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PAG LIN 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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