Bill Text: IA HF2599 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the state public defender pilot project and legal representation in child welfare cases. (Formerly HF 2447, HSB 612.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-10 - Withdrawn. H.J. 689. [HF2599 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2599-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2599
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2447)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
612)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
state
public
defender
pilot
project
and
1
legal
representation
in
child
welfare
cases.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
13B.13
State
public
defender
pilot
1
project
——
child
welfare
legal
representation.
2
Notwithstanding
any
other
provision
of
the
law
to
the
3
contrary,
for
each
fiscal
year
for
the
period
beginning
July
4
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2024,
the
state
public
defender
5
may
establish
a
pilot
project
to
implement
innovative
models
6
of
legal
representation
in
order
to
assist
families
involved
7
in
the
child
welfare
system.
The
state
public
defender
shall
8
have
sole
discretion
to
establish
and
implement
the
pilot
9
project.
The
state
public
defender
may
implement
the
new
10
pilot
project
in
up
to
six
counties
throughout
the
state.
11
The
purpose
of
the
pilot
project
is
to
implement
and
study
12
innovative
ways,
through
a
team
approach
or
through
other
13
methods,
to
achieve
positive
outcomes
for
families,
reduce
14
trauma
to
young
children,
and
deliver
financial
benefits
to
15
families
and
their
communities.
The
state
public
defender
16
may
coordinate
with
other
agencies
and
organizations
to
17
implement
the
pilot
project,
seek
grant
funding,
and
measure
18
the
results.
The
state
public
defender
may
appoint
an
attorney
19
to
represent
an
indigent
person
prior
to
initiation
of
formal
20
proceedings,
without
court
order,
if
such
representation
is
21
deemed
appropriate
by
the
state
public
defender
and
relates
to
22
the
purposes
of
the
pilot
project.
23
Sec.
2.
Section
815.11,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
24
follows:
25
815.11
Appropriations
for
indigent
defense
——
fund
created.
26
Costs
incurred
for
legal
representation
by
a
court-appointed
27
attorney
under
chapter
229A
,
665
,
822
,
or
908
,
or
section
28
232.141,
subsection
3
,
paragraph
“d”
,
or
section
598.23A
,
29
600A.6B
,
814.9
,
814.10
,
814.11
,
815.4
,
815.7
,
or
815.10
on
30
behalf
of
an
indigent
shall
be
paid
from
moneys
appropriated
by
31
the
general
assembly
to
the
office
of
the
state
public
defender
32
in
the
department
of
inspections
and
appeals
and
deposited
in
33
an
account
to
be
known
as
the
indigent
defense
fund.
Costs
34
incurred
representing
an
indigent
defendant
in
a
contempt
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action,
or
representing
an
indigent
juvenile
in
a
juvenile
1
court
proceeding,
or
representing
a
person
pursuant
to
section
2
13B.13
are
also
payable
from
the
fund.
However,
costs
incurred
3
in
any
administrative
proceeding
or
in
any
other
proceeding
4
under
this
chapter
or
chapter
598
,
600
,
600A
,
633
,
633A
,
814
,
5
or
915
or
other
provisions
of
the
Code
or
administrative
rules
6
are
not
payable
from
the
fund.
7
EXPLANATION
8
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
9
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
10
This
bill
permits
the
state
public
defender
to
establish
a
11
pilot
project
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2024,
12
to
implement
innovative
models
of
parental
and
child
legal
13
representation
in
order
to
assist
families
involved
in
the
14
child
welfare
system.
The
bill
specifies
that
the
state
public
15
defender
shall
have
sole
discretion
to
establish
the
pilot
16
project
in
no
more
than
six
counties
throughout
the
state.
The
17
bill
allows
the
state
public
defender
to
coordinate
with
other
18
agencies
and
organizations
in
order
to
implement
the
pilot
19
project,
seek
grant
funding,
and
measure
the
results.
The
bill
20
also
allows
the
state
public
defender
to
appoint
an
attorney
21
to
represent
an
indigent
person
prior
to
initiation
of
formal
22
proceedings,
without
court
order,
if
such
representation
is
23
deemed
appropriate
by
the
state
public
defender
and
relates
to
24
the
purposes
of
the
pilot
project.
The
bill
allows
attorneys
25
appointed
through
the
pilot
project
to
be
paid
from
the
26
indigent
defense
fund.
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