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1 1 Section 1. IOWA HEALTHY FAMILY PROGRAM. There is
1 2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
1 3 department of public health for the Iowa healthy family
1 4 program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
1 5 June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 6 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
1 7 For the Iowa healthy family program under section 135.106:
1 8 .................................................. $ 115,000
1 9 The moneys appropriated in this section shall be granted
1 10 pursuant to 1992 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session,
1 11 chapter 1001, section 415, except that the grants shall be
1 12 extended through September 30, 1997. Notwithstanding the
1 13 provisions of 1992 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session,
1 14 chapter 1001, section 416, the use of mid-level practitioners
1 15 to improve access to prenatal care shall include obstetrical-
1 16 gynecological nurse practitioners and family nurse
1 17 practitioners focusing on maternal and child health. The
1 18 department is encouraged to expand funding eligibility under
1 19 the program to private physician and clinic-sponsored programs
1 20 servicing low-income populations. The administrative entities
1 21 of the Iowa healthy family program shall work collaboratively
1 22 to assure continuity of the provision of services from the
1 23 prenatal to the preschool period to an individual client by
1 24 having a single resource mother work with that client. The
1 25 department shall submit an annual report to the general
1 26 assembly concerning the efficiency of the healthy family
1 27 program and make any recommendations for improvements. Any
1 28 funds contracted to agencies under this section which are
1 29 projected to be unused at the close of the fiscal year shall
1 30 be allowed to be reallocated within the healthy family program
1 31 by June 1, 1997.
1 32 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 33 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill makes an appropriation of $115,000 for the fiscal
2 1 year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, to the
2 2 Iowa department of public health for the Iowa healthy family
2 3 program, restoring an appropriation which was vetoed by the
2 4 governor. The bill provides that moneys appropriated shall be
2 5 granted pursuant to 1992 Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary
2 6 Session, chapter 1001, section 415, and extends the grants
2 7 through September 30, 1997. The bill provides that the use of
2 8 mid-level practitioners to improve access to prenatal care
2 9 shall include obstetrical-gynecological and family nurse
2 10 practitioners, and encourages the department to expand funding
2 11 eligibility to private physician and clinic-sponsored programs
2 12 servicing low-income populations. The bill additionally
2 13 provides for the continuity of the provision of prenatal
2 14 through preschool services to individual clients, and requires
2 15 the department to submit an annual report to the general
2 16 assembly regarding the efficiency of the healthy family
2 17 program and make recommendations for improvements. Funds
2 18 contracted to agencies which remain unused at the close of the
2 19 fiscal year shall be reallocated within the healthy family
2 20 program by June 1, 1997. The bill provides that the Iowa
2 21 department of public health and the department of human
2 22 services shall determine if any portion of healthy family
2 23 program expenses would qualify for payment under the medical
2 24 assistance program and, if so, shall apply to the federal
2 25 government for a medical assistance waiver. The departments
2 26 shall evaluate the funding change's potential impact upon
2 27 healthy family program clients.
2 28 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 29 LSB 2160XC 77
2 30 rn/sc/14
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