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1 1 Amend House File 2486, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 24, by inserting after line 22 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Sec. . WELFARE REFORM BLOCK GRANT.
1 6 1. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of section
1 7 8.41, as enacted in 1996 Iowa Acts, House File 2256,
1 8 the provisions of this section shall apply if all of
1 9 the following conditions are met:
1 10 a. The provisions of this section shall apply only
1 11 to programs, funding, and policies of the family
1 12 investment program and the job opportunities and basic
1 13 skills (JOBS) program.
1 14 b. Federal law creating a welfare reform block
1 15 grant is enacted which provides for optional early
1 16 implementation dates which precede the convening of
1 17 the Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
1 18 c. The department of human services determines
1 19 early implementation of the federal block grant
1 20 provisions is advantageous to Iowa. All of the
1 21 following requirements shall apply in order for the
1 22 department to make such a determination:
1 23 (1) Early implementation will result in additional
1 24 federal funding for the family investment program or
1 25 the JOBS program.
1 26 (2) The early implementation of the block grant
1 27 provisions will not disadvantage any applicant or
1 28 recipient of assistance under the family investment
1 29 program by resulting in reduced benefits, terminated
1 30 eligibility, or denied eligibility to the extent those
1 31 conditions would not have resulted under Iowa's
1 32 welfare reform provisions in effect prior to the early
1 33 implementation of the federal block grant provisions.
1 34 The department may satisfy this requirement by using
1 35 one hundred percent state funds to offset any
1 36 disadvantage to an applicant or recipient for services
1 37 eligible for federal financial participation prior to
1 38 the early implementation of the federal block grant
1 39 provisions if the increase in state funds used does
1 40 not exceed any additional federal funding received
1 41 under the block grant.
1 42 (3) The department can reasonably make computer
1 43 system and procedural changes necessary to implement
1 44 the provisions within any federally mandated time
1 45 frames as necessary to qualify for early
1 46 implementation of the federal block grant provisions.
1 47 (4) The state will not incur any excessive
1 48 financial risks with early implementation of the
1 49 federal block grant provisions.
1 50 2. If the federal legislation described is
2 1 enacted, the department shall seek input from the
2 2 individuals of the work group which considered the
2 3 state human investment policy or a successor
2 4 interagency task force which makes recommendations to
2 5 the department concerning the family investment
2 6 program.
2 7 3. If all of the conditions of subsections 1 and 2
2 8 are met, the department may take steps to notify the
2 9 United States department of health and human services,
2 10 or some other such entity as designated in the federal
2 11 legislation, that the state of Iowa is opting for
2 12 early implementation of the federal welfare reform
2 13 block grant provisions. If the department takes steps
2 14 to elect early implementation of the federal block
2 15 grant provisions, the department shall notify the
2 16 fiscal committee of the legislative council, the
2 17 legislative fiscal bureau, the chairpersons and
2 18 ranking members of the senate and house committees on
2 19 human resources, and the chairpersons and ranking
2 20 members of the senate and house appropriations
2 21 subcommittee on human services of all of the
2 22 following:
2 23 a. The findings that the conditions in subsection
2 24 1 are met.
2 25 b. The notice to the federal government of
2 26 electing early implementation of the block grant
2 27 provisions.
2 28 c. Fiscal impacts of electing early implementation
2 29 of the block grant provisions.
2 30 4. If allowed by federal law, the department may
2 31 discontinue the provisions for control groups as
2 32 required by the federal government and apply welfare
2 33 reform policies to all applicants and recipients of
2 34 assistance in the family investment program equally.
2 35 The department shall make notifications similar to
2 36 those required in subsection 3 of any decision to
2 37 continue or discontinue control groups."
2 38 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 39
2 40
2 41
2 42 JOHNIE HAMMOND
2 43
2 44
2 45
2 46 MAGGIE TINSMAN
2 47 HF 2486.503 76
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