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1 1 Section 1. Section 96.3, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 11. OVERISSUANCE OF FOOD STAMP BENEFITS.
1 4 The department shall collect any overissuance of food stamp
1 5 benefits by offsetting the amount of the overissuance from the
1 6 benefits payable under this chapter to the individual. This
1 7 subsection shall only apply if the department is reimbursed
1 8 under an agreement with the department of human services for
1 9 administrative costs incurred in recouping the overissuance.
1 10 The provisions of section 96.15 do not apply to this
1 11 subsection.
1 12 Sec. 2. Section 96.11, subsection 6, Code 1997, is amended
1 13 by adding the following new paragraph:
1 14 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. LIABILITY FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION.
1 15 The department and its employees shall not be liable for any
1 16 acts or omissions resulting from the release of information to
1 17 any person pursuant to this subsection.
1 18 Sec. 3. Section 96.40, subsection 9, Code 1997, is amended
1 19 by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 20 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. An employer may provide as part
1 21 of the plan a training program the employees may attend during
1 22 the hours that have been reduced. If the employer is able to
1 23 show that the training program will provide a substantive
1 24 increase in the workplace and employability skills of the
1 25 employee so as to reduce the potential for future periods of
1 26 unemployment, the department shall relieve the employer of
1 27 charges for benefits paid to the individual attending training
1 28 under the plan. The employee may attend the training at the
1 29 work site utilizing internal resources, provided the training
1 30 is outside of the normal course of employment, or in
1 31 conjunction with an educational institution.
1 32 Sec. 4. 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1186, section 25, is
1 33 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
1 34 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. If approved by the community
1 35 college and the department of workforce development, an
2 1 employee of a community college who currently provides
2 2 workforce development services under a contract with the
2 3 department of workforce development which was in existence as
2 4 of July 1, 1996, may become a state employee with the
2 5 department subject to the requirements of this paragraph. The
2 6 hiring provisions of chapter 19A and the provisions of any
2 7 collective bargaining agreement made pursuant to chapter 20
2 8 shall not apply to the initial placement of a new employee
2 9 into state service pursuant to this paragraph. A new state
2 10 employee employed pursuant to this paragraph shall retain any
2 11 vacation and sick leave hours previously accrued and their
2 12 accrued years of service. However, accrued years of service
2 13 shall not be used for the purpose of calculating years of
2 14 service for a retirement allowance under the Iowa public
2 15 employees' retirement system unless the employee was covered
2 16 under the system for those years of service. A new state
2 17 employee employed pursuant to this paragraph shall not suffer
2 18 any loss in salary unless the salary would exceed the current
2 19 allowable state salary for a position of comparable worth.
2 20 Except as provided in this paragraph, a new state employee
2 21 employed pursuant to this paragraph shall be entitled to
2 22 benefits offered to all state employees, but shall not be
2 23 entitled to benefits offered to an employee of a community
2 24 college but not to a state employee. For the purposes of
2 25 health benefits for a new state employee employed pursuant to
2 26 this paragraph, the eleven-month preexisting condition waiting
2 27 period is waived. For purposes of group health, dental, life,
2 28 and long-term disability coverage for a new state employee
2 29 employed pursuant to this paragraph, the thirty-day new
2 30 employee waiting period is waived.
2 31 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE – REPEAL. Section 4 of this Act,
2 32 amending 1996 Iowa Acts, chapter 1186, being deemed of
2 33 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and is
2 34 repealed effective July 1, 1999.
2 35 EXPLANATION.
3 1 This bill provides that the department of workforce
3 2 development can recoup the overissuance of food stamp benefits
3 3 from unemployment compensation benefits if the department of
3 4 human services reimburses the department's administrative
3 5 costs in recouping the overissuance.
3 6 The bill provides that the department and its employees are
3 7 not liable for any acts or omissions resulting from the
3 8 release of records by the department as it relates to
3 9 unemployment compensation pursuant to the requirements of the
3 10 section authorizing the release.
3 11 The bill also relieves an employer participating in the
3 12 voluntary shared work program from charges for benefits paid
3 13 while the employee attends approved work-related training.
3 14 The bill provides that employees of a community college
3 15 providing workforce development services to the department of
3 16 workforce development based on a contract in existence as of
3 17 July 1, 1996, may become state employees of the department
3 18 while retaining most benefits accrued while an employee of the
3 19 community college, if the department and the community college
3 20 agree. This section of the bill takes effect upon enactment
3 21 and is repealed effective July 1, 1999.
3 22 LSB 1309DP 77
3 23 ec/sc/14.1
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