House Journal: Page 1867: Tuesday, April 23, 1996

11   The department may satisfy this requirement by using
12   one hundred percent state funds to offset any
13   disadvantage to an applicant or recipient for services
14   eligible for federal financial participation prior to
15   the early implementation of the federal block grant
16   provisions if the increase in state funds used does
17   not exceed any additional federal funding received
18   under the block grant.
19     (3)  The department can reasonably make computer
20   system and procedural changes necessary to implement
21   the provisions within any federally mandated time
22   frames as necessary to qualify for early
23   implementation of the federal block grant provisions.
24     (4)  The state will not incur any excessive
25   financial risks with early implementation of the
26   federal block grant provisions.
27     2.  If the federal legislation described is
28   enacted, the department shall seek input from the
29   individuals of the work group which considered the
30   state human investment policy or a successor
31   interagency task force which makes recommendations to
32   the department concerning the family investment
33   program.
34     3.  If all of the conditions of subsections 1 and 2
35   are met, the department may take steps to notify the
36   United States department of health and human services,
37   or some other such entity as designated in the federal
38   legislation, that the state of Iowa is opting for
39   early implementation of the federal welfare reform
40   block grant provisions.  If the department takes steps
41   to elect early implementation of the federal block
42   grant provisions, the department shall notify the
43   fiscal committee of the legislative council, the
44   legislative fiscal bureau, the chairpersons and
45   ranking members of the senate and house committees on
46   human resources, and the chairpersons and ranking
47   members of the senate and house appropriations
48   subcommittee on human services of all of the
49   following:
50     a.  The findings that the conditions in subsection

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 1   1 are met.
 2     b.  The notice to the federal government of
 3   electing early implementation of the block grant
 4   provisions.
 5     c.  Fiscal impacts of electing early implementation
 6   of the block grant provisions.
 7     4.  If allowed by federal law, the department may
 8   discontinue the provisions for control groups as
 9   required by the federal government and apply welfare
10   reform policies to all applicants and recipients of

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