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1 1 Amend House File 2256, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 4 clause and inserting the following:
1 5 "Sec. . Section 8.41, Code 1995, is amended by
1 6 adding the following new subsection:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. If, in any federal fiscal
1 8 year, the federal government provides for a block
1 9 grant which requires a new or revised program than was
1 10 required in the prior fiscal year, each state agency
1 11 required to administer the block grant program shall
1 12 develop a block grant plan detailing program changes.
1 13 b. To the extent allowed by federal law, the block
1 14 grant plan shall be developed in accordance with the
1 15 following:
1 16 (1) The primary goal of the plan shall be to
1 17 attain savings for taxpayers and to avoid shifting
1 18 costs from the federal government to state and local
1 19 governments.
1 20 (2) State agency planning meetings shall be held
1 21 jointly with officials of the affected political
1 22 subdivision and affected members of the public.
1 23 (3) The plan shall address proposed expenditures
1 24 and accountability measures and shall be published so
1 25 as to provide reasonable opportunity for public review
1 26 and comment.
1 27 (4) (a) Preference shall be given to any existing
1 28 service delivery system capable of delivering the
1 29 required service. If an existing service delivery
1 30 system is not used, the plan shall identify those
1 31 existing delivery systems which were considered and
1 32 the reasons those systems were rejected. This
1 33 subparagraph subdivision applies to any service
1 34 delivered pursuant to a federal block grant,
1 35 including, but not limited to any of the following
1 36 block grant areas: health, human services, education,
1 37 employment, community and economic development, and
1 38 criminal justice.
1 39 (b) If a service delivered pursuant to a federal
1 40 block grant and implemented by a political subdivision
1 41 was previously provided for by a categorical grant,
1 42 the state agency shall allow the political subdivision
1 43 adequate transition time to accommodate related
1 44 changes in federal and state policy. Transition
1 45 activities may include, but are not limited to,
1 46 revision of the political subdivision's laws, budgets,
1 47 and administrative procedures.
1 48 (c) The state agency shall allow the political
1 49 subdivision the flexibility to implement a service in
1 50 a manner so as to address identifiable needs within
2 1 the context of meeting broad national objectives.
2 2 (5) State administrative costs shall not exceed
2 3 the limits allowed for under the federal law enacting
2 4 the block grant.
2 5 (6) A federal mandate that is eliminated or waived
2 6 for the state shall be eliminated or waived for a
2 7 political subdivision.
2 8 (7) Federal block grants shall not be used to
2 9 supplant existing funding efforts by the state.
2 10 c. The state agency shall send copies of the
2 11 proposed block grant plan to the legislative fiscal
2 12 committee and to the appropriate appropriations
2 13 subcommittee chairpersons and ranking members of the
2 14 general assembly. The plan and any program changes
2 15 contained within the plan shall be adopted as rules in
2 16 accordance with chapter 17A.
2 17 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE – APPLICABILITY. This
2 18 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
2 19 effect upon enactment and applies to new or revised
2 20 federal block grant provisions which take effect on or
2 21 after the effective date of this Act."
2 22
2 23
2 24
2 25 PATTY JUDGE
2 26 HF 2256.501 76
2 27 js/jw
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