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1. The review committee shall perform the following duties:
a. Prepare a biennial report for the governor, supreme court, attorney general, and the
general assembly concerning the following subjects:
(1)The causes and manner of domestic abuse deaths, including an analysis of factual
informationobtainedthroughreviewofdomesticabusedeathcertificatesanddomesticabuse
death data, including patient records and other pertinent confidential and public information
concerning domestic abuse deaths.
(2)The contributing factors of domestic abuse deaths.
(3)Recommendations regarding the prevention of future domestic abuse deaths,
including actions to be taken by communities, based on an analysis of these contributing
factors.
b. Advise and consult state agencies regarding program and regulatory chang
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1. The review committee shall perform the following duties:
a. Prepare a biennial report for the governor, supreme court, attorney general, and the
general assembly concerning the following subjects:
(1) The causes and manner of domestic abuse deaths, including an analysis of factual
informationobtainedthroughreviewofdomesticabusedeathcertificatesanddomesticabuse
death data, including patient records and other pertinent confidential and public information
concerning domestic abuse deaths.
(2) The contributing factors of domestic abuse deaths.
(3) Recommendations regarding the prevention of future domestic abuse deaths,
including actions to be taken by communities, based on an analysis of these contributing
factors.
b. Advise and consult state agencies regarding program and regulatory changes that may
prevent domestic abuse deaths.
c. Develop protocols for domestic abuse death investigations and committee review.
2. In performing duties pursuant to subsection 1, the review committee shall review the
relationship between the decedent victim and the alleged or convicted perpetrator from the
point where the abuse allegedly began, until the domestic abuse death occurred, and shall
review all relevant documents pertaining to the relationship between the parties, including
but not limited to protective orders and dissolution, custody, and support agreements and
relatedcourtrecords,inordertoascertainwhetheracorrelationexistsbetweencertainevents
in the relationship and any escalation of abuse, and whether patterns can be established
regarding such events in relation to domestic abuse deaths in general. The review committee
shall consider such conclusions in making recommendations pursuant to subsection 1.
3. The committee shall meet upon the call of the chairperson, upon the request of a state
agency, or as determined by a majority of the committee.
4. The committee shall annually elect a chairperson and other officers as deemed
necessary by the committee.
5. The committee may establish subcommittees or panels to whom the committee may
assign some or all of the committee’s responsibilities.
6. Membersofthecommitteewhoarecurrentlypracticingattorneysorcurrentemployees
of the judicial branch of state government shall not participate in the following:
a. An investigation by the committee that involves a case in which the committee member
is presently involved in the member’s professional capacity.
b. Development of protocols by the committee for domestic abuse death investigations
and committee review.
c. Development of regulatory changes related to domestic abuse deaths.