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1 1 Section 1. Section 598.21, subsection 4, paragraph e,
1 2 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement
1 3 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 4 Failure to provide proof of compliance under this
1 5 subparagraph or proof of compliance under section 598.21A is
1 6 grounds for modification of the support order using the
1 7 uniform child support guidelines and imputing an income to the
1 8 parent equal to a forty-hour work week at the state minimum
1 9 wage, unless the parent's education, experience, or actual
1 10 earnings justify a higher income.
1 11 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 598.21A MINOR PARENT – PARENTING
1 12 CLASSES.
1 13 In any order or judgment entered under chapter 234, 252A,
1 14 252C, 252F, 598, or 600B or under any other chapter which
1 15 provides for temporary or permanent support payments, if the
1 16 parent ordered to pay support is less than eighteen years of
1 17 age, one of the following shall apply:
1 18 1. If the child support recovery unit is providing
1 19 services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court, or the
1 20 administrator as defined in section 252C.1, shall order the
1 21 parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes
1 22 which are approved by the department of human services.
1 23 2. If the child support recovery unit is not providing
1 24 services pursuant to chapter 252B, the court may order the
1 25 parent ordered to pay support to attend parenting classes
1 26 which are approved by the court.
1 27 Sec. 3. WELFARE REFORM.
1 28 1. The department of human services shall submit a waiver
1 29 request or requests to the United States department of health
1 30 and human services as necessary to implement the changes in
1 31 the family investment program under chapter 239 and the job
1 32 opportunities and basic skills program under chapter 249C, as
1 33 provided by this section.
1 34 2. For the purposes of this section unless the context
1 35 otherwise requires:
2 1 a. "Applicant" means an individual who has applied to be a
2 2 recipient of public assistance.
2 3 b. "Minor parent" means an applicant or recipient parent
2 4 who is less than eighteen years of age and has never been
2 5 married.
2 6 c. "Public assistance" means the family investment program
2 7 assistance under chapter 239.
2 8 d. "Recipient" means the same as provided in chapter 239
2 9 and includes individuals whose income is considered by the
2 10 department of human services.
2 11 3. The department of human services shall apply for
2 12 federal waivers to implement the following provisions for
2 13 applicants for and recipients of public assistance:
2 14 a. To promote healthy families, the department shall
2 15 require current immunizations for children who are preschool
2 16 age as a condition of receipt for public assistance. The
2 17 requirement shall conform to the rules for immunization of
2 18 children adopted by the Iowa department of public health under
2 19 section 139.9, and is subject to health and religious
2 20 exceptions under section 139.9, subsection 4. The rules shall
2 21 specify the types of immunizations required, age groupings,
2 22 and other provisions, and shall provide additional exemptions
2 23 to the requirement for good cause or for factors beyond the
2 24 control of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. Unless
2 25 exempt by rule, the department shall deny or cancel public
2 26 assistance if a recipient family is not in compliance with the
2 27 immunization requirement, until the recipient family complies
2 28 with the immunization requirement.
2 29 b. To promote self-sufficient families, the department
2 30 shall require school attendance of children ages six through
2 31 eleven as a condition of receipt of public assistance. If an
2 32 applicant or recipient fails to cooperate with this
2 33 requirement, the department shall deny or cancel the public
2 34 assistance until the recipient family complies with the
2 35 requirement.
3 1 c. To set a clear expectation that the decision to expand
3 2 a family already on public assistance is one that must be
3 3 borne financially by the family and not by the taxpayers, the
3 4 department shall limit eligibility for public assistance to a
3 5 certain number of children as provided in this paragraph. For
3 6 the purposes of this paragraph, "effective date" means the
3 7 date on or after March 1, 1997, as authorized by a federal
3 8 waiver approving implementation of the provisions of this
3 9 paragraph, and specified in administrative rules adopted by
3 10 the department.
3 11 (1) If a family is a recipient on the effective date, the
3 12 recipient family's children eligible for public assistance
3 13 shall be limited to those children living in the recipient
3 14 family's household on the effective date and children born
3 15 into the recipient family's household within ten months of the
3 16 effective date.
3 17 (2) If a family is not a recipient as of the effective
3 18 date, in any period as a recipient following the effective
3 19 date, the recipient family's children eligible for public
3 20 assistance shall be limited to those children living in the
3 21 recipient family's household on the date the recipient
3 22 family's eligibility for the public assistance is first
3 23 approved following the effective date and to children born
3 24 within ten months of the date the applicant was first approved
3 25 as a recipient.
3 26 (3) For the purposes of subparagraphs (1) and (2),
3 27 children considered to be living in a recipient family's
3 28 household shall include children for whom the household is the
3 29 children's primary residence and children who are temporarily
3 30 absent from the household but for whom the household would
3 31 otherwise be the children's primary residence.
3 32 (4) Denial of benefits pursuant to this paragraph shall
3 33 not apply until ten months after the effective date.
3 34 Sec. 4. WAIVER – TRANSFER. The waiver request or
3 35 requests submitted by the department of human services
4 1 pursuant to section 3 of this Act to the United States
4 2 department of health and human services shall be to apply
4 3 statewide the provisions of section 3, as enacted by this Act.
4 4 If federal waiver approval of a provision of section 3 of this
4 5 Act is granted, the department of human services shall
4 6 implement the provision in accordance with the federal
4 7 approval. If a provision of this Act is in conflict with a
4 8 provision of chapter 239 or 249C, the provisions of this Act
4 9 shall be implemented and the department shall propose an
4 10 amendment to chapter 239 or 249C to resolve the conflict. The
4 11 proposed amendment shall be submitted in accordance with the
4 12 provisions of section 2.16 to the Seventy-seventh General
4 13 Assembly. If a waiver provision is denied by the federal
4 14 government, the department may transfer moneys appropriated
4 15 for the waiver provision to another appropriation as deemed
4 16 necessary by the department.
4 17 Sec. 5. RULES. The department of human services shall
4 18 adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
4 19 implement the provisions of section 3 of this Act. If
4 20 necessary to conform with federal waiver terms and conditions
4 21 or to efficiently administer the provisions, the rules may
4 22 apply additional policies and procedures which are consistent
4 23 with the provisions of section 3 of this Act.
4 24 Sec. 6. APPLICABILITY – EFFECTIVE DATES.
4 25 1. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act take effect July 1, 1997.
4 26 2. Except as otherwise provided in section 3 of this Act,
4 27 the effective date of each waiver provision in section 3 of
4 28 this Act granted by the federal government shall be set by
4 29 rule. However, none of the waiver provisions shall be
4 30 implemented before July 1, 1997. If federal law is amended to
4 31 permit this state to initiate any of the provisions of section
4 32 3 without a federal waiver, the department of human services
4 33 shall proceed to implement the provisions on the dates
4 34 required by this section.
4 35 EXPLANATION
5 1 This bill relates to children's provisions involving child
5 2 support, the family investment program, and related human
5 3 services programs by establishing additional eligibility and
5 4 assistance provisions and requiring the department of human
5 5 services to apply for federal waivers.
5 6 The bill amends section 598.21 and includes new section
5 7 598.21A to add an additional requirement for a child support
5 8 obligor who is age 18 or less. The additional requirement is
5 9 for the parent to attend parenting classes. Failure to comply
5 10 with the requirement is grounds to apply a modification of the
5 11 obligor's child support order. These provisions take effect
5 12 July 1, 1997.
5 13 Section 3 provides additional family investment program
5 14 requirements to program applicants and recipients to the
5 15 extent authorized under federal law or waivers. The
5 16 requirements apply additional eligibility conditions requiring
5 17 immunizations of preschool children, require school attendance
5 18 of recipient children ages six through 11, and cap the size of
5 19 a recipient family as of a certain date in terms of
5 20 eligibility for the program.
5 21 The bill directs the department of human services to submit
5 22 waiver requests to the Unites States department of health and
5 23 human services as necessary to implement the changes to the
5 24 family investment program under the bill. The waiver request
5 25 is to apply the changes statewide. Implementation of the
5 26 provision is to conform with federal approval. If the
5 27 provisions in section 3 are in conflict with a provision of
5 28 chapter 239 or 249C, the department is to propose a conforming
5 29 amendment to the statutes for the 1997 or 1998 legislative
5 30 session. The department is not to apply any of the waiver
5 31 provisions prior to July 1, 1997, except that the provision
5 32 limiting the amount of assistance for additional children is
5 33 not to apply before March 1, 1997, and a denial of benefits
5 34 for an additional child shall not apply until 10 months after
5 35 the date the provision is initiated.
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