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House Journal: Page 1473: Tuesday, April 11, 1995

 9   the department's social workers.
10     2.  The department shall also develop a plan for
11   improving the adequacy of reimbursement for family
12   foster care.  The foster care reimbursement rate
13   improvement provisions shall provide for basing the
14   reimbursement rates on at least 75 percent of the
15   United States department of agriculture estimate of
16   the costs to raise a child in the calendar year
17   immediately preceding the fiscal year.  In addition
18   the family foster care provisions of the plan shall
19   address additional reimbursement for respite care,
20   including in-home respite care, and adequate
21   allowances for clothing and school expenses.  The
22   clothing allowance upon a child's initial placement
23   shall be at least $250 and at least $50 per month for
24   the remainder of the placement.  School expenses shall
25   be reimbursed for elementary and developmental
26   preschool children at not more than $50 per semester
27   and for grades seven through twelve at not more than
28   $100 per semester.  Driver's education expenses shall
29   be reimbursed in full.
30     3.  The department shall submit the planning
31   provisions required by this section to the members of
32   the joint appropriations subcommittee on human
33   services of the senate and house of representatives on
34   or before January 8, 1996."
35     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-3831 was adopted.
Running of Linn offered the following amendment H-3848 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-3848
 1     Amend Senate File 462, as amended, passed, and re-
 2   printed by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 44, by inserting after line 35 the
 4   following:
 5     "Sec. ___.  Section 249A.3, subsection 9, Code
 6   1995, is amended to read as follows:
 7     9.  Beginning October 1, 1990 1995, in determining
 8   the eligibility of an institutionalized individual for
 9   assistance under this chapter, the department shall
10   establish a minimum community spouse resource
11   allowance amount of twenty-four thousand dollars
which
12   is the maximum amount allowed to be retained for the
13   benefit of the institutionalized individual's
14   community spouse in accordance with the federal Social
15   Security Act, section 1924(f) as codified in 42 U.S.C.
16   </g> 1396r-5(f)."
17     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Cataldo of
Polk.

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