House Journal: Page 1494: Tuesday, April 20, 1999

40   services shall be encouraged to make use of the

41   providers holding this designation as a resource in
42   quality improvement efforts and to identify these
43   providers in making referrals to the public.
44     3.  Holders of the gold seal quality designation
45   shall be recognized annually in April during the week
46   of national recognition of young children.  A
47   recognition event shall be hosted during that week by
48   a committee which may include but is not limited to
49   the governor, legislative leaders, department staff
50   and other child care experts, and the chairpersons and
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 1   ranking members of the legislative committees involved
 2   with regulation or funding of child day care.
 3     4.  Subject to the availability of funding, an
 4   eligible holder of the gold seal quality designation
 5   receiving an initial or renewal national accreditation
 6   may receive a one-time cash award in the year of
 7   initial or renewal accreditation on or after July 1,
 8   1999.  Holders of the designation who received funding
 9   assistance to obtain the initial or renewal national
10   accreditation under a grant administered by the child
11   development coordinating council or as part of being a
12   federal head start program are not eligible for the
13   cash award.  Eligible holders of the designation may
14   receive a cash award of two hundred fifty dollars for
15   registered family and group day care home providers
16   and five hundred dollars for licensed centers."
17     58.  Page 69, by inserting before line 18 the
18   following:
19     "Sec. ___.  Section 249A.3, Code 1999, is amended
20   by adding the following new subsection:
21     NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  In determining eligibility
22   for children under subsection 1, paragraphs "b", "f",
23   "g", "j", "k", "n", and "s"; subsection 2, paragraphs
24   "a", "c", "d", "f", and "g"; and subsection 5,
25   paragraph "b", all resources of the family, other than
26   monthly income, shall be disregarded."
27     59.  Page 69, by inserting before line 18 the
28   following:
29     "Sec. ___.  Section 249A.18, Code 1999, is amended
30   to read as follows:
31     249A.18  COST-BASED REIMBURSEMENT - RURAL HEALTH
32   CLINICS AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CLINICS
33   CENTERS.
34     Rural health clinics and federally qualified health
35   clinics centers shall receive cost-based reimbursement
36   for one hundred percent of the reasonable costs for
37   the provision of services to recipients of medical
38   assistance, subject to limitations and exclusions

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