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1 1 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY TINSMAN and BOETTGER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution requesting the United States
1 4 Department of Health and Human Services to revise a
1 5 proposed rulemaking for implementing welfare reform
1 6 and requesting the United States Congress to provide
1 7 oversight.
1 8 WHEREAS, the primary purpose of the federal
1 9 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
1 10 Reconciliation Act of 1996 in providing Temporary
1 11 Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grants is to
1 12 reform six decades of welfare, focusing on helping
1 13 families to move toward economic self-sufficiency by
1 14 promoting work and supporting the family structure;
1 15 and
1 16 WHEREAS, to accomplish the primary purpose, United
1 17 States Congress increased the flexibility of the
1 18 states in providing welfare assistance, shifting
1 19 authority to the states from the federal government in
1 20 order to maximize innovation and creativity,
1 21 recognizing that "one size does not fit all," and that
1 22 states need this flexibility to best serve their
1 23 citizens; and
1 24 WHEREAS, the emphasis on flexibility has been
1 25 adopted by the state of Iowa by heavily involving
1 26 citizens from around the state in shaping the state's
1 27 welfare assistance programs in a manner so as to
1 28 engage community investment in the success of the
1 29 families participating in welfare programs; and
1 30 WHEREAS, the notice of proposed rulemaking for TANF
2 1 issued in November 1997 by the United States
2 2 Department of Health and Human Services,
2 3 Administration for Children and Families, includes
2 4 provisions which may reduce flexibility, cause a shift
2 5 in resources from families to data collection, and
2 6 unnecessarily limit state responsibility for prudently
2 7 expending state moneys; NOW THEREFORE
2 8 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF
2 9 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the United States
2 10 Department of Health and Human Services,
2 11 Administration for Children and Families, is urged to
2 12 revise the proposed rulemaking as follows: eliminate
2 13 provisions which would expand the scope of activities
2 14 considered to be administrative costs; eliminate
2 15 requirements for purchased services to be subject to
2 16 administrative cost allocation; drop the
2 17 interpretation that calculation of the administrative
2 18 cost limitation is to be applied against the net of
2 19 transfers to federal Title XX and to child care block
2 20 grant services; limit data reporting requirements to
2 21 those explicitly required under the federal Act; allow
2 22 time for any new data collection requirements to be
2 23 thoughtfully integrated with existing requirements;
2 24 eliminate new requirements on state maintenance of
2 25 effort funding; and eliminate those requirements which
2 26 have been identified by states as creating a
2 27 disincentive for the states to develop and to
2 28 implement state-funded approaches targeted to special
2 29 needs populations; and
2 30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the United States
3 1 Congress is requested to provide oversight of the
3 2 proposed rulemaking to address the concerns of Iowa
3 3 and other states and to ensure that the overall and
3 4 specific effects of the rulemaking are consistent with
3 5 the purposes intended by Congress for implementation
3 6 of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work
3 7 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996; and
3 8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this
3 9 resolution be sent by the Secretary of the Senate to
3 10 the President of the United States; the Secretary of
3 11 Health and Human Services; the Administrator of the
3 12 Department of Health and Human Services,
3 13 Administration for Children and Families; the Majority
3 14 Leader of the United States Senate; the Speaker of the
3 15 House of Representatives of the United States; and
3 16 members of Iowa's congressional delegation.
3 17 LSB 3638XS 77
3 18 jp/jl/8
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