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House Journal: Page 2000: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

Sec.    .  WELFARE REFORM BLOCK GRANT.
1.  Notwithstanding contrary provisions of section 8.41,
subsection 3, as enacted in 1996 Iowa Acts, House File 2256, the
provisions of this section shall apply if all of the following
conditions are met:
a.  The provisions of this section shall apply only to programs,
funding, and policies of the family investment program and the
job opportunities and basic skills (JOBS) program.
b.  Federal law creating a welfare reform block grant is enacted
which provides for optional early implementation dates which
precede the convening of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
c.  The department of human services determines early
implementation of the federal block grant provisions is
advantageous to Iowa.  All of the following requirements shall
apply in order for the department to make such a determination:
(1)  Early implementation will result in additional federal
funding for the family investment program or the JOBS program.
(2)  The early implementation of the block grant provisions will
not disadvantage any applicant or recipient of assistance under
the family investment program by resulting in reduced benefits,
terminated eligibility, or denied eligibility to the extent
those conditions would not have resulted under Iowa's welfare
reform provisions in effect prior to the early implementation of
the federal block grant provisions.  The department may satisfy
this requirement by using one hundred percent state funds to
offset any disadvantage to an applicant or recipient for
services eligible for federal financial participation prior to
the early implementation of the federal block grant provisions
if the increase in state funds used does not exceed any
additional federal funding received under the block grant.
(3)  The department can reasonably make computer system and
procedural changes necessary to implement the provisions within
any federally mandated time frames as necessary to qualify for
early implementation of the federal block grant provisions.
(4)  The state will not incur any excessive financial risks with
early implementation of the federal block grant provisions.
2.  If the federal legislation described is enacted, the
department shall seek input from the individuals of the work
group which considered the state human investment policy or a
successor interagency task force which makes recommendations to
the department concerning the family investment program.
3.  If all of the conditions of subsections 1 and 2 are met, the
department may take steps to notify the United States department
of health and human services, or some other such entity as
designated in the federal legislation, that the state of Iowa is
opting for early implementation of the federal welfare reform
block grant provisions.  If the department takes steps to elect
early implementation of the federal block grant provisions, the
department shall notify the fiscal committee of the legislative
council, the legislative fiscal bureau, the chairpersons and
ranking members of the senate and house committees on human
resources, and the chairpersons and ranking members of the
senate and house appropriations subcommittee on human services
of all of the following:
a.  The findings that the conditions in subsection 1 are met.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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