Bill Text: IA HF538 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to mandatory child abuse and dependent adult abuse reporter training requirements. (See HF 731.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-28 - Withdrawn. H.J. 688. [HF538 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF538-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
FRY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
mandatory
child
abuse
and
dependent
adult
1
abuse
reporter
training
requirements.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
135.11,
subsection
24,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
217.5A
Director
of
human
services
——
3
mandatory
reporter
training.
4
The
director
of
human
services
shall
review
and
approve
5
mandatory
reporter
training
curricula
for
those
persons
who
6
work
in
a
position
classification
that
under
law
makes
the
7
persons
mandatory
reporters
of
child
or
dependent
adult
abuse
8
and
the
position
classification
does
not
have
a
mandatory
9
reporter
training
curriculum
approved
by
a
licensing
or
10
examining
board.
11
Sec.
3.
Section
232.69,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
12
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
13
b.
A
person
required
to
make
a
report
under
subsection
1
,
14
other
than
a
physician
whose
professional
practice
does
not
15
regularly
involve
providing
primary
health
care
to
children,
16
shall
complete
two
hours
one
hour
of
training
relating
to
17
the
identification
and
reporting
of
child
abuse
within
six
18
months
of
initial
employment
or
self-employment
involving
the
19
examination,
attending,
counseling,
or
treatment
of
children
20
on
a
regular
basis.
Within
one
month
of
initial
employment
21
or
self-employment,
the
person
shall
obtain
a
statement
of
22
the
abuse
reporting
requirements
from
the
person’s
employer
23
or,
if
self-employed,
from
the
department.
The
person
shall
24
complete
at
least
two
hours
one
hour
of
additional
child
abuse
25
identification
and
reporting
training
every
five
three
years.
26
Sec.
4.
Section
232.69,
subsection
3,
paragraph
d,
27
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
28
(2)
A
training
program
using
a
curriculum
approved
by
the
29
director
of
public
health
pursuant
to
section
135.11
human
30
services
pursuant
to
section
217.5A
.
31
Sec.
5.
Section
235B.16,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
32
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
33
b.
A
person
required
to
report
cases
of
dependent
adult
34
abuse
pursuant
to
sections
235B.3
and
235E.2
,
other
than
a
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physician
whose
professional
practice
does
not
regularly
1
involve
providing
primary
health
care
to
adults,
shall
complete
2
two
hours
one
hour
of
training
relating
to
the
identification
3
and
reporting
of
dependent
adult
abuse
within
six
months
of
4
initial
employment
or
self-employment
which
involves
the
5
examination,
attending,
counseling,
or
treatment
of
adults
on
6
a
regular
basis.
Within
one
month
of
initial
employment
or
7
self-employment,
the
person
shall
obtain
a
statement
of
the
8
abuse
reporting
requirements
from
the
person’s
employer
or,
if
9
self-employed,
from
the
department.
The
person
shall
complete
10
at
least
two
hours
one
hour
of
additional
dependent
adult
abuse
11
identification
and
reporting
training
every
five
three
years.
12
Sec.
6.
Section
235B.16,
subsection
5,
paragraph
d,
13
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
(2)
A
training
program
using
a
curriculum
approved
by
the
15
director
of
public
health
pursuant
to
section
135.11
human
16
services
pursuant
to
section
217.5A
.
17
Sec.
7.
Section
235B.16,
subsection
5,
paragraph
e,
Code
18
2019,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
19
Sec.
8.
TRANSITION
PROVISIONS.
A
child
abuse
or
dependent
20
adult
abuse
training
certificate
relating
to
the
identification
21
and
reporting
of
child
abuse
or
dependent
adult
abuse
issued
22
prior
to
July
1,
2019,
remains
effective
and
continues
in
23
effect
as
issued
for
the
five-year
period
following
its
24
issuance.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
relates
to
mandatory
child
abuse
and
dependent
29
adult
abuse
reporter
training.
30
Current
law
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
31
public
health
to
review
and
approve
mandatory
reporter
training
32
curricula
for
employees
who
work
in
a
position
that
classifies
33
the
employee
as
a
mandatory
reporter
and
the
position
34
classification
does
not
have
a
mandatory
reporter
training
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curriculum
approved
by
a
licensing
or
examining
board.
The
1
bill
transfers
this
duty
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
2
human
services.
3
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
is
required
to
make
4
a
mandatory
report
of
child
abuse
or
dependent
adult
abuse
5
shall
complete
one
hour
instead
of
two
hours
of
initial
6
training
relating
to
the
identification
and
reporting
of
child
7
abuse
or
dependent
adult
abuse
within
six
months
of
initial
8
employment
or
self-employment
involving
regular
care
of
a
9
child
or
dependent
adult.
The
bill
increases
the
frequency
of
10
training
for
mandatory
child
abuse
and
dependent
adult
abuse
11
reporters
from
once
every
five
years
to
once
every
three
years
12
and
decreases
the
required
hours
of
training
from
two
hours
to
13
one
hour.
The
bill
provides
a
transition
provision
for
persons
14
who
received
a
child
abuse
or
dependent
adult
abuse
training
15
certificate
prior
to
July
1,
2019.
16
Under
current
law,
a
person
required
to
report
both
child
17
abuse
and
dependent
adult
abuse
may
complete
the
requisite
18
training
through
a
combined
training
program.
The
bill
strikes
19
current
law
and
requires
such
persons
to
complete
separate
20
child
abuse
training
and
dependent
adult
abuse
training.
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