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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 221 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO WELFARE REFORM PROVISIONS INVOLVING THE FAMILY 1 5 INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 239B.2, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 1 10 amended to read as follows: 1 11 4. WRITTEN STATEMENT – FAMILY INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. 1 12 a. The department may require an applicant family to 1 13 commit to the initial actions the applicant family will take 1 14 to achieve self-sufficiency as contained in a signed, written 1 15 statement. An applicant family which fails to commit to the 1 16 actions as contained in the written statement shall be denied 1 17 eligibility for the family investment program. If the 1 18 applicant family becomes a participant family, the family's 1 19 written statement may be replaced by, incorporated within, or 1 20 become the family investment agreement for that family. 1 21 b. Unless exempt as provided in section 239B.8, a 1 22 participant family which is eligible for the program shall 1 23 continue to comply with the provisions of a written statement 1 24 which contains actions committed to by the family under 1 25 paragraph "a" or shall enter into a family investment 1 26 agreement with the department. A participant family must 1 27 comply with the provisions of the written statement or the 1 28 conditions in the agreement in order to retain eligibility. A 1 29 participant family which does not comply shall be deemed to 1 30 have chosen a limited benefit plan. 1 31 Sec. 2. Section 239B.3, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 32 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 33 b. For an eligibility decision involving an applicant 1 34 family with a specified relative, within thirty days of the 1 35 date of an application, the department shallissue aauthorize 2 1 issuance of notice of the department's decision to the 2 2 specified relative. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 239B.9, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2 4 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 5 a. If a participant responsible for signing and fulfilling 2 6 the terms of a family investment agreement, as defined by the 2 7 director of human services in accordance with section 239B.8, 2 8 chooses not to sign or fulfill the terms of the agreement, the 2 9 participant's family, or the individual participant shall 2 10 enter into a limited benefit plan. Initial actions in a 2 11 written statement under section 239B.2, subsection 4, which 2 12 were committed to by a participant during the application 2 13 period and which commitment remains in effect, shall be 2 14 considered to be a term of the participant's family investment 2 15 agreement. A limited benefit plan shall apply for the period 2 16 of time specified in this section. The first month of the 2 17 limited benefit plan is the first month after the month in 2 18 which timely and adequate notice of the limited benefit plan 2 19 is given to the participant as defined by the director of 2 20 human services. A participant who is exempt from the JOBS 2 21 program but who volunteers for the program is not subject to 2 22 imposition of a limited benefit plan. The elements of a 2 23 limited benefit plan shall be specified in the department's 2 24 rules. 2 25 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 541A.6 COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL 2 26 REQUIREMENTS. 2 27 The administrator shall adopt rules for compliance with 2 28 federal individual development account requirements under the 2 29 federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 2 30 Reconciliation Act of 1996, } 103, as codified in 42 U.S.C. } 2 31 604(h), under the federal Assets for Independence Act, Pub. L. 2 32 No. 105-285, Title IV, or with any other federal individual 2 33 development account program requirements, as necessary for the 2 34 state to qualify to use federal temporary assistance for needy 2 35 families block grant funding or other available federal 3 1 funding for allocation to operating organizations. Any rules 3 2 adopted under this section shall not apply the federal 3 3 individual development account program requirements to an 3 4 operating organization which does not utilize federal funding 3 5 for the accounts with which it is connected or to an account 3 6 holder who does not receive temporary assistance for needy 3 7 families block grant or other federal funding. 3 8 Sec. 5. SELF-EMPLOYMENT LOAN PROGRAM – INDIVIDUAL 3 9 DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS. 3 10 1. Notwithstanding section 15.241, for the period 3 11 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, a portion of 3 12 the funds available under the self-employment loan program 3 13 account may be made available to provide matching funds for 3 14 individual development accounts under chapter 541A. Self- 3 15 employment loan program funding allocated for individual 3 16 development accounts shall be used by account holders to start 3 17 a business, acquire employment-related training or 3 18 postsecondary education, or purchase a primary residence. The 3 19 allocation of loan program funding to individual development 3 20 account holders may be made in the form of loans or grants. A 3 21 majority of the loan program funds allocated for individual 3 22 development accounts must be used to start a business or to 3 23 acquire training. The department of economic development 3 24 shall adopt rules governing the administration of this 3 25 provision. In addition, the department of economic 3 26 development and the department of human services shall 3 27 coordinate the use of self-employment loan program funds for 3 28 individual development accounts. 3 29 2. In order to implement the provisions of this section, 3 30 the department of human services may contract with an 3 31 established, statewide nonprofit community development 3 32 corporation. The corporation must have a national reputation 3 33 and demonstrated experience in poverty alleviation and asset- 3 34 building programs for persons with low income, long-term 3 35 involvement in the national individual development account 4 1 movement, statewide capacity and infrastructure, expertise in 4 2 program evaluation, and experience in managing and 4 3 implementing large-scale federal grants. 4 4 4 5 4 6 4 7 MARY E. KRAMER 4 8 President of the Senate 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 BRENT SIEGRIST 4 13 Speaker of the House 4 14 4 15 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 4 16 is known as Senate File 221, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 4 17 4 18 4 19 4 20 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 4 21 Secretary of the Senate 4 22 Approved , 1999 4 23 4 24 4 25 4 26 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 27 Governor
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