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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 239.10, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    239.10  IMMUNIZATION.
  1  4    1.  a.  To the extent feasible, the The department shall
  1  5 determine the immunization status of require immunizations of
  1  6 children who are preschool age and are a member of a family
  1  7 receiving assistance under this chapter.  The status shall be
  1  8 determined The department shall adopt rules setting forth the
  1  9 immunization requirements which shall be in accordance with
  1 10 the immunization recommendations adopted by the Iowa
  1 11 department of public health under section 139.9, including the
  1 12 exemption provisions in section 139.9, subsection 4.  If the
  1 13 department determines a child is not in compliance with the
  1 14 immunization recommendations, the department shall refer the
  1 15 child's parent or guardian to a local public health agency for
  1 16 immunization services for the child and other members of the
  1 17 child's family.  The rules shall specify the types of
  1 18 immunizations required, the age groupings to which the
  1 19 requirements apply, and other provisions.  The rules shall
  1 20 also include exemptions for good cause or for factors beyond
  1 21 the control of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.
  1 22 The exemptions shall be in addition to those established by
  1 23 the Iowa department of public health.
  1 24    b.  Unless exempt by rule, a recipient family which is not
  1 25 in compliance with an immunization requirement shall be
  1 26 subject to sanction.  The sanction shall be a deduction from
  1 27 cash benefit assistance payable to the child's family in an
  1 28 amount equivalent to twenty-five percent of the applicable
  1 29 family investment program payment standard.  The sanction
  1 30 shall apply until the family complies with the immunization
  1 31 requirement.
  1 32    2.  The department of human services shall cooperate with
  1 33 the Iowa department of public health to establish an
  1 34 interagency agreement allowing the sharing of pertinent client
  1 35 data, as permitted under federal law and regulation, for the
  2  1 purposes of determining immunization rates of recipients of
  2  2 persons receiving assistance, evaluating family investment
  2  3 program efforts to encourage require immunizations, and
  2  4 developing strategies to further encourage immunization of
  2  5 recipients of persons receiving assistance.
  2  6    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect July 1,
  2  7 1998.  
  2  8                           EXPLANATION
  2  9    This bill relates to recipient immunization requirements
  2 10 under the family investment program.
  2 11    Code section 239.10, relating to immunization of children
  2 12 receiving assistance under the family investment program, is
  2 13 amended to require immunization as a condition of the family
  2 14 receiving assistance.  The department of human services is
  2 15 directed to provide in rule, exemptions to the requirement for
  2 16 good cause and for factors beyond the parent's control.  The
  2 17 department is to sanction families who do not comply with the
  2 18 immunization requirements.  The sanction is a deduction from
  2 19 cash assistance payable to the family until the family
  2 20 complies.  Current law is stricken which directs the
  2 21 department to make a referral of a recipient family who does
  2 22 not comply with the immunization provisions to a local public
  2 23 health agency.
  2 24    The bill takes effect July 1, 1998.  
  2 25 LSB 2344HV 77 
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