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House Journal: Page 2005: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 program of last resort and shall not supplant assistance
provided by the low-income home energy assistance program
(LIHEAP), county general relief, and veterans affairs programs.
The department shall establish a $500 maximum payment, per
family, in a twelve-month period.  The emergency assistance
includes, but is not limited to, assisting people who face
eviction, potential eviction, or foreclosure, utility shutoff or
fuel shortage, loss of heating energy supply or equipment,
homelessness, utility or rental deposits, or other specified
crisis which threatens family or living arrangements.  The
emergency assistance shall be available to migrant families who
would otherwise meet eligibility criteria.  The department may
contract for the administration and delivery of the program. The
program shall be terminated when funds are exhausted.
2.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the department
shall continue the process for the state to receive refunds of
rent deposits for emergency assistance recipients which were
paid by persons other than the state.  The refunds received by
the department under this subsection shall be deposited with the
moneys of the appropriation made in this section and used as
additional funds for the emergency assistance program. 
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys received by the department
under this subsection which remain after the emergency
assistance program is terminated and state moneys in the
emergency assistance account which remain unobligated or
unexpended at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to
the general fund of the state but shall remain available for
expenditure when the program resumes operation on October 1 in
the succeeding fiscal year.
3.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, $10,000 is
allocated to the community voice mail program to continue the
existing program.  The funds shall be made available beginning
July 1, 1996.
Sec. 3.  MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of human services
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purpose designated:
For medical assistance, including reimbursement for abortion
services, which shall be available under the medical assistance
program only for those abortions which are medically necessary:  
	$	366,687,988
1.  Medically necessary abortions are those performed under any
of the following conditions:
a.  The attending physician certifies that continuing the
pregnancy would endanger the life of the pregnant woman.
b.  The attending physician certifies that the fetus is
physically deformed, mentally deficient, or afflicted with a
congenital illness.
c.  The pregnancy is the result of a rape which is reported
within 45 days of the incident to a law enforcement agency or
public or private health agency which may include a family
physician.
d.  The pregnancy is the result of incest which is reported
within 150 days of the incident to a law enforcement agency or
public or private health agency which may include a family
physician.

Iowa General Assembly

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

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