Bill Text: IA SSB3165 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act 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 natural disaster.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2386. [SSB3165 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB3165-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3165
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SWEENEY)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
task
force
relating
to
the
reunification
1
of
an
unaccompanied
child
or
dependent
adult
with
the
2
child’s
or
dependent
adult’s
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
3
following
a
natural
disaster.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
HOMELAND
SECURITY
AND
EMERGENCY
1
MANAGEMENT
——
CHILD
OR
DEPENDENT
ADULT
REUNIFICATION
FOLLOWING
2
A
NATURAL
DISASTER
——
TASK
FORCE.
3
1.
The
department
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
4
management
shall
convene
a
task
force
to
study
the
current
5
status
of
unaccompanied
children
and
dependent
adults
following
6
a
natural
disaster,
who
are
not
under
the
supervision
of
a
7
school
or
the
department
of
human
services,
to
ascertain
8
gaps,
assess
capacity
concerns,
identify
resources,
and
9
examine
issues
including
specifically
the
dangers
that
a
child
10
or
dependent
adult
separated
from
a
parent,
guardian,
or
11
custodian
may
face
including
victimization,
abuse,
kidnapping,
12
or
exploitation,
and
reunification
efforts
that
need
to
13
be
addressed
by
all
agencies
and
organizations
across
the
14
response
community.
The
task
force
shall
develop
specific
15
policy
recommendations
relating
to
the
reunification
of
an
16
unaccompanied
child
or
dependent
adult
with
the
child’s
or
17
dependent
adult’s
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
following
a
18
natural
disaster.
19
2.
The
task
force
members
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
20
to
representatives
from
the
department
of
public
safety,
the
21
Iowa
emergency
management
directors
association,
the
Iowa
22
state
sheriffs
and
deputies
association,
a
police
officers
23
association,
a
fire
fighters
association,
and
other
agencies
as
24
deemed
appropriate.
The
task
force
members
shall
also
include
25
four
legislators
as
ex
officio,
nonvoting
members.
The
four
26
legislators
shall
be
appointed
one
each
by
the
majority
leader
27
of
the
senate,
the
minority
leader
of
the
senate,
the
speaker
28
of
the
house
of
representatives,
and
the
minority
leader
of
29
the
house
of
representatives
for
terms
as
provided
in
section
30
69.16B.
31
3.
The
task
force
shall
convene
by
October
2,
2020,
and
32
shall
submit
a
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
33
to
the
general
assembly
for
consideration
during
the
2021
34
legislative
session.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
establishes
a
task
force
relating
to
the
4
reunification
of
an
unaccompanied
child
or
dependent
adult
with
5
the
child’s
or
dependent
adult’s
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian
6
following
a
natural
disaster.
7
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
homeland
security
and
8
emergency
management
to
convene
a
task
force
to
study
the
9
current
status
of
unaccompanied
children
and
dependent
adults
10
following
a
natural
disaster,
who
are
not
under
the
supervision
11
of
a
school
or
the
department
of
human
services,
to
ascertain
12
gaps,
assess
capacity
concerns,
identify
resources,
examine
13
issues
including
specific
issues
relating
to
the
dangers
a
14
child
or
dependent
adult
may
face
and
reunification
efforts
by
15
all
agencies
and
organizations
across
the
response
community.
16
The
task
force
shall
develop
specific
policy
recommendations
17
relating
to
the
reunification
of
an
unaccompanied
child
or
18
dependent
adult
with
the
child’s
or
dependent
adult’s
parent,
19
guardian,
or
custodian
following
a
natural
disaster.
20
The
bill
provides
that
task
force
members
shall
include
21
but
are
not
limited
to
representatives
from
the
department
22
of
public
safety,
the
Iowa
emergency
management
directors
23
association,
the
Iowa
state
sheriffs
and
deputies
association,
24
a
police
officers
association,
a
fire
fighters
association,
and
25
other
agencies
as
deemed
appropriate.
The
task
force
members
26
shall
also
include
four
legislators
as
ex
officio,
nonvoting
27
members.
The
task
force
shall
convene
by
October
2,
2020,
28
and
shall
submit
a
report
of
its
findings
and
recommendations
29
to
the
general
assembly
for
consideration
during
the
2021
30
legislative
interim.
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