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1 1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
1 3 RESOLUTION BY CHAIRPERSON McLAREN)
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 nationally in
1 13 developing comprehensive, community-based services in child
1 14 welfare and juvenile justice through projects for
1 15 decategorization of the funding for these services; and
1 16 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa has been a leader nationally in
1 17 employing managed care approaches to provide behavioral health
1 18 and substance abuse treatment services to the state's Medicaid
1 19 population; and
1 20 WHEREAS, the state of Iowa seeks to continue its leadership
1 21 in developing a well-managed and integrated system of care for
1 22 children and families that is community-based, flexible, and
1 23 holistic across child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral
1 24 health, and substance abuse treatment systems; and
1 25 WHEREAS, the General Assembly recognizes that developing
1 26 and implementing such a system will require the commitment and
1 27 participation of a broad range of Iowa organizations and
1 28 individuals and the involvement of federal officials; and
1 29 WHEREAS, the child welfare services work group established
1 30 by the Legislative Council in the fall of 1997 represents a
1 31 broad-based planning group to achieve these ends; and
1 32 WHEREAS, the work group has identified a vision for
1 33 obtaining accountability from an integrated system of care
1 34 involving alternative means of capitating costs and has
1 35 provided a series of recommendations and planning activities
2 1 needed to develop the system of care; NOW THEREFORE,
2 2 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate affirms the
2 3 vision of the child welfare services work group established by
2 4 the Legislative Council and recognizes the need to move
2 5 forward on the work group recommendations; and
2 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Legislative Council is
2 7 requested to act immediately to reauthorize the child welfare
2 8 services work group to continue planning and implementation
2 9 activities, to add members of the General Assembly to the work
2 10 group, and to require a final report to the chairpersons and
2 11 ranking members of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on
2 12 Human Services on or before January 1, 1999; and
2 13 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the leadership of the General
2 14 Assembly is requested to work with the Governor and the
2 15 leadership of the United States Congress to develop a
2 16 memorandum of understanding with federal officials to continue
2 17 federal participation with the state in this endeavor.
2 18 LSB 4180SC 77
2 19 jp/sc/14
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