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17   performed by the department.  The work group may use
18   the moneys appropriated in this section for technical
19   assistance.  In addition, the work group may consult
20   with service consumers, experts representative of
21   organizations such as nonprofit service organizations,
22   health insurers, and human services-oriented community
23   organizations, and representatives of local
24   governments.  The work group's report shall be
25   completed prior to the convening of the Seventy-
26   seventh General Assembly.  The work group may make
27   recommendations for revising policies, operating
28   procedures, and training methods as necessary to
29   increase the department's responsiveness to the public
30   and to improve the quality of the department's
31   interaction with the public.
32     The work group shall provide for public input
33   concerning the four modification proposals developed
34   by the department in response to proposed federal
35   actions submitted to the joint appropriations
36   subcommittee on human services in February 1996.
37     The work group's consideration of the modification
38   proposals may include the following:
39     a.  A review of the child welfare modification
40   proposal which may include input from representatives
41   of the juvenile court, service providers, families
42   receiving services, the attorney general,
43   representatives of local governments, a department
44   worker, and other citizens and officials.  The
45   proposal shall also include a recommendation for
46   transfer of the department of human services
47   delinquent youth programs to the department of
48   corrections.
49     b.  A review of the mental health and developmental
50   disabilities proposal which shall incorporate issues

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 1   associated with implementation of the funding reform
 2   enacted in Senate File 69; usage of service providers
 3   such as intermediate care facilities for the mentally
 4   retarded, state institutions, and other services for
 5   persons with disabilities; distribution of services
 6   throughout the state; and other issues.
 7     c.  A review of the family investment program
 8   proposal which may include input from the work group
 9   which considered the state human investment policy
10   proposal and which makes recommendations to the
11   department concerning the family investment program.
12   Consideration of issues associated with the proposal
13   may include review of the emergency assistance
14   program.
15     d.  A review of the medical assistance proposal
16   which may include input from representatives of the
17   medical assistance advisory council, the long-term

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