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1 1 SENATE/HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
1 3 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION BY JOINT APPROPRIATIONS
1 4 SUBCOMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES)
1 5 A Concurrent Resolution affirming the efforts of the
1 6 child welfare services work group established by
1 7 the Legislative Council, requesting approval for
1 8 continuance of the work group, and requesting that
1 9 leadership of the General Assembly work with the
1 10 Governor and Iowa's congressional delegation in
1 11 developing a memorandum of understanding with the
1 12 federal government.
1 13 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has been a leader
1 14 nationally in developing comprehensive, community-
1 15 based services in child welfare and juvenile justice
1 16 through projects for decategorization of the funding
1 17 for these services; and
1 18 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has been a leader
1 19 nationally in employing managed care approaches to
1 20 provide behavioral health and substance abuse
1 21 treatment services to the state's Medicaid population;
1 22 and
1 23 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa seeks to continue its
1 24 leadership in developing a well-managed and integrated
1 25 system of care for children and families that is
1 26 community-based, flexible, and holistic across child
1 27 welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, and
1 28 substance abuse treatment systems; and
1 29 WHEREAS, the General Assembly recognizes that
1 30 developing and implementing such a system will require
2 1 the commitment and participation of a broad range of
2 2 Iowa organizations and individuals and the involvement
2 3 of federal officials; and
2 4 WHEREAS, the child welfare services work group
2 5 established by the Legislative Council in the fall of
2 6 1997 represents a broad-based planning group to
2 7 achieve these ends; and
2 8 WHEREAS, the work group has identified a vision for
2 9 obtaining accountability from an integrated system of
2 10 care involving alternative means of capitating costs
2 11 and has provided a series of recommendations and
2 12 planning activities needed to develop the system of
2 13 care; NOW THEREFORE,
2 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE/HOUSE, THE
2 15 SENATE/HOUSE CONCURRING, That the General Assembly
2 16 affirms the vision of the child welfare services work
2 17 group established by the Legislative Council and
2 18 recognizes the need to move forward on the work group
2 19 recommendations; and
2 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Legislative
2 21 Council is requested to act immediately to reauthorize
2 22 the child welfare services work group to continue
2 23 planning and implementation activities, to add members
2 24 of the General Assembly to the work group, and to
2 25 require a final report to the chairpersons and ranking
2 26 members of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on
2 27 Human Services on or before January 1, 1999; and
2 28 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the leadership of the
2 29 General Assembly is requested to work with the
2 30 Governor and the leadership of the United States
3 1 Congress to develop a memorandum of understanding with
3 2 federal officials to continue federal participation
3 3 with the state in this endeavor.
3 4 LSB 4180JA 77
3 5 jp/sc/14
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