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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
1 3 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 2116)
1 4 A Senate Resolution affirming the efforts of the
1 5 child welfare services work group established by
1 6 the Legislative Council, requesting approval for
1 7 continuance of the work group, and requesting that
1 8 leadership of the General Assembly work with the
1 9 Governor and Iowa's congressional delegation in
1 10 developing a memorandum of understanding with the
1 11 federal government.
1 12 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has been a leader
1 13 nationally in developing comprehensive, community-
1 14 based services in child welfare and juvenile justice
1 15 through projects for decategorization of the funding
1 16 for these services; and
1 17 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has been a leader
1 18 nationally in employing managed care approaches to
1 19 provide behavioral health and substance abuse
1 20 treatment services to the state's Medicaid population;
1 21 and
1 22 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa seeks to continue its
1 23 leadership in developing a well-managed and integrated
1 24 system of care for children and families that is
1 25 community-based, flexible, and holistic across child
1 26 welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, and
1 27 substance abuse treatment systems; and
1 28 WHEREAS, the General Assembly recognizes that
1 29 developing and implementing such a system will require
1 30 the commitment and participation of a broad range of
2 1 Iowa organizations and individuals and the involvement
2 2 of federal officials; and
2 3 WHEREAS, the child welfare services work group
2 4 established by the Legislative Council in the fall of
2 5 1997 represents a broad-based planning group to
2 6 achieve these ends; and
2 7 WHEREAS, the work group has identified a vision for
2 8 obtaining accountability from an integrated system of
2 9 care involving alternative means of capitating costs
2 10 and has provided a series of recommendations and
2 11 planning activities needed to develop the system of
2 12 care; NOW THEREFORE,
2 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
2 14 affirms the vision of the child welfare services work
2 15 group established by the Legislative Council and
2 16 recognizes the need to move forward on the work group
2 17 recommendations; and
2 18 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Legislative
2 19 Council is requested to act immediately to reauthorize
2 20 the child welfare services work group to continue
2 21 planning and implementation activities, to add members
2 22 of the General Assembly to the work group, and to
2 23 require a final report to the chairpersons and ranking
2 24 members of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on
2 25 Human Services on or before January 1, 1999; and
2 26 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the leadership of the
2 27 General Assembly is requested to work with the
2 28 Governor and the leadership of the United States
2 29 Congress to develop a memorandum of understanding with
2 30 federal officials to continue federal participation
3 1 with the state in this endeavor.
3 2 LSB 4180SV 77
3 3 jp/sc/14
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