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill establishes a task force relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a disaster. The bill requires the department of homeland security and emergency management to convene a task force to study the current status of unaccompanied children and dependent adults following a disaster, who are not under the supervision of a school or the department of human services, to ascertain gaps, assess capacity concerns, identify resources, examine issues including specific issues relating to the dangers a child or dependent adult may face and reunification efforts by all agencies and organizations across the response community.
Read the full explanation
The task force shall develop specific policy recommendations relating to the reunification of an unaccompanied child or dependent adult with the child’s or dependent adult’s parent, guardian, or custodian following a disaster. The bill provides that task force members shall include but are not limited to representatives from the department of public safety, the department of human services, the department of homeland security and emergency management, the Iowa state sheriffs and deputies association, a police officers association, a fire fighters association, and other agencies as deemed appropriate. The task force members shall also include four legislators as ex officio, nonvoting members. The task force shall convene by October 2, 2020, and shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the general assembly for consideration by December 15, 2020.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 13, 2020 (as SSB 3165). On February 18, 2020 it recommended amendment and passage.
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Lobbying
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