House Journal: Page 1527: Wednesday, April 21, 1999

32   loss of federal funds.

33     The division of vocational rehabilitation services
34   shall seek a waiver from the federal government to
35   accept assessments of clients performed by area
36   education agencies or any other governmental
37   subdivision.  The division shall also seek additional
38   federal waivers to improve and increase the
39   availability of supported employment services to
40   Iowans.
41     The division of vocational rehabilitation services
42   shall seek funds other than federal funds, which may
43   include but are not limited to local funds from local
44   provider entities, community colleges, area education
45   agencies, and local education agencies, for purposes
46   of matching federal vocational rehabilitation funds.
47   The funds collected by the division may exceed the
48   amount needed to match available federal vocational
49   rehabilitation funds in an effort to qualify for
50   additional federal funds when such funds become
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 1   available.
 2     Except where prohibited under federal law, the
 3   division of vocational rehabilitation services of the
 4   department of education shall accept client
 5   assessments, or assessments of potential clients,
 6   performed by other agencies in order to reduce
 7   duplication of effort.
 8     Notwithstanding the full-time equivalent position
 9   limit established in this lettered paragraph, for the
10   fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, if federal funding
11   is received to pay the costs of additional employees
12   for the vocational rehabilitation services division
13   who would have duties relating to vocational
14   rehabilitation services paid for through federal
15   funding, authorization to hire not more than 4.00
16   additional full-time equivalent employees shall be
17   provided, the full-time equivalent position limit
18   shall be exceeded, and the additional employees shall
19   be hired by the division.
20     The division of vocational rehabilitation services
21   shall enter into a chapter 28E agreement with the
22   creative employment options program at the state
23   university of Iowa, or take whatever other action is
24   necessary, to enable the division to count as a local
25   match the state funds appropriated to the university
26   for purposes of the creative employment options
27   program.
28     b.  For matching funds for programs to enable
29   persons with severe physical or mental disabilities to
30   function more independently, including salaries and

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