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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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