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House Journal: Thursday, April 8, 1999

Eighty-eighth Calendar Day - Fifty-sixth Session Day

Hall of the House of Representatives
Des Moines, Iowa, Thursday, April 8, 1999
The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:50 a.m., Gipp of 
Winneshiek in the chair.
Prayer was offered by Reverend Jane Jordon, pastor of United 
Methodist Church, Woodbine. 
The Journal of Wednesday, April 7, 1999 was approved.
PETITIONS FILED
By Barry of Harrison, from twenty constituents of the 82nd district 
favoring the establishment of a fuel quality standard.
By Carroll of Poweshiek, from one thousand six Iowans from forty-
eight counties, favoring legislation to implement and fund abstinence 
until marriage education in Iowa public schools.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
The Legislative Memorial Session Choir presented two vocal 
selections, "In This Very Room", and "Let There Be Peace on Earth".  
The choir was directed by the Honorable Mark Shearer, state senator 
from Washington County, and piano accompaniment was by the 
Honorable Mary Kramer, state senator from Polk County.
The House rose and expressed its appreciation.
Following the prayer, the Honorable Donna Barry, state 
representative from Harrison County, presented the following guests 
who performed in song before the chamber: Forrest Johnson, Jim 
Cotton, Max Poe, and Bill Hutcheson, accompaniment by Margaret 
Cotton. They are all from Woodbine. 
The House rose and expressed its appreciation.
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED

Senate File 465, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an 
act authorizing the establishment of an accelerated career education 
program, providing a tax credit from withholding, and relating to the 
transfer of job training withholding to the workforce development 
fund account.
Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means.
TEACHERS OF THE DAY
Representative Barry of Harrison presented to the House the 
following teachers of the day: Max Poe, Jim Cotton and Margaret 
Cotton, teachers at Woodbine school.
SENATE FILES PLACED ON THE
UNFINISHED BUSINESS CALENDAR
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
to suspend the rules to place the following Senate Files on the 
unfinished business calendar:
Senate File 8	Senate File 254
Senate File 41	Senate File 275
Senate File 51	Senate File 276
Senate File 52	Senate File 280
Senate File 92	Senate File 282
Senate File 95	Senate File 284
Senate File 146	Senate File 287
Senate File 150	Senate File 292
Senate File 186	Senate File 294
Senate File 189	Senate File 306
Senate File 192	Senate File 309
Senate File 194	Senate File 313
Senate File 209	Senate File 323
Senate File 211	Senate File 324
Senate File 228	Senate File 337
	Senate File 352	Senate File 410

Senate File 367	Senate File 413
Senate File 393	Senate File 421
Senate File 395	Senate File 429
Senate File 398	Senate File 437
Senate File 405	Senate File 441
Senate File 406	Senate File 449
Senate File 407	Senate File 451
The House stood at ease at 9:15 a.m., until the fall of the gavel.
The House resumed session at 9:33 a.m., Gipp of Winneshiek in 
the chair.
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS
Unfinished Business Calendar
The House resumed consideration of House File 760, a bill for an 
act relating to appropriations for the department of human services 
and including other provisions and appropriations involving human 
services and health care, and providing effective dates, previously 
deferred.
Blodgett of Cerro Gordo offered the following amendment H?1511 
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1511
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 20, line 31, by striking the word "shall"
 3   and inserting the following:  "may".
Amendment H?1511 was adopted.
 	Heaton of Henry moved the adoption of amendment H-1456B 
found on page 1137 of the House Journal.
Amendment H-1456B was adopted.
Osterhaus of Jackson offered the following amendment H?1424 
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1424

 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 20, by inserting after line 33 the
 3   following:
 4     "1A.  The department shall ensure that the drug
 5   utilization review commission conducts its meetings in
 6   accordance with chapter 21 and that the commission
 7   incorporates term limits for physician and pharmacist
 8   members in its membership policy."
Amendment H?1424 was adopted.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that House File 760 be deferred and that the bill retain its place on 
the calendar.
ADOPTION OF HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 22
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
for the immediate consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 22.
Houser of Pottawattamie called up for consideration House 
Concurrent Resolution 22, a concurrent resolution recognizing the 
Annie E. Casey Foundation for the Foundation's many contributions 
to this state's efforts to the well-being of Iowa's children and families 
through community-based reforms, and moved its adoption.
The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that House Concurrent Resolution 22 be immediately messaged 
to the Senate.
The House resumed consideration of House File 760, previously 
deferred.
Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1398 filed 
by her and moved its adoption:
H-1398
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 27, by striking line 11, and inserting
 3   the following:

 4   "	$ 16,158,000"
 5     2.  Page 27, by striking line 16, and inserting
 6   the following:
 7   "	$  6,670,000"
 8     3.  Page 27, by inserting after line 17, the
 9   following:
10     "Of the funds allocated in this subsection,
11   $450,000 shall be used to provide aftercare services
12   to females placed at the state juvenile institution at
13   Toledo."
Amendment H?1398 lost.
Sukup of Franklin offered the following amendment H?1442 filed 
by him and Heaton of Henry and moved its adoption:
H-1442
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 27, by striking line 11 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	 $ 15,748,000"
 5     2.  Page 27, by striking line 31 and inserting the
 6   following:
 7   "	 $  9,528,000"
 8     3.  Page 27, by inserting after line 32 the
 9   following:
10     "Of the funding allocated in this subsection,
11   $40,000 is designated for aftercare services for
12   persons who were placed at the state training school
13   at Eldora."
Amendment H?1442 was adopted.
Foege of Linn offered the following amendment H?1410 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1410
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 28, by striking line 18 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$108,217,214"
 5     2.  Page 53, line 27, by striking the figure
 6   "1,985,916" and inserting the following:  "2,652,296".
 7     3.  Page 53, line 29, by striking the word
 8   "October" and inserting the following:  "July".
	Amendment H?1410 lost.

Foege of Linn offered the following amendment H?1412 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1412
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 28, by striking line 18 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$108,080,000"
 5     2.  Page 36, line 2, by striking the figure
 6   "3,458,000" and inserting the following:  "4,088,000".
Roll call was requested by Foege of Linn and Murphy of Dubuque.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1412 be adopted?" (H.F. 
760)
	The ayes were, 42:
Arnold	Bell	Bukta	Burnett
Cataldo	Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Doderer	Dotzler	Drees
Falck	Fallon	Foege	Frevert
Huser	Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Mascher	May	Mundie
Murphy	Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Parmenter	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Shoultz	Stevens	Taylor
Thomas	Warnstadt	Weigel	Whitead
Wise	Witt	
	The nays were, 54:
Alons	Barry	Baudler	Blodgett
Boal	Boddicker	Boggess	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Garman	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Holmes	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Larson	Lord
Martin	Metcalf	Millage	Nelson
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Siegrist
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomson
	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman

Welter	Gipp,
		  Presiding
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Corbett, Spkr.	Ford	Holveck	Mertz	
Amendment H-1412 lost.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H?1463 filed 
by him and Foege of Linn and moved its adoption:
H-1463
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking page 28, line 30, through page 29,
 3   line 14, and inserting the following:
 4     "___.  Of the funds appropriated in this section,
 5   $28,510,211, or such amount as is necessary, is
 6   allocated for group foster care maintenance and
 7   services."
 8     2.  Page 61, by inserting after line 33 the
 9   following:
10                              "DIVISION ____
11           GROUP FOSTER CARE SERVICES
12     Sec. ___.  Section 232.52, subsection 2A, Code
13   1999, is amended by striking the subsection.
14     Sec. ___.  Section 232.102, subsection 1A, Code
15   1999, is amended by striking the subsection.
16     Sec. ___.  Section 232.117, subsection 3A, Code
17   1999, is amended by striking the subsection.
18     Sec. ___.  Section 232.127, subsection 8, Code
19   1999, is amended by striking the subsection.
20     Sec. ___.  Section 232.143, Code 1999, is amended
21   by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
22   the following:
23     232.143  REGIONAL GROUP FOSTER CARE EXPENDITURE
24   PLAN.
25     For each of the department's regions,
26   representatives appointed by the department and
27   juvenile court services shall establish a plan for
28   containing the expenditures for children placed in
29   group foster care ordered by the court.
30     Sec. ___.  Section 232.182, subsection 7, Code
31   1999, is amended by striking the subsection.
32     Sec. ___.  Section 234.35, subsection 1, paragraph
33   e, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
34     e.  When a court has entered an order transferring
35   the legal custody of the child to a foster care
36   placement pursuant to section 232.52, subsection 2,
37   paragraph "d", or section 232.102, subsection 1.

38   However, payment for a group foster care 
placement
39   shall be limited to those placements which 
conform to
40   a regional group foster care plan established 
pursuant
41   to section 232.143."
42     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1463 lost.
Murphy of Dubuque offered amendment H?1389 filed by him as 
follows:
H-1389
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 37, by striking line 34 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$ 43,240,000"
 5     2.  Page 38, by striking line 4 and inserting the
 6   following:
 7   "	$ 13,080,000"
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1427, to 
amendment H?1389, filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1427
 1     Amend the amendment, H-1389, to House File 760 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by striking line 4 inserting the
 4   following:
 5   ""	 $ 43,490,000""
 6     2.  Page 1, by striking line 7 and inserting the
 7   following:
 8   ""	 $ 13,330,000""
Amendment H?1427 was adopted.
Murphy of Dubuque moved the adoption of amendment H-1389, as 
amended.
Roll call was requested by Murphy of Dubuque and Myers of 
Johnson.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1389, as amended be 
adopted?" (H.F. 760)
		The ayes were, 44:

Bell	Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Huseman
Huser	Jochum	Kettering	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Mascher	May
Mertz	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz
Stevens	Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt
Weigel	Whitead	Wise	Witt	
	The nays were, 53:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker	Boggess
Bradley	Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll
Corbett, Spkr.	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Dolecheck	Drake	Eddie	Garman
Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn	Heaton
Hoffman	Holmes	Horbach	Houser
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Johnson
Klemme	Larson	Lord	Martin
Metcalf	Millage	Nelson	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Siegrist	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Welter
Gipp,
  Presiding
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Fallon	Hansen	Holveck	
Amendment H?1389, as amended, lost.
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that House File 760 be deferred and that the bill retain its place on 
the calendar.
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie, the House was recessed at 
11:03 a.m., until 1:00 p.m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The House reconvened at 1:07 p.m., Gipp of Winneshiek in the 
chair.
QUORUM CALL

A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum 
was present. The vote revealed fifty-eight members present, forty-two  
absent.
INTRODUCTION OF BILL
House Joint Resolution 15, by committee on administration and 
rules, a joint resolution to nullify an administrative rule of the 
secretary of state concerning preparation of descriptions of 
constitutional amendments and statewide public measures and 
providing an effective date.
Read first time and placed on the calendar.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
The following messages were received from the Senate:
Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on 
April 8, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was 
asked:
House File 345, a bill for an act relating to permissible fees to be charged for 
maintaining a demand deposit account with a line of credit.
Also: That the Senate has on April 8, 1999, amended and passed the following bill 
in which the concurrence of the House is asked:
House File 570, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa turkey marketing council, by 
providing procedures for the administration of the council, a producer assessment, 
refunds, and for the expenditure of moneys by the council, and providing an effective 
date.
Also: That the Senate has on April 8, 1999, passed the following bill in which the 
concurrence of the House is asked:
Senate File 464, a bill for an act relating to the funding of, operation of, and 
appropriation of moneys to the college student aid commission, the department of 
cultural affairs, the department of education, and the state board of regents, providing 
related statutory changes, and providing effective dates.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
CONSIDERATION OF BILLS

Unfinished Business Calendar
The House resumed consideration of House File 760.
Foege of Linn offered the following amendment H?1411 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1411
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 37, by striking line 34 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$ 43,090,000"
 5     2.  Page 38, by striking line 7 and inserting the
 6   following:
 7   "	$  7,450,000
 8     Of the funding allocated in this paragraph "b",
 9   $350,000 shall be used to establish a 21-bed
10   psychogeriatric unit at the state mental health
11   institute at Clarinda."
A non-record roll call was requested.
The ayes were 42, nays 49.
Amendment H?1411 lost.
Millage of Scott offered the following amendment H?1426 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1426
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 37, by striking line 35 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	 FTEs       851.39"
 5     2.  Page 38, by striking line 5 and inserting the
 6   following:
 7   "	 FTEs       244.24"
 8     3.  Page 48, by striking line 30 and inserting the
 9   following:
10   "	 FTEs     2,071.00"
11     4.  Page 49, by striking line 13 and inserting the
12   following:
13   "	 FTEs       366.00"
	Roll call was requested by Millage of Scott and Cormack of 

Webster.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1426 be adopted?" (H.F. 
760)
	The ayes were, 53:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Boal	Boddicker	Bradley	Brauns
Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Dolecheck	Drake	Eddie
Garman	Greiner	Hahn	Hansen
Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes	Horbach
Houser	Huseman	Huser	Jacobs
Jager	Jenkins	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Larson	Lord	Martin
Metcalf	Millage	Nelson	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Siegrist	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman	Welter
Gipp,
  Presiding
	The nays were, 43:
Bell	Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Holveck	Jochum	Kreiman	Kuhn
Larkin	Mascher	May	Mertz
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Stevens
Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt	Weigel
Whitead	Wise	Witt	
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Blodgett	Boggess	Corbett, Spkr.	Grundberg
Amendment H?1426 was adopted, placing amendment H-1408 
filed by Millage of Scott on April 5, 1999, out of order.
Myers of Johnson offered the following amendment H?1479 filed 
by him and moved its adoption:
H-1479

 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 45, by striking line 14 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$ 11,219,158"
Roll call was requested by Myers of Johnson and Siegrist of 
Pottawattamie.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1479 be adopted?" (H.F. 
760)
	The ayes were, 43:
Bell	Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Holveck	Huser	Jochum	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Mascher	May
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Stevens
Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt	Weigel
Whitead	Wise	Witt
	The nays were, 54:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Garman	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Holmes	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Larson	Lord
Martin	Metcalf	Millage	Nelson
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Siegrist
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Welter	Gipp,
		  Presiding
	Absent or not voting, 3:
Boggess	Corbett, Spkr.	Mertz
Amendment H-1479 lost.
	Houser of Pottawattamie offered the following amendment H?1457 

filed by him and Hansen of Pottawattamie and moved its adoption:
H-1457
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 45, by inserting after line 27 the
 3   following:
 4     "3.  The department shall issue a request for
 5   proposals for developmental disabilities basic support
 6   and advocacy grants."
 7     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1457 was adopted.
Osterhaus of Jackson asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1433 filed by him on April 6, 1999.
Murphy of Dubuque offered amendment H?1385 filed by him as 
follows:
H-1385
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 49, by striking line 12 and inserting the
 3   following:
 4   "	$ 14,532,000"
Murphy of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1428, to amendment H-1385, filed by him 
on April 6, 1999.
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1515, to 
amendment H?1385, filed by him from the floor and moved its 
adoption:
H-1515
 1     Amend the amendment, H-1385, to House File 760 as
 2   follows:
 3     1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 2 the
 4   following:
 5     " ___.  Page 48, by striking line 29 and inserting
 6   the following:
 7   "	 $ 49,910,000""
8 2.  Page 1, by striking line 4 and inserting the
 9   following:

10   ""	 $ 14,782,000""
Amendment H?1515 was adopted.
Murphy of Dubuque moved the adoption of amendment H-1385, as 
amended.
Amendment H?1385, as amended, lost.
Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1388 filed 
by him and moved its adoption:
H-1388
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 50, by striking lines 17 and 18 and
 3   inserting the following:
 4   "	 $  2,231,000
 5   	FTEs         26.50"
Amendment H?1388 lost.
Foege of Linn offered the following amendment H?1451 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1451
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 50, by inserting after line 18, the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  REACTIVE ATTACHMENT DISORDER -
 5   TRAINING.
 6     There is appropriated from the general fund of the
 7   state to the department of human services for the
 8   fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June
 9   30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof as
10   is necessary, to develop a reactive attachment
11   disorder training program for implementation by July
12   1, 2000:
13   	$     60,000
14     The purpose of the program is to provide training
15   and education to therapists and others who provide
16   services through the department to children with
17   reactive attachment disorder.  The department shall
18   consult with persons familiar with such training which
19   includes clinically accepted techniques in the
20   development of the training and education.
21   Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in

22   this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
23   at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
24   shall remain available for expenditure for the
25   purposes designated until the close of the succeeding
26   fiscal year.  For the purposes of this section,
27   "reactive attachment disorder" means a disorder
28   resulting from the lack of reasonable care and
29   nurturance, usually in the early years of life, which
30   results in the inability to establish normal, stable
31   attachments to caregivers and others."
32     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1451 was adopted.
Raecker of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1441 filed by him on April 6, 1999.
Osterhaus of Jackson offered the following amendment H?1423 
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1423
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 57, by striking lines 11 through 17.
 3     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1423 was adopted.
Houser of Pottawattamie offered the following amendment H?1480 
filed by him and Heaton of Henry and moved its adoption:
H-1480
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 61, by inserting after line 7 the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec.     .  HUMAN SERVICES RESTRUCTURING.  The
 5   legislative council is requested to authorize a human
 6   services restructuring task force to consider existing
 7   and proposed initiatives for improving the provision
 8   of human services and other public services.  If
 9   created, the task force should be directed to review
10   the community empowerment initiative; the county
11   management provisions for mental health, mental
12   retardation, and developmental disabilities services,
13   referred to as Senate File 69 and the adult mental
14   health and developmental disabilities funding
15   decategorization; child welfare funding
16   decategorization and the service bundling proposal

17   developed by the legislative council's child welfare
18   work group; and other proposals for improving local
19   management of essential public services.  The task
20   force should be directed to report its findings and
21   recommendations to the persons in this Act designated
22   for receipt of reports prior to the convening of the
23   general assembly in the year 2000."
24     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1480 was adopted.
Heaton of Henry asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1464 filed by Heaton, et al., on April 6, 
1999.
Heaton of Henry offered the following amendment H?1469 filed by 
him and moved its adoption:
H-1469
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 61, by inserting after line 11, the
 3   following:
 4     "Sec. ___.  ADOPTION SPECIAL SERVICES -- FOSTER
 5   CHILD.  The department shall review and shall submit
 6   recommendations by December 15, 1999, to the general
 7   assembly regarding all of the following:
 8     1.  The addition of respite care to the category of
 9   special services provided to a child with physical or
10   mental disabilities or an older or otherwise hard-to-
11   place child who is adopted.  The review and
12   recommendations shall include an estimate of the cost
13   of the addition and possible funding sources.
14     2.  The continuation of special services to a
15   foster child following the filing of an adoption
16   petition and for a reasonable time following issuance
17   of an adoption decree relating to the child.  The
18   reasonable time may be limited to not less than twenty
19   days following issuance of the adoption decree to
20   allow the adoptive parents to provide documentation of
21   efforts to obtain special services free of cost or
22   under the adoptive parent's insurance policy.  The
23   review and recommendations shall include an estimate
24   of the cost of such continuation and possible funding
25   sources."
26     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1469 was adopted.
	Osterhaus of Jackson offered amendment H?1443 filed by 

Osterhaus, et al., and requested division as follows:
H-1443
 1     Amend House File 760 as follows:
H-1443A
 2     1.  Page 61, by inserting after line 33 the
 3   following:
 4                                 "DIVISION ___
 5                                      HAWK-I
 6     Sec. ___.  Section 514I.8, subsection 2, paragraph
 7   c, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 8     c.  Is a member of a family whose adjusted gross
 9   income does not exceed one two hundred eighty-five
10   percent of the federal poverty level, as defined in 42
11   U.S.C. § 9902(2), including any revision required by
12   such section.
13     Sec. ___.  Section 514I.10, subsection 2, Code
14   1999, is amended to read as follows:
15     2.  Cost sharing for eligible children whose family
16   adjusted gross income is between one hundred fifty
17   percent and one two hundred eighty-five percent of the
18   federal poverty level shall include a premium or
19   copayment amount which is at least a minimum amount
20   but which does not exceed five percent of the annual
21   family adjusted gross income.  The amount of the
22   premium or the copayment amount shall be based on a
23   sliding fee scale established by rule which is based
24   on family adjusted gross income and the size of the
25   family."
H-1443B
26     2.  Page 61, by inserting before line 34 the
27   following:
28     "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  514I.11  HAWK-I TRUST
29   FUND.
30     1.  A HAWK-I trust fund is created in the state
31   treasury under the authority of the department of
32   human services, in which all appropriations and other
33   revenues of the program such as grants, contributions,
34   and participant payments shall be deposited and used
35   for the purposes of the program.  The moneys in the
36   fund shall not be considered revenue of the state, but
37   rather shall be funds of the program.
38     2.  The trust fund shall be separate from the
39   general fund of the state and shall not be considered
40   part of the general fund of the state.  The moneys in
41   the trust fund are not subject to section 8.33 and

42   shall not be transferred, used, obligated,
43   appropriated, or otherwise encumbered, except to
44   provide for the purposes of this chapter.
45   Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest
46   or earnings on moneys deposited in the trust fund
47   shall be credited to the trust fund."
48     3.  By renumbering as necessary.
Osterhaus of Jackson asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw amendment H-1443B.
Osterhaus of Jackson moved the adoption of amendment H-1443A.
Speaker Corbett in the chair at 3:10 p.m.
Roll call was requested by Osterhaus of Jackson and Murphy of 
Dubuque.
On the question "Shall amendment H-1443A be adopted?" (H.F. 
760)
	The ayes were, 44:
Bell	Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Holveck	Huser	Jochum	Kreiman
Kuhn	Larkin	Mascher	May
Mertz	Mundie	Murphy	Myers
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Reynolds
Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz
Stevens	Taylor	Thomas	Warnstadt
Weigel	Whitead	Wise	Witt
	The nays were, 55:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Heaton
Hoffman	Holmes	Horbach	Houser
Huseman	Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins
Johnson	Kettering	Klemme	Larson
Lord	Martin	Metcalf	Millage
Nelson	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons^
Siegrist	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Weidman	Welter	Mr. Speaker
			  Corbett
	Absent or not voting, 1:
Boggess
Amendment H-1443A lost.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER WITHDRAWN
(Amendment H-1481 to House File 760)
Carroll of Poweshiek asked and received unanimous consent to 
withdraw the motion to reconsider amendment H-1481, to House 
File 760, a bill for an act relating to appropriations for the 
department of human services and including other provisions and 
appropriations involving human services and health care, and 
providing effective dates, filed by him on April 7, 1999, and failed to 
be adopted by the House on April 7, 1999.
Heaton of Henry moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (H.F. 760)
	The ayes were, 54:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Blodgett	Boal	Boddicker	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Carroll	Cormack
Davis	Dix	Dolecheck	Drake
Eddie	Garman	Gipp	Greiner
Grundberg	Hahn	Hansen	Heaton
Hoffman	Holmes	Horbach	Houser
Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins	Johnson
Kettering	Klemme	Larson	Lord
Martin	Metcalf	Millage	Nelson
Raecker	Rants	Rayhons	Siegrist
Sukup	Sunderbruch	Teig	Thomson
Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Weidman
Welter	Mr. Speaker
		  Corbett
		The nays were, 45:

Bell	Bukta	Burnett	Cataldo
Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon	Connors
Doderer	Dotzler	Drees	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Holveck	Huseman	Huser	Jochum
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Mascher
May	Mertz	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Shoultz	Stevens	Taylor	Thomas
Warnstadt	Weigel	Whitead	Wise
Witt	
	Absent or not voting, 1:
Boggess
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Senate Joint Resolution 2, a joint resolution relating to the 
designation of the Old State Historical Building as the Ola Babcock 
Miller State Office Building, with report of committee recommending 
passage, was taken up for consideration.
Martin of Scott moved that the joint resolution be read a last time 
now and placed upon its adoption which motion prevailed and the 
joint resolution was read a last time.
On the question "Shall the joint resolution be adopted and agreed 
to?" (S.J.R. 2)
	The ayes were, 90:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Bradley
Brauns	Bukta	Burnett	Carroll
Cataldo	Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon
Cormack	Davis	Dix	Doderer
Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake	Drees
Eddie	Falck	Fallon	Foege
Ford	Frevert	Gipp	Greiner
Hahn	Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Huser	Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins
Jochum	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme^
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Lord	Martin	May	Mertz
Metcalf	Millage	Mundie	Murphy
Myers	Nelson	O'Brien	Osterhaus
Parmenter	Raecker	Rants	Rayhons
Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman	Schrader
Shoultz	Siegrist	Stevens	Sunderbruch
Taylor	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
		  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 10:
Boddicker	Boggess	Brunkhorst	Connors
Garman	Grundberg	Hansen	Mascher
Sukup	Teig	
The joint resolution having received  a constitutional majority was 
declared to have been adopted and agreed to by the House.
Senate File 114, a bill for an act allowing certain utility 
employees to operate all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles on railroad 
rights of way, with report of committee recommending passage, was 
taken up for consideration.
Welter of Jones moved that the bill be read a last time now and 
placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was read 
a last time.
On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 114)
	The ayes were, 98:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta	Burnett
Carroll	Cataldo	Chapman	Chiodo
Cohoon	Connors	Cormack	Davis
Dix	Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler
Drake	Drees	Eddie	Falck
Fallon	Foege	Ford	Frevert
Garman	Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg
Hahn	Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman
Holmes	Holveck	Horbach	Houser^
Huseman	Huser	Jacobs	Jager
Jenkins	Jochum	Johnson	Kettering
Klemme	Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin
Larson	Lord	Martin	Mascher
May	Mertz	Metcalf	Millage
Mundie	Murphy	Myers	Nelson
O'Brien	Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker
Rants	Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson
Scherrman	Schrader	Shoultz	Siegrist
Stevens	Sukup	Sunderbruch	Taylor
Teig	Thomas	Thomson	Tyrrell
Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen	Warnstadt	Weidman
Weigel	Welter	Whitead	Wise
Witt	Mr. Speaker
		  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 2:
Boddicker	Boggess
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
Senate File 249, a bill for an act relating to the operation and 
regulation of insurance companies, including the treatment of certain 
confidential information by the commissioner, the operation of certain 
types of insurance companies, and the rights and duties of insurance 
companies under certain policies issued in this state, with report of 
committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration.
Hoffman of Crawford offered the following amendment H?1434 
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1434
 1     Amend Senate File 249, as amended, passed, and
 2   reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 11, by striking lines 7 through 26.
 4     2.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H?1434 was adopted.
Hoffman of Crawford moved that the bill be read a last time now 
and placed upon its passage which motion prevailed and the bill was 
read a last time.
	On the question "Shall the bill pass?" (S.F. 249)

	The ayes were, 96:
Alons	Arnold	Barry	Baudler
Bell	Blodgett	Boal	Bradley
Brauns	Brunkhorst	Bukta	Burnett
Carroll	Chapman	Chiodo	Cohoon
Connors	Cormack	Davis	Dix
Doderer	Dolecheck	Dotzler	Drake
Drees	Eddie	Falck	Fallon
Foege	Ford	Frevert	Garman
Gipp	Greiner	Grundberg	Hahn
Hansen	Heaton	Hoffman	Holmes
Holveck	Horbach	Houser	Huseman
Huser	Jacobs	Jager	Jenkins
Jochum	Johnson	Kettering	Klemme
Kreiman	Kuhn	Larkin	Larson
Lord	Martin	Mascher	May
Mertz	Metcalf	Millage	Mundie
Murphy	Myers	Nelson	O'Brien
Osterhaus	Parmenter	Raecker	Rants
Rayhons	Reynolds	Richardson	Scherrman
Schrader	Siegrist	Stevens	Sukup
Sunderbruch	Taylor	Teig	Thomas
Thomson	Tyrrell	Van Engelenhoven	Van Fossen
Warnstadt	Weidman	Weigel	Welter
Whitead	Wise	Witt	Mr. Speaker
				  Corbett
	The nays were, none.
	Absent or not voting, 4:
Boddicker	Boggess	Cataldo	Shoultz	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGES
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: 
Senate Joint Resolution 2, Senate Files 114 and 249.
MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE
The following message was received from the Senate:
	Mr. Speaker: I am directed to inform your honorable body that the Senate has on 

April 8, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the 
House is asked:
House File 737, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the 
department for the blind, the Iowa state civil rights commission, the department of 
elder affairs, the Iowa department of public health, the department of human rights, 
the governor's alliance on substance abuse, and the commission of veterans affairs, and 
providing an effective date.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary
SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED
Senate File 464, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act 
relating to the funding of, operation of, and appropriation of moneys 
to the college student aid commission, the department of cultural 
affairs, the department of education, and the state board of regents, 
providing related statutory changes, and providing effective dates.
Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations.
BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
A communication was received from the Governor announcing that 
on April 7, 1999, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of 
State the following bill:
House File 443, an act relating to permissible fees and charges which may be 
assessed and collected with respect to certain consumer credit  transactions.
PRESENTATION OF VISITORS
The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in 
the House chamber:
Forty-five students from Franklin Christian School, Leon.  By 
Dolecheck of Ringgold.
Thirty-two fifth grade students from Winterset Middle School, 
Winterset, accompanied by Mrs. Liechty and Mrs. Pottebaum.  By 
Ford of Polk.
	Thirty-one sixth grade students from Nashua Elementary, 

Nashua, accompanied by five adults.  By Weigel of Chickasaw. 
CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that certificates of recognition have been issued as follows.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
1999\618	Robert Amundson, West Union - For attaining the rank of Eagle 
Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America.
1999\619	Ramona and Carroll Dass, Sibley - For celebrating their 50th wedding 
anniversary.
1999\620	Nina and Marvin Bolkema, Sheldon - For celebrating their 50th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\621	Ethel and Julius Zevenbergen, Harris - For celebrating their 70th 
wedding anniversary.
1999\622	North High School Jazz I Band, Sioux City - For winning the 1999 
State Jazz Festival.
1999\623	Helen Thomas, Ottumwa - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\624	Martha "Polly" Rambow, Clutier - For celebrating her 90th birthday.
1999\625	Muriel Bro, Montour - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\626	Mildred Belthuis, Dysart - For celebrating her 80th birthday.
1999\627	Jefferson Accelerated School and Dr. Sharon Orlins-Schnoor, 
Muscatine - For receiving a "First In The Nation In Education" Award.
1999\628	Rose Hrdlicka, Cresco - For celebrating her 100th birthday.
1999\629	Des Moines Christian Jazz Band, Des Moines - For winning the Class 
1A State Jazz Championship.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT
Senate Concurrent Resolution 11
Administration and Rules:  Siegrist, Chair; Corbett and Schrader.
HOUSE STUDY BILL SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

House Study Bill 245 Reassigned
Ways and Means:  Raecker, Chair; Jager and Shoultz.
House Study Bill 259
Ways and Means:  Jenkins, Chair; Holmes and Weigel.
House Study Bill 260
Ways and Means:  Jenkins, Chair; Chapman and Holmes.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports 
that the following committee recommendations have been received 
and are on file in the office of the Chief Clerk.
ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON
Chief Clerk of the House
COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION AND RULES
Committee Bill (Formerly House Joint Resolution 14), to nullify an administrative 
rule of the secretary of state concerning preparation of descriptions of constitutional 
amendments and statewide public measures and providing an effective date.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass April 8, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senate File 460, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to certain 
state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other entities, providing for regulatory 
authority, other properly related matters, and providing effective dates.
Fiscal Note is not required.
Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1514 April 8, 1999.
COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS
Committee Bill (Formerly House File 513), relating to certified capital companies 
and providing for a certified capital company insurance premium tax credit.
Fiscal Note is not required.
	Recommended  Amend and Do Pass April 8, 1999.

RESOLUTION FILED
SCR 11, by Iverson, Gronstal, and Kramer, a concurrent resolution 
requesting the United States Congress to prevent the federal 
government from attempting to recoup Medicaid payments from the 
state tobacco litigation settlement agreement moneys, and to allow 
the states to keep all settlement moneys, without offset.
Referred to committee on administration and rules.
AMENDMENTS FILED
H-1514	S.F.	460	Committee on Appropriations
H-1516	S.F.	280	Weigel of Chickasaw
H-1517	S.F.	324	Weigel of Chickasaw
H-1518	S.F.	424	Murphy of Dubuque
H-1519	H.F.	570	Senate Amendment
H-1520	S.F.	280	Dotzler of Black Hawk
H-1521	H.F.	761	Jochum of Dubuque
H-1522	H.F.	762	Falck of Fayette
			Whitead of Woodbury
			Huser of Polk
			Drees of Carroll
H-1523	S.F.	276	Frevert of Palo Alto
H-1524	S.F.	276	Osterhaus of Jackson
H-1525	S.F.	405	Chapman of Linn
H-1526	H.F.	737	Senate Amendment
H-1527	H.F.	730	Foege of Linn
H-1528	S.F.	276	Connors of Polk
On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 
4:45 p.m., until 1:00 p.m., Monday, April 12, 1999.
1168	JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE	88th Day
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