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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 7E.9 INNOVATION ZONES.
1 2 1. The purpose of this section is to enable local
1 3 jurisdictions to establish community partnerships to redirect
1 4 existing public funds to achieve improved results for children
1 5 and families. The state and local jurisdictions shall
1 6 negotiate new relationships in the decategorization of funding
1 7 to local jurisdictions which share the risk related to and
1 8 responsibility for achieving improved results.
1 9 2. An innovation zone board is created within the council
1 10 on human investment. The staff of the council on human
1 11 investment shall act as staff to the board. The board shall
1 12 select a chairperson, annually, from its membership. A simple
1 13 majority of the members of the board shall constitute a
1 14 quorum. On or before June 30, 1997, the board shall do all of
1 15 the following:
1 16 a. Issue a request for applications to be submitted by
1 17 local jurisdictions to participate in innovation zones in
1 18 order to develop new, community-based strategies which are
1 19 cross-system in focus, to improve results for children and
1 20 families.
1 21 b. Select from the requests received, at least three
1 22 jurisdictions to develop and implement innovation zone plans.
1 23 The board shall establish criteria for selection of the
1 24 jurisdictions. Selection criteria shall include a component
1 25 which measures the comprehensiveness of the plan and the
1 26 capacity of the jurisdiction to implement the plan.
1 27 c. Provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist
1 28 selected jurisdictions in developing and implementing the
1 29 innovation zone plans, including but not limited to assistance
1 30 in providing information regarding state and federal funding
1 31 directed to the local jurisdiction for use in implementation
1 32 of the plans.
1 33 d. Negotiate with local jurisdictions the state and local
1 34 jurisdiction duties in implementing the innovation zone plans.
1 35 The negotiations shall include methods to evaluate the
2 1 performance of the innovation zones. The board shall
2 2 coordinate and respond to any requests from a local
2 3 jurisdiction relating to waiver of existing rules or
2 4 regulations, the pooling and redirecting of existing state
2 5 funds, and the seeking of federal waivers.
2 6 e. Provide for maximum flexibility and creativity in the
2 7 designing and implementation of innovation zone plans with an
2 8 emphasis on the plans' potential for improving results for
2 9 children and families.
2 10 f. Review and approve or disapprove any provision in an
2 11 innovation zone plan submitted which requires the waiver or
2 12 superseding of any state rule relating to local jurisdiction
2 13 actions or expenditure of funds for services provided to
2 14 children and families.
2 15 g. Assist a local jurisdiction and support a local
2 16 jurisdiction's efforts in obtaining exemptions to any state
2 17 law. The board shall report provisions included in a local
2 18 jurisdiction innovation zone plan which require the waiver or
2 19 superseding of a state law or rule to the general assembly for
2 20 review and necessary action.
2 21 3. A local jurisdiction seeking to develop and implement
2 22 an innovation zone plan shall do all of the following:
2 23 a. Define the geographic service area of the local
2 24 jurisdiction.
2 25 b. Establish a local jurisdiction innovation zone
2 26 governing body which shall develop and implement the
2 27 innovation zone plan. In its initial application, the local
2 28 jurisdiction shall demonstrate the involvement in the
2 29 governing body, which controls the allocation of funds
2 30 anticipated to be used in funding the innovation zone plan, of
2 31 community leaders, employees of departments, agencies and
2 32 offices of the local jurisdiction which provide services to
2 33 children and families, and consumers.
2 34 c. Develop a budget for the development and implementation
2 35 of the innovation zone plan which includes a commitment of
3 1 ongoing local funding and which also involves the commitment
3 2 of other private and public resources to the innovation zone.
3 3 d. Negotiate the specific requirements of the innovation
3 4 zone plan and implementation of the plan including the
3 5 specific duties of the state and local jurisdictions. The
3 6 plans may include provisions for local jurisdiction actions or
3 7 expenditure of funds under the plan which involve waiver of
3 8 state rules relating to services to children and families.
3 9 4. The innovation zone board shall include all of the
3 10 following members:
3 11 a. The directors, or their designees, of the department of
3 12 human services, the department of human rights, the department
3 13 of education, the Iowa department of public health, the
3 14 department of employment services, the department of
3 15 management, and any other state departments or agencies, as
3 16 necessary, as determined by the board.
3 17 b. Four members of the general assembly shall serve as ex
3 18 officio, nonvoting members. The legislative members shall be
3 19 appointed by the majority leader of the senate, after
3 20 consultation with the president of the senate, by the minority
3 21 leader of the senate, and by the speaker of the house, after
3 22 consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of
3 23 the house of representatives. Appointments shall comply with
3 24 sections 69.16 and 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled by the
3 25 original appointing authority and in the manner of the
3 26 original appointments. Legislative members shall serve terms
3 27 of two years and shall receive compensation pursuant to
3 28 section 2.12.
3 29 c. Additional members, which the governor shall appoint,
3 30 who are not affiliated with a state agency but who are members
3 31 of the general public with expertise or interest in children
3 32 and family issues.
3 33 5. For the purposes of this section, "local jurisdiction"
3 34 means one or more cities, counties, or school districts or a
3 35 combination of any of these entities.
4 1 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION – INNOVATION ZONE ADMINISTRATION.
4 2 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
4 3 the department of management for the fiscal year beginning
4 4 July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the following amount,
4 5 or so much thereof as is necessary, for the following purpose:
4 6 For the administration of the innovation zone program, and
4 7 for salaries, support, maintenance, miscellaneous purposes,
4 8 and for not more than the following full-time equivalent
4 9 positions:
4 10 .................................................. $ 60,000
4 11 ................................................FTEs 1.00
4 12 EXPLANATION
4 13 This bill provides for the establishment of local
4 14 innovation zones to provide services to children and families.
4 15 The bill creates an innovation zone board within the council
4 16 on human investment consisting of the directors or the
4 17 directors' designees of the department of human services, the
4 18 department of human rights, the department of education, the
4 19 Iowa department of public health, the department of employment
4 20 services, the department of management, and other state
4 21 agencies. Additional members are to include individuals
4 22 appointed by the governor who are not affiliated with a state
4 23 agency but who are members of the general public with
4 24 expertise or interest in children and family issues. Four
4 25 members of the general assembly are also to be appointed by
4 26 the board as ex officio, nonvoting members. The bill provides
4 27 that the board is to utilize the staff of the council on human
4 28 investment as staff to the board.
4 29 The bill directs the board, on or before June 30, 1997, to
4 30 issue requests for applications and negotiate agreements with
4 31 innovation zone entities to provide services to children and
4 32 families; to select at least three jurisdictions from the
4 33 applications submitted for development and implementation of
4 34 innovation zone plans; to provide technical assistance to the
4 35 innovation zones, if requested; to negotiate state and local
5 1 jurisdiction duties for implementing innovation zone plans; to
5 2 provide for maximum flexibility and encourage creativity in
5 3 design and implementation of innovation zone plans; and to
5 4 assist and support local jurisdictions in obtaining exemptions
5 5 from state law or rules to implement innovation zone plans.
5 6 The bill also establishes certain duties of an innovation
5 7 zone entity which submits an application including that the
5 8 entity shall define the geographic service area of the
5 9 innovation zone, develop an innovation zone plan, establish a
5 10 local governing body to be responsible for the development and
5 11 implementation of the plan, develop a budget, and negotiate
5 12 the specifics of the plan.
5 13 The bill also provides for the appropriation of not more
5 14 than $60,000 from the state general fund to the department of
5 15 management for administration of the innovation zone program
5 16 including authorization of one full-time equivalent position.
5 17 LSB 4432SC 76
5 18 pf/sc/14.1
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