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  1  1                                          HOUSE FILE 125
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 APPROPRIATING FEDERAL BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND AMENDING
  1  5    APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE TO
  1  6    THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE STATE FISCAL 
  1  7    YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1, 1996, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
  1  8    DATE.
  1  9 
  1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1 11 
  1 12    Section 1.  TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK
  1 13 GRANT.  There is appropriated from the fund created in section
  1 14 8.41 to the department of human services for the fiscal year
  1 15 beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, from moneys
  1 16 received under the federal temporary assistance for needy
  1 17 families block grant pursuant to the federal Personal
  1 18 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
  1 19 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-193, which were appropriated for the
  1 20 federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 1996, and ending
  1 21 September 30, 1997, the following amounts to be used for the
  1 22 purposes designated:
  1 23    Moneys appropriated in this section shall be used in
  1 24 accordance with the federal law making the funds available,
  1 25 applicable Iowa law, and administrative rules adopted to
  1 26 implement the federal and Iowa law.  If actual federal
  1 27 revenues credited to the fund created in section 8.41 through
  1 28 June 30, 1997, are less than the amounts appropriated in this
  1 29 section, the amounts appropriated shall be reduced
  1 30 proportionately and the department may reduce expenditures as
  1 31 deemed necessary by the department to meet the reduced funding
  1 32 level:
  1 33    1.  For assistance under the family investment program
  1 34 under chapter 239 and in accordance with 1996 Iowa Acts,
  1 35 chapter 1213, section 1:  
  1 36 .................................................. $ 71,040,801
  2  1    For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the department
  2  2 shall continue the practice of depositing child support
  2  3 assigned to the state under the family investment program into
  2  4 the family investment program appropriation.  However, if the
  2  5 federal government reduces the amount of federally
  2  6 reimbursable administrative costs for child support payable to
  2  7 the state, then not more than an amount equivalent to the
  2  8 reduction may be deposited into the appropriation for that
  2  9 fiscal year to the department for child support recovery.
  2 10 Moneys deposited in accordance with this paragraph are
  2 11 appropriated for the purposes of the appropriation to which
  2 12 the moneys are deposited.
  2 13    2.  For the federal-state job opportunities and basic
  2 14 skills (JOBS) program, and implementing family investment
  2 15 agreements, in accordance with 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213,
  2 16 section 7:  
  2 17 .................................................. $  6,144,890
  2 18    3.  For field operations, in accordance with 1996 Iowa
  2 19 Acts, chapter 1213, section 21:  
  2 20 .................................................. $  1,920,867
  2 21    4.  For general administration, in accordance with 1996
  2 22 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 22:  
  2 23 .................................................. $  1,172,187
  2 24    5.  To supplement the appropriation and allocation for
  2 25 local administrative costs and other local services made in
  2 26 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1210, section 10, subsection 3,
  2 27 paragraph "d":  
  2 28 .................................................. $  1,495,176
  2 29    6.  To supplement the appropriations made in 1996 Iowa
  2 30 Acts, chapter 1218, section 14, subsections 1 and 2:
  2 31    a.  For training, maintenance, and upgrades of computer
  2 32 software:  
  2 33 .................................................. $    200,758
  2 34    b.  For the development costs of the "X-PERT" knowledge-
  2 35 based computer software package for public assistance benefit
  2 36 eligibility determination, including salaries, support,
  2 37 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:  
  3  1 .................................................. $    183,297
  3  2    Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
  3  3 section of this Act which remain unencumbered or unobligated
  3  4 at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert from the fund
  3  5 from which appropriated but shall remain available for the
  3  6 purpose designated in the succeeding fiscal year.
  3  7    Sec. 2.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 1,
  3  8 unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
  3  9    For assistance under the family investment program under
  3 10 chapter 239:  
  3 11 .................................................. $ 34,787,255
  3 12                                                      16,683,536
  3 13    Sec. 3.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 6,
  3 14 unnumbered paragraph 2, and subsection 1, are amended to read
  3 15 as follows:
  3 16    For protective child day care assistance and state child
  3 17 care assistance:  
  3 18 .................................................. $ 12,547,100
  3 19                                                      13,271,301
  3 20    1.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, $2,496,286
  3 21 $3,220,487 shall be used for protective child day care
  3 22 assistance.  
  3 23    Sec. 4.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 10,
  3 24 unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
  3 25    For child and family services:  
  3 26 .................................................. $ 85,460,607
  3 27                                                      95,907,604
  3 28    Sec. 5.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 10,
  3 29 subsection 9, is amended to read as follows:
  3 30    9.  Notwithstanding section 234.35, subsection 1, for the
  3 31 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, state funding for shelter
  3 32 care paid pursuant to section 234.35, subsection 1, paragraph
  3 33 "h", shall be limited to $3,223,732 5,914,676.  The department
  3 34 shall develop a formula in consultation with the shelter care
  3 35 committee created by the department to allocate shelter care
  3 36 funds to the department's regions.  The formula shall be based
  4  1 on the region's proportion of the state population of children
  4  2 and historical usage.  The department may adopt emergency
  4  3 rules to implement the provisions of this subsection.
  4  4    Sec. 6.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 21,
  4  5 unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
  4  6    For field operations, including salaries, support,
  4  7 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes and for not more than
  4  8 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  4  9 .................................................. $ 38,483,998
  4 10                                                      44,796,369
  4 11 ............................................... FTEs   2,019.00
  4 12    Sec. 7.  1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213, section 22,
  4 13 unnumbered paragraph 2, is amended to read as follows:
  4 14    For general administration, including salaries, support,
  4 15 maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes and for not more than
  4 16 the following full-time equivalent positions:  
  4 17 .................................................. $ 11,917,316
  4 18                                                      12,537,466
  4 19 ............................................... FTEs     401.00
  4 20    Sec. 8.  TRANSFER AUTHORITY.  Subject to the provisions of
  4 21 section 8.39, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, if
  4 22 necessary to meet federal maintenance of effort requirements,
  4 23 the department of human services may transfer between any of
  4 24 the appropriations made to the department for the following
  4 25 purposes in adjusting for funding that the state would have
  4 26 previously been eligible to receive as federal matching funds
  4 27 under Titles IV-A and IV-F of the federal Social Security Act,
  4 28 provided that the combined amount of state and federal
  4 29 temporary assistance for needy families block grant funding
  4 30 for each appropriation remains the same before and after the
  4 31 transfer:
  4 32    1.  For the family investment program made in this Act and
  4 33 in 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213.
  4 34    2.  For child day care assistance made in this Act and in
  4 35 1996 Iowa Acts, chapters 1210 and 1213.
  5  1    3.  For child and family services made in this Act and in
  5  2 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1213.
  5  3    4.  For field operations made in this Act and in 1996 Iowa
  5  4 Acts, chapters 1210 and 1213.
  5  5    5.  For general administration made in this Act and in 1996
  5  6 Iowa Acts, chapters 1210 and 1213.
  5  7    Sec. 9.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  5  8 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  5  9 
  5 10 
  5 11                                                             
  5 12                               RON J. CORBETT
  5 13                               Speaker of the House
  5 14 
  5 15 
  5 16                                                             
  5 17                               MARY E. KRAMER
  5 18                               President of the Senate
  5 19 
  5 20    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  5 21 is known as House File 125, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
  5 22 
  5 23 
  5 24                                                             
  5 25                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  5 26                               Chief Clerk of the House
  5 27 Approved                , 1997
  5 28 
  5 29 
  5 30                         
  5 31 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
  5 32 Governor
     

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