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House Amendment 1655

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 516, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 32, by inserting after line 8 the
  1  4 following:  
  1  5                      "DIVISION III
  1  6    Sec.    .  Section 239B.12, subsection 1, as
  1  7 enacted by this Act, is amended by striking the
  1  8 subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  9 following:
  1 10    1.  a.  The department shall require immunizations
  1 11 of children who are preschool age and are a member of
  1 12 a family receiving assistance under this chapter.  The
  1 13 department shall adopt rules setting forth the
  1 14 immunization requirements which shall be in accordance
  1 15 with the immunization recommendations adopted by the
  1 16 Iowa department of public health under section 139.9,
  1 17 including the exemption provisions in section 139.9,
  1 18 subsection 4.  The rules shall specify the types of
  1 19 immunizations required, the age groupings to which the
  1 20 requirements apply, and other provisions.  The rules
  1 21 shall also include exemptions for good cause or for
  1 22 factors beyond the control of the child's parent,
  1 23 guardian, or custodian. The exemptions shall be in
  1 24 addition to those established by the Iowa department
  1 25 of public health.
  1 26    b.  Unless exempt by rule, a participant family
  1 27 which is not in compliance with an immunization
  1 28 requirement shall be subject to sanction.  The
  1 29 sanction shall be a deduction from cash benefit
  1 30 assistance payable to the participant family in an
  1 31 amount equivalent to twenty-five percent of the
  1 32 applicable family investment program payment standard.
  1 33 The sanction shall apply until the participant family
  1 34 complies with the immunization requirement.
  1 35    Sec. ___.  Section 239B.12, subsection 2, as
  1 36 enacted by this Act, is amended to read as follows:
  1 37    2.  The department of human services shall
  1 38 cooperate with the Iowa department of public health to
  1 39 establish an interagency agreement allowing the
  1 40 sharing of pertinent client data, as permitted under
  1 41 federal law and regulation, for the purposes of
  1 42 determining immunization rates of participants,
  1 43 evaluating family investment program efforts to
  1 44 encourage require immunizations, and developing
  1 45 strategies to further encourage immunization of
  1 46 participants.
  1 47    Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this
  1 48 Act takes effect July 1, 1998." 
  1 49 
  1 50 
  2  1                               
  2  2 BODDICKER of Cedar 
  2  3 SF 516.201 77
  2  4 tj/jj/28
     

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