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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8.41, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  a.  If, in any federal fiscal year,
  1  4 the federal government provides for a block grant which
  1  5 requires a new or revised program than was required in the
  1  6 prior fiscal year, each state agency required to administer
  1  7 the block grant program shall develop a block grant plan
  1  8 detailing program changes.
  1  9    b.  To the extent allowed by federal law, the block grant
  1 10 plan shall be developed in accordance with the following:
  1 11    (1)  The primary goal of the plan shall be to attain
  1 12 savings for taxpayers and to avoid shifting costs from the
  1 13 federal government to state and local governments.
  1 14    (2)  State agency planning meetings shall be held jointly
  1 15 with officials of the affected political subdivision and
  1 16 affected members of the public.
  1 17    (3)  The plan shall address proposed expenditures and
  1 18 accountability measures and shall be published so as to
  1 19 provide reasonable opportunity for public review and comment.
  1 20    (4)  (a)  Preference shall be given to any existing service
  1 21 delivery system capable of delivering the required service.
  1 22 If an existing service delivery system is not used, the plan
  1 23 shall identify those existing delivery systems which were
  1 24 considered and the reasons those systems were rejected.  This
  1 25 subparagraph subdivision applies to any service delivered
  1 26 pursuant to a federal block grant, including, but not limited
  1 27 to any of the following block grant areas:  health, human
  1 28 services, education, employment, community and economic
  1 29 development, and criminal justice.
  1 30    (b)  If a service delivered pursuant to a federal block
  1 31 grant and implemented by a political subdivision was
  1 32 previously provided for by a categorical grant, the state
  1 33 agency shall allow the political subdivision adequate
  1 34 transition time to accommodate related changes in federal and
  1 35 state policy.  Transition activities may include, but are not
  2  1 limited to, revision of the political subdivision's laws,
  2  2 budgets, and administrative procedures.
  2  3    (c)  The state agency shall allow the political subdivision
  2  4 the flexibility to implement a service in a manner so as to
  2  5 address identifiable needs within the context of meeting broad
  2  6 national objectives.
  2  7    (5)  State administrative costs shall not exceed the limits
  2  8 allowed for under the federal law enacting the block grant.
  2  9    (6)  A federal mandate that is eliminated or waived for the
  2 10 state shall be eliminated or waived for a political
  2 11 subdivision.
  2 12    (7)  Federal block grants shall not be used to supplant
  2 13 existing funding efforts by the state.
  2 14    c.  The state agency shall send copies of the proposed
  2 15 block grant plan to the legislative fiscal committee and to
  2 16 the appropriate appropriations subcommittee chairpersons and
  2 17 ranking members of the general assembly.  The plan and any
  2 18 program changes contained within the plan shall be adopted as
  2 19 rules in accordance with chapter 17A.
  2 20    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE – APPLICABILITY.  This Act, being
  2 21 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
  2 22 and applies to new or revised federal block grant provisions
  2 23 which take effect on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  2 24 HF 2256
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