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House Journal: Page 2037: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 distinct from foster care licensure requirements.
d.  Host home services shall include but are not limited to
training in family development, parenting and self-sufficiency
skills, and assistance in completing an education.
e.  A host home shall not be considered to be a group foster
care facility or to be another licensed facility which provides
care for children.  The placement of a minor parent or pregnant
minor and the children of a minor parent shall not be considered
a placement which is subject to the statewide target for the
number of group foster care placements under section 232.143 and
associated provisions.
7.  This section shall not be implemented prior to July 1, 1997,
and implementation is contingent upon federal approval of a
waiver authorizing the implementation.
Sec. 39.  Section 252B.4, Code 1995, is amended to read as
follows:
252B.4  NONASSISTANCE CASES.
The child support and paternity determination services
established by the department pursuant to this chapter and other
appropriate services provided by law including but not limited
to the provisions of chapters 239, 252A, 252C, 252D, 252E, 252F,
598, and 600B shall be made available by the unit to an
individual not otherwise eligible as a public assistance
recipient upon application by the individual for the services.
The application shall be filed with the department.
1.  The director shall require an application fee of five
dollars.
2.  The director may require an additional collect a fee
to cover the costs incurred by the department in providing the
support collection and paternity determination services for
service of process, genetic testing and court costs if the
entity providing the service charges a fee for the services.
a.  The director shall, by rule, establish and inform all
applicants for support enforcement and paternity determination
services of the fee schedule.
b.  The additional fee for services may be deducted from the
amount of the support money recovered by the department or may
be collected from the recipient of the services following
recovery of support money by the department.
3.  When the unit intercepts a federal tax refund of an obligor
for payment of delinquent support and the funds are due to a
recipient of services who is not otherwise eligible for public
assistance, the unit shall deduct a twenty-five dollar fee from
the funds before forwarding the balance to the recipient.
a.  The unit shall inform the recipient of the fee under this
subsection prior to assessment.
b.  The fee shall be assessed only to individuals who receive
support from the federal tax refund offset program.  If the tax
refund due the recipient is less than fifty dollars, the fee
shall not be assessed.
4.  The department may adopt rules to establish fees which
provide for recovery of administrative costs of the program in
addition to other fees identified.
5. 4.  Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be
retained by the department for use by the unit.  The director or
a designee shall keep an accurate record of funds so retained.
6. 5.  An application fee paid by a recipient of
services pursuant to subsection 1

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