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Ninety-third Calendar Day - Fifty-eighth Session Day Hall of the House of Representatives Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, April 13, 1999 The House met pursuant to adjournment at 8:45 a.m., Huseman of Cherokee in the chair. Prayer was offered by the Honorable Cecil Dolecheck, state representative from Ringgold County. The Journal of Monday, April 13, 1999 was approved. INTRODUCTION OF BILL House File 764, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act relating to vocational-technical tuition grants and certain student loan funds under the control of the college student aid commission, adding an agency operating account, and authorizing the commission to expend moneys as authorized by the federal Higher Education Act of 1965. Read first time and placed on the appropriations 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 12, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 634, a bill for an act relating to expenditure of moneys from the primary road fund for dust control on certain roads. Also: That the Senate has on April 12, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 136, a bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the department of revenue and finance, including administration of state individual income, corporate income, franchise, sales and use, motor fuel, cigarette and tobacco, local option, inheritance and estate, and property taxes, and the livestock production credit; providing penalties; and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions. Also: That the Senate has on April 12, 1999, concurred in the House amendment and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: 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. MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary SENATE MESSAGE CONSIDERED Senate File 458, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an act relating to information required to be placed on property tax statements. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Boggess of Taylor on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie. TEACHER OF THE DAY Thomas of Clayton presented to the House, Paul and Helen Zurbriggen, teachers of Valley Community School. ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 8 Siegrist of Pottawattamie called up for consideration House Resolution 8, a resolution honoring Major General Warren G. Lawson, recommending Major General Warren G. Lawson for the Iowa Medal of Valor, and designating a Major General Warren G. Lawson Day. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Warnstadt of Woodbury and Alons of Sioux presented to the House Major General Warren G. Lawson and honored him for his service. The House rose and expressed its appreciation. Warnstadt of Woodbury moved the adoption of the resolution. The motion prevailed and the resolution was adopted. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Unfinished Business Calendar Senate File 194, a bill for an act relating to acceptable accreditation of psychiatric medical institutions for children for the purpose of licensing, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration. Blodgett of Cerro Gordo offered amendment H-1194 filed by the committee on human resources as follows: H-1194 1 Amend Senate File 194, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 5 through 8 and 4 inserting the following: "organizations, the 5 commission on accreditation of rehabilitation 6 facilities, the council on accreditation of services 7 for families and children, or by any other federally 8 recognized accrediting organization with comparable 9 standards that is recognized by the state." Blodgett of Cerro Gordo offered the following amendment H?1329, to the committee amendment H?1194, filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1329 1 Amend the amendment, H-1194, to Senate File 194 as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, by striking line 9 and inserting the 4 following: "standards."" Amendment H?1329 was adopted. Blodgett of Cerro Gordo moved the adoption of the committee amendment H-1194, as amended. The committee amendment H-1194, as amended, was adopted. Blodgett of Cerro Gordo 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. 194) The ayes were, 97: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Corbett, Spkr. 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 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 Huseman, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Boggess Connors Houser The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. HOUSE FILES 409 AND 709 WITHDRAWN Blodgett of Cerro Gordo asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw House Files 409 and 709 from further consideration by the House. Senate File 95, a bill for an act relating to mandatory motor vehicle proof of financial responsibility by requiring such proof when a motor vehicle subject to registration in this state is operated on a parking lot, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Bradley of Clinton offered the following amendment H?1450 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1450 1 Amend Senate File 95, as passed by the Senate, as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, by striking lines 5 and 6 and 4 inserting the following: "presumed that a motor 5 vehicle driven upon a parking lot which is available". 6 2. Title page, by striking line 3 and inserting 7 the following: "is operated on a parking". Amendment H?1450 was adopted. Bradley of Clinton 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. 95) The ayes were, 96: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Corbett, Spkr. Cormack Davis Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Garman Gipp Greiner Grundberg Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Holveck Horbach 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 Huseman, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 4: Boggess Connors Dix Houser The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGES Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that the following bills be immediately messaged to the Senate: Senate Files 194 and 95. Senate File 41, a bill for an act relating to the duties and meetings of the county agricultural extension councils, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Alons of Sioux 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. 41) The ayes were, 97: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Corbett, Spkr. 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 Huser Jacobs Jager Jenkins Jochum Johnson Kettering Klemme Kreiman Kuhn Larkin Larson Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Millage Mundie Murphy 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 Huseman, Presiding The nays were, none. Absent or not voting, 3: Boggess Connors Myers The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGE Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that Senate File 41 be immediately messaged to the Senate. 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 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 165, a bill for an act including the preparation or compounding of a controlled substance for one's own use within the definition of manufacturing a controlled substance, and providing an effective date. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, concurred in the House amendment and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: Senate File 106, a bill for an act providing for accessibility requirements for elevators and providing an effective date. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 461, a bill for an act relating to educational assistance for members of the national guard. MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary Appropriations Calendar Senate File 424, a bill for an act relating to and making transportation and other infrastructure-related appropriations to the state department of transportation, including allocation and use of moneys from the general fund of the state, road use tax fund, and primary road fund, providing for the use of a former rest area, and providing for the nonreversion of certain moneys and an effective date, with report of committee recommending amendment and passage, was taken up for consideration. The House stood at ease at 9:35 a.m., until the fall of the gavel. The House resumed session at 10:45 a.m., Speaker Corbett in the chair. Sukup of Franklin offered the following amendment H-1492 filed by the committee on transportation and moved its adoption: H-1492 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by striking line 20 and inserting the 4 following: 5 " $ 2,475,000 6 c. For transfer to the Iowa civil air patrol: 7 $ 25,000" 8 2. Page 4, by striking lines 10 and 11 and 9 inserting the following: 10 " $103,600,007 11 FTEs 1,584.00" 12 3. Page 6, by inserting after line 19 the 13 following: 14 "Sec. . HOURS OF SERVICE - STUDY. The state 15 department of transportation shall conduct a study 16 concerning hours of service for drivers of vehicles 17 operated for hire and designed to transport more than 18 six persons, including the driver. The study shall 19 not include hours of service for drivers of vehicles 20 offered to the public for hire that are used 21 principally in intracity operation and that are 22 regulated by local authorities pursuant to section 23 321.236. The department shall report the findings of 24 the study and make recommendations regarding such 25 findings to the general assembly by January 1, 2000." 26 4. Page 6, by striking lines 29 through 33 and 27 inserting the following: 28 "Sec. . COMMERCIAL TRUCK PARKING - STUDY. The 29 state department of transportation shall, in 30 consultation with interested parties, review public 31 policy issues related to the state provision of 32 commercial truck parking. The department shall report 33 its findings and recommendations to the general 34 assembly by January 1, 2000." 35 5. Title page, line 5, by striking the words 36 "providing for the use of a former rest area," and 37 inserting the following: "providing for a commercial 38 truck parking study,". 39 6. By renumbering as necessary. The committee amendment H-1492 was adopted. Murphy of Dubuque asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1518 filed by him on April 8, 1999. Myers of Johnson offered the following amendment H?1507 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1507 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 19 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . Section 321.11, Code 1999, is amended 6 by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph: 7 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The department shall not 8 sell personal information which is in the form of a 9 person's photograph or digital image or a digital 10 reproduction of a person's photograph, regardless of 11 whether an individual has elected to prohibit 12 disclosure of the information to the general public. 13 This paragraph does not prohibit the department from 14 collecting reasonable fees for copies of records or 15 other services provided pursuant to section 22.3, 16 321.10, or 622.46." 17 2. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H?1507 was adopted. Fallon of Polk asked and received unanimous consent that amend- ment H-1546 be deferred. Taylor of Linn offered the following amendment H?1547 filed by Taylor, et al., and moved its adoption: H-1547 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 28 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 327F.32 RAILROAD 6 ACCIDENTS - EMPLOYEE LEAVE AND TRAUMA COUNSELING. 7 1. A railroad company shall make trauma counseling 8 available to an employee of the railroad company 9 involved in an accident on a railway or right of way 10 under the control of the company if the accident 11 results in the death of or serious bodily injury to a 12 person. The counseling shall be made available to the 13 employee within forty-eight hours of the accident. 14 2. An employee involved in an accident described 15 in subsection 1 shall be given leave from duty with 16 compensation and applicable benefits for a minimum of 17 three days following the accident. If the railroad 18 company makes an affirmative showing that the accident 19 was due to the negligence or willful act of an 20 employee involved in an accident described in 21 subsection 1, the leave provided to the employee who 22 acted negligently or willfully may be provided without 23 compensation and benefits. 24 3. An engineer returning to duty following leave 25 provided pursuant to subsection 2 shall, upon request, 26 be assigned an assistant engineer or other qualified 27 person to accompany the engineer for such time as may 28 be necessary to guarantee the public safety or until a 29 qualified medical practitioner determines that the 30 engineer does not suffer from a posttraumatic stress 31 disorder. 32 4. The director shall adopt rules for 33 administration and enforcement of this section." 34 2. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H?1547 lost. Thomas of Clayton asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1555 filed by him on April 12, 1999. Thomas of Clayton offered amendment H?1558 filed by him from the floor as follows: H-1558 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting before line 29 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ____. ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY PROGRAM DANGERS - 6 STUDY. The state department of transportation shall 7 conduct a study regarding the possible dangers of 8 eligible activities which may be conducted by sponsors 9 of the adopt-a-highway program and regarding measures 10 which could prevent or minimize harm to the 11 environment or to an individual participating in such 12 activities." 13 2. By renumbering as necessary. Thomas of Clayton offered the following amendment H?1564, to amendment H?1558, filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1564 1 Amend the amendment, H-1558, to Senate File 424, as 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 3 follows: 4 1. Page 1, line 12, by inserting after the word 5 "activities." the following: "The department shall 6 submit a report on the results of the study to the 7 general assembly by January 1, 2000." 8 2. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H?1564 was adopted. Thomas of Clayton moved the adoption of amendment H-1558, as amended. Amendment H?1558, as amended, was adopted. Richardson of Warren offered the following amendment H?1546 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1546 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 19 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. ___. Section 306.19, subsection 1, Code 6 1999, is amended by adding the following new 7 unnumbered paragraph: 8 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. In the relocation, 9 establishment, or improvement of a primary road, the 10 department shall acquire sufficient right of way to 11 provide for the connection of any recreation trails 12 which are in the vicinity of the primary road, or 13 portion thereof, being relocated, established, or 14 improved, if such connection is feasible or if such 15 acquisition is requested by a local government and is 16 reasonable. The department shall adopt rules 17 regarding the feasibility of the connection of 18 recreation trails in the vicinity of a primary road 19 relocation, establishment, or improvement pursuant to 20 this paragraph. If the department acquires sufficient 21 right of way to provide for the connection of 22 recreation trails pursuant to this paragraph, it shall 23 also provide preliminary grading for the portion of 24 the right of way which may be used to connect the 25 recreation trails." 26 2. By renumbering as necessary. A non-record roll call was requested. The ayes were 34, nays 44. Amendment H?1546 lost. Frevert of Palo Alto offered the following amendment H?1573 filed by her, Falck of Fayette, Welter of Jones, and Weidman of Cass from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1573 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . There is appropriated from the general 6 fund of the state to the department of public safety 7 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending 8 June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much 9 thereof as is necessary, for the purpose designated: 10 For reimbursement of the costs of cellular 11 telephone usage by the Iowa state patrol: 12 $ 100,000 13 The department of public safety shall adopt rules 14 relating to the rate of reimbursement of the costs of 15 cellular telephone usage by the Iowa state patrol." 16 2. By renumbering as necessary. A non-record roll call was requested. Rule 75 was invoked. The ayes were 48, nays 51. Amendment H?1573 lost. Cataldo of Polk offered amendment H?1576 filed by him, Welter of Jones, and Larson of Linn from the floor as follows: H-1576 1 Amend Senate File 424, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 19 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . Section 321.491, unnumbered paragraph 6 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 7 Within ten days after the conviction or forfeiture 8 of bail of a person upon a charge of violating any 9 provision of this chapter or other law regulating the 10 operation of vehicles on highways every magistrate of 11 the court or clerk of the district court of record in 12 which the conviction occurred or bail was forfeited 13 shall prepare and immediately forward to the 14 department an abstract of the record of the case. The 15 abstract must be certified by the person preparing it 16 to be true and correct. The clerk of the district 17 court shall collect a fee of fifty cents for each 18 individual copy of any record of conviction or 19 forfeiture of bail furnished to any requestor at the 20 clerk's office except for the department or other 21 local, state, or federal government entity. Moneys 22 collected under this section shall be transferred to 23 the department as a repayment receipt, as defined in 24 section 8.2, to enhance the efficiency of the 25 department to process records and information between 26 the department and the Iowa court information system. 27 Notwithstanding any other provision in this section or 28 chapter 22, the judicial branch shall be the provider 29 of public electronic access to the clerk's records of 30 convictions and forfeitures of bail through the Iowa 31 court information system and shall, if all such 32 records are provided monthly to a vendor,thejudicial33branchshalleffective retroactively to July 1, 1997, 34 collect a fee from such vendor which is the greater of 35 three thousand dollars per month or the actual direct 36 cost of providing the records." 37 2. By renumbering as necessary. Millage of Scott rose on a point of order that amendment H-1576 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1576 not germane. Cataldo of Polk moved to suspend the rules to consider amendment H-1576. A non-record roll call was requested. The ayes were 36, nays 47. The motion to suspend the rules lost. Sukup of Franklin 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. 424) The ayes were, 85: Alons Arnold Barry Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Cormack Davis Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Foege Ford Frevert Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Holveck Horbach Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jager Jenkins Jochum Johnson Kettering Klemme Larkin Larson Lord Martin May Mertz Metcalf Millage Mundie Myers Nelson Osterhaus Parmenter Raecker Rants Rayhons Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Sukup Sunderbruch Taylor Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Warnstadt Weidman Weigel Welter Whitead Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 4: Fallon Kreiman Murphy O'Brien Absent or not voting, 11: Baudler Boggess Dix Garman Grundberg Kuhn Mascher Stevens Thomas Wise Witt The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGE Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that Senate File 424 be immediately messaged to the Senate. 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 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 474, a bill for an act relating to the powers and duties of county treasurers by amending Code sections pertaining to special assessments, certain motor vehicle ownership transfers, tax statement addresses, tax redemption, and tax clearance statements for mobile homes, and providing effective date and applicability date provisions. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 501, a bill for an act relating to the definitions and penalties applicable to conviction of certain felonies, by making changes related to the offenses of assault and willful injury and making changes in the mandatory minimum penalties for certain felony offenses. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 521, a bill for an act relating to the licensure and operation of employment agencies and providing a penalty. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 636, a bill for an act relating to review and oversight of actions of the United States environmental protection agency. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 647, a bill for an act relating to judges, concerning associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, and retired judges. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 661, a bill for an act relating to the offense of sexual abuse, providing related definitions, and applying penalties. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 711, a bill for an act concerning the imposition of a drug abuse resistance education surcharge for criminal alcohol beverage control offenses. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: Senate File 439, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa community empowerment Act and related provisions, and providing an effective date. MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary On motion by Rants of Woodbury, the House was recessed at 12:02 p.m., until 1:15 p.m. AFTERNOON SESSION The House reconvened at 1:18 p.m., Eddie of Buena Vista in the chair. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS House File 765, by Siegrist, a bill for an act relating to campaign finance disclosure by regulating express advocacy of candidates and ballot issues, requiring annual authorization for political represen- tation financed from deductions from wages, dues, and fees, providing and applying penalties, providing an effective date and for applicability, and providing for severability. Read first time and referred to committee on state government. House File 766, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act relating to the national board certification awards, establishing a national board certification pilot project, and requiring studies by the department of education. Read first time and placed on the appropriations calendar. House File 767, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an act relating to certified capital companies and providing for a certified capital company insurance premium tax credit. Read first time and placed on the ways and means calendar. SENATE MESSAGES CONSIDERED Senate File 136, by committee on ways and means, a bill for an act relating to the administration of the tax and related laws by the department of revenue and finance, including administration of state individual income, corporate income, franchise, sales and use, motor fuel, cigarette and tobacco, local option, inheritance and estate, and property taxes, and the livestock production credit; providing penalties; and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions. Read first time and referred to committee on ways and means. Senate File 439, by committee on human resources, a bill for an act relating to the Iowa community empowerment Act and related provisions, and providing an effective date. Read first time and passed on file. Senate File 461, by committee on appropriations, a bill for an act relating to educational assistance for members of the national guard. Read first time and referred to committee on appropriations. QUORUM CALL A non-record roll call was requested to determine that a quorum was present. The vote revealed sixty-nine members present, thirty- one absent. CONSIDERATION OF BILLS Appropriations Calendar House File 762, a bill for an act relating to state government technology and operations, by making and relating to appropriations to the Iowa communications network for the support of certain Part III users, making appropriations to various entities for other technology-related purposes, providing for the procurement of information technology, providing for the use of the network, providing for electronic access to public information by creating an IowAccess network, authorizing fees, and providing an effective date, was taken up for consideration. Falck of Fayette offered the following amendment H?1560 filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1560 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. Page 2, line 22, by inserting after the word 3 "to" the following: "libraries,". Amendment H?1560 was adopted. Jenkins of Black Hawk offered amendment H?1557 filed by him as follows: H-1557 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. Page 2, line 25, by inserting after the word 3 "regents." the following: "Except for debt service, 4 costs associated with leased Part III circuits, and 5 maintenance costs, the Iowa telecommunications and 6 technology commission shall develop and implement a 7 long-term plan for establishing rates that will 8 eliminate, by June 30, 2007, the need for 9 legislatively appropriated funds to be used for 10 subsidization of network costs for authorized users 11 other than the network costs associated with video 12 rates charged to public or nonpublic schools for 13 grades kindergarten through twelve, private 14 universities and colleges, community colleges, and 15 institutions under the control of the state board of 16 regents". Jenkins of Black Hawk asked and received unanimous consent that amendment H-1557 be deferred. Brunkhorst of Bremer offered the following amendment H?1556 filed by Brunkhorst, et al., and moved its adoption: H-1556 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 22 the 3 following: 4 "n. To the office of the governor for technology 5 upgrades: 6 $ 45,000" Amendment H?1556 was adopted. Jacobs of Polk offered the following amendment H?1570 filed by her from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1570 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. By striking page 10, line 32, through page 18, 3 line 7, and inserting the following: 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 18.187 IOWACCESS 5 REVOLVING FUND." 6 2. Page 18, by striking line 10 and inserting the 7 following: "division and shall consist of moneys 8 collected by the division as". 9 3. Page 18, line 12, by striking the word "board" 10 and inserting the following: "division". 11 4. Page 18, line 14, by striking the word "board" 12 and inserting the following: "division". 13 5. Page 18, line 16, by striking the word "board" 14 and inserting the following: "division". 15 6. By striking page 18, line 24, through page 21, 16 line 34. 17 7. Page 22, line 33, by inserting after the word 18 "correct." the following: "A certified abstract 19 prepared for the department shall only be available to 20 the public from the department." 21 8. Page 23, by striking lines 28 through 31 and 22 inserting the following: 23 "Sec. . DIRECTIONS TO IOWACCESS ADVISORY 24 COUNCIL. The IowAccess advisory council established 25 pursuant to executive order number 66 signed May 21, 26 1998, shall by no later than October 15, 1999, develop 27 and make a written recommendation to the legislative 28 oversight committee concerning the establishment of a 29 permanent governing board for IowAccess and the 30 implementation of a fee-for-service-based model of 31 operation for the IowAccess network." 32 9. Page 24, line 3, by striking the words and 33 figure "not to exceed $800,000". 34 10. By renumbering as necessary. Speaker Corbett in the chair at 1:41 p.m. Amendment H?1570 was adopted. Falck of Fayette asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1522 filed by Falck, et al., on April 8, 1999. The House resumed consideration of amendment H-1557, pre- viously deferred. Brunkhorst of Bremer offered the following amendment H?1584, to amendment H?1557, filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1584 1 Amend the amendment, H-1557, to House File 762 as 2 follows: 3 1. Page 1, line 3, by inserting after the word 4 "for" the following: "original". 5 2. Page 1, by striking lines 4 and 5 and 6 inserting the following: "the Iowa telecommunications 7 and". Amendment H?1584 was adopted. Jenkins of Black Hawk moved the adoption of amendment H-1557, as amended. Amendment H-1557, as amended, was adopted. Brunkhorst of Bremer offered the following amendment H?1586 filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1586 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 11. 3 2. Page 24, by inserting after line 8 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. 101. 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 210, section 2, 6 subsection 1, paragraph b, as amended by 1998 Iowa 7 Acts, chapter 1224, section 23, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 SEC. 23. 1997 Iowa Acts, chapter 210, section 2, 10 subsection 1, paragraph b, is amended to read as 11 follows: 12 b. There is appropriated from the rebuild Iowa 13 infrastructure fund created in section 8.57, 14 subsection 5, to the Iowa communications network fund 15 under the control of the Iowa telecommunications and 16 technology commission for the fiscal year beginning 17 July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, the following 18 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used 19 for the purpose designated: 20 For the connection of Part III authorized users as 21 determined by the commission and communicated to the 22 general assembly: 23 $ 18,904,000 24Notwithstandingsection8.33,moneysappropriated25inthissectionwhichremainunobligatedorunexpended26atthecloseofthefiscalyearshallnotrevertto27thegeneralfundofthestatebutshallremain28availableforthefiscalyearbeginningJuly1,1999,29andendingJune30,2000,Moneys appropriated under 30 this paragraph may be used for the purpose of 31 completing the connections of Part III authorized 32 users as approved by the general assembly, whether or 33 not such users were part of the Part III contracts 34 executed in 1995. However, the commission shall only 35 add a new site which was not part of the 1995 contract 36 relating to Part III connections upon the withdrawal 37 of a site included under such contract. 38 The commission is authorized for no more than 100 39 full-time equivalent positions. 40 Fifteen of the full-time equivalent positions 41 appropriated for in this section relate to the 42 transition of personnel services contractors to full- 43 time equivalent positions. The merit system 44 provisions of chapter 19A and the provisions of the 45 collective bargaining agreements entered into between 46 the state and the respective union or bargaining unit 47 shall not govern movement into these full-time 48 equivalent positions until September 1, 1998." 49 3. Page 27, line 13, by inserting after the 50 figure "5" the following: ", 101,". Page 2 1 4. Page 27, line 15, by inserting after the word 2 "account," the following: "amending 1997 Iowa Acts, 3 chapter 210, section 2,". Amendment H?1586 was adopted. Larson of Linn offered the following amendment H?1587 filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1587 1 Amend House File 762 as follows: 2 1. Page 22, line 34, by striking the word 3 "individual" and inserting the following: 4 "individual". 5 2. Page 23, line 1, by striking the words "atthe6clerk'sofficeexceptfor" and inserting the 7 following: "at the clerk's office except for". 8 3. Page 23, by striking lines 7 through 15 and 9 inserting the following: "information system. 10 Notwithstanding any other provision in this section or 11 chapter 22, the judicial branch shall be the provider 12 of public electronic access to the clerk's records of 13 convictions and forfeitures of bail through the Iowa 14 court information system and shall, if all such 15 records are provided monthly to a vendor,thejudicial16branchshaleffectiveretroactivelytoJuly1,1997,17 collect a fee from such vendor which is the greater of 18 three thousand dollars per month or the actual direct 19 cost of providing the records." A non-record roll call was requested. The ayes were 23, nays 37. Amendment H?1587 lost. Jacobs of Polk 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. 762) The ayes were, 83: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Bell Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Bukta Burnett Carroll Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Cormack Davis Dix Doderer Dolecheck Dotzler Drake Drees Eddie Falck Foege Frevert Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Holveck Horbach Houser Huseman Huser Jacobs Jager Jenkins Jochum Johnson Kettering Klemme Kuhn Larkin Lord Martin Mascher May Mertz Metcalf Millage Mundie Murphy Myers Osterhaus Raecker Rants Rayhons Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Siegrist Stevens Sukup Sunderbruch Teig Thomson Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Weidman Weigel Whitead Wise Witt Mr. Speaker Corbett The nays were, 14: Cataldo Fallon Garman Kreiman Larson Nelson O'Brien Parmenter Reynolds Taylor Thomas Tyrrell Warnstadt Welter Absent or not voting, 3: Boggess Ford Grundberg The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to have passed the House and the title was agreed to. IMMEDIATE MESSAGE Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent that House File 762 be immediately messaged to the Senate. Unfinished Business Calendar Senate File 276, a bill for an act relating to health care service and treatment coverage by providing for continuity of care, discussion and advocacy of treatment options, coverage of emergency room services, utilization review requirements, and an external review process, and providing an effective date, with report of committee recommending passage, was taken up for consideration. Grundberg of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1167 filed by Grundberg, et al., on March 23, 1999. Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1170 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1170 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 4 following: 5 "Section 1. Section 513B.10, subsection 4, 6 paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 1999, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 (2) The exclusion extends for a period of not more 9 thantwelvesix months, oreighteentwelve months in 10 the case of a late enrollee, after the enrollment 11 date. 12 Sec. 2. Section 513B.10, subsection 4, paragraph 13 d, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 14 d. Health insurance coverage may exclude coverage 15 for late enrollees for preexisting conditions for a 16 period not to exceedeighteentwelve months. 17 Sec. 3. Section 513C.7, subsection 4, paragraph a, 18 Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 19 a. The individual basic or standard health benefit 20 plan shall not deny, exclude, or limit benefits for a 21 covered individual for losses incurred more than 22twelvesix months following the effective date of the 23 individual's coverage due to a preexisting condition. 24 A preexisting condition shall not be defined more 25 restrictively than any of the following: 26 (1) A condition that would cause an ordinarily 27 prudent person to seek medical advice, diagnosis, 28 care, or treatment during thetwelvesix months 29 immediately preceding the effective date of coverage. 30 (2) A condition for which medical advice, 31 diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or 32 received during thetwelvesix months immediately 33 preceding the effective date of coverage. 34 (3) A pregnancy existing on the effective date of 35 coverage." 36 2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the 37 word "services," the following: "preexisting 38 condition provisions,". 39 3. By renumbering as necessary. Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Siegrist of Pottawattamie. On the question "Shall amendment H-1170 be adopted?" (S.F. 276) 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 May Mertz Mundie Murphy Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter Rants Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Stevens Taylor Thomas Warnstadt Weigel Whitead Witt The nays were, 50: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Carroll Cormack Davis Dix Dolecheck Drake Garman Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Horbach^ Houser Huseman Jacobs Jager Jenkins Johnson Kettering Klemme Larson Lord Martin Metcalf Millage Nelson Raecker Rayhons Siegrist Sukup Sunderbruch Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Weidman Welter Mr. Speaker Corbett Absent or not voting, 7: Boggess Brunkhorst Eddie Grundberg Mascher Van Fossen Wise Amendment H-1170 lost. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Mascher of Johnson and Wise of Lee, until their return, on request of Cohoon of Des Moines. Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H?1182 filed by her as follows: H-1182 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 4 following: 5 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.26 HEALTH CARE 6 PROVIDER RECORDS - DUPLICATION FOR PROVISION TO 7 PATIENT. 8 1. For the purposes of this section: 9 a. "Health care provider" means a person licensed 10 to practice medicine and surgery pursuant to chapter 11 148, physical therapy pursuant to chapter 148A, 12 occupational therapy pursuant to chapter 148B, 13 acupuncture pursuant to chapter 148E, podiatry 14 pursuant to chapter 149, osteopathy pursuant to 15 chapter 150, osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant 16 to chapter 150A, chiropractic pursuant to chapter 151, 17 nursing pursuant to chapter 152, dietetics pursuant to 18 chapter 152A, respiratory care pursuant to chapter 19 152B, massage therapy pursuant to chapter 152C, 20 dentistry pursuant to chapter 153, optometry pursuant 21 to chapter 154, psychology pursuant to chapter 154B, 22 social work pursuant to chapter 154C, behavioral 23 science pursuant to chapter 154D, or licensed as a 24 physician assistant pursuant to chapter 148C, a 25 hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 135B, and a 26 health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 27 135C. 28 b. "Health care record" includes but is not 29 limited to evaluations, diagnoses, prognoses, 30 treatment, history, charts, pictures, laboratory 31 reports, X rays, prescriptions, and other technical 32 information used in assessing a patient's condition. 33 2. Upon the written request of a patient, a health 34 care provider shall allow the patient to inspect and 35 shall provide the patient with a duplicate of the 36 health care record of the patient. The health care 37 provider may charge a fee, as established by rule of 38 the department, for duplication of the record. 39 3. A health care provider may withhold the record 40 from the patient if the provider reasonably determines 41 that the information is detrimental to the physical or 42 mental health of the patient, or is likely to cause 43 the patient to harm the patient or another person. If 44 a record is withheld from the patient under this 45 subsection, the health care provider may provide 46 access to the record or a duplicate of the record to 47 the patient's attorney or personal physician upon 48 request of the patient. 49 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to 50 chapter 17A prescribing uniform fees, based upon the Page 2 1 actual cost of duplication, that a health care 2 provider may charge for duplication of health care 3 records requested by a patient under this section. 4 The rules may provide for an additional fee based upon 5 the actual costs for postage or other means of 6 delivery and may provide for an annual increase based 7 upon the annual rate of inflation for the preceding 8 calendar year as determined by the consumer price 9 index published by the bureau of labor statistics of 10 the United States department of labor." 11 2. By renumbering as necessary. Hansen of Pottawattamie rose on a point of order that amendment H-1182 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1182 not germane. Connors of Polk offered amendment H?1528 filed by him as follows: H-1528 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 4 following: 5 "Section 1. Section 507B.4, Code 1999, is amended 6 by adding the following new subsection: 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 9A. UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE FROM 8 HOSPITAL. Communicating to a covered individual who 9 is hospitalized, either directly or through an 10 intermediary, that the covered individual's hospital 11 treatment or hospital stay is completed, without first 12 providing the covered individual with written 13 treatment status confirmation endorsed by the covered 14 individual's attending health care provider." 15 2. By renumbering as necessary. Hansen of Pottawattamie rose on a point of order that amendment H-1528 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1528 not germane. Connors of Polk moved to suspend the rules to consider amend- ment H-1528. Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Connors of Polk. On the question "Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1528?" (S.F. 276) The ayes were, 40: Bell Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Doderer Dotzler Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Holveck Huser Jochum Kreiman Kuhn Larkin May Mundie Murphy Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Stevens Taylor Thomas Warnstadt Weigel Whitead Witt The nays were, 52: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Carroll Cormack Davis Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie Garman Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Horbach Houser Huseman Jacobs Jager 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, 8: Boggess Brunkhorst Drees Grundberg Jenkins Mascher Mertz Wise The motion to suspend the rules lost. Foege of Linn asked and received unanimous consent that amendment H-1577 be deferred. Chapman of Linn offered the following amendment H?1177 filed by her and moved its adoption: H-1177 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 1, line 5, by inserting after the figure 4 "158," the following: "and licensed by the director 5 of public health". Amendment H?1177 lost. Chapman of Linn offered the following amendment H?1179 filed by her and moved its adoption: H-1179 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 2, line 11, by inserting after the word 4 "plan" the following: ", or advocating on behalf of a 5 covered individual as provided in chapter 514J". A non-record roll call was requested. The ayes were 39, nays 46. Amendment H?1179 lost. Osterhaus of Jackson asked and received unanimous consent to withdraw amendment H-1178 filed by him on March 23, 1999. Jochum of Dubuque offered amendment H?1183 filed by Jochum, et al., as follows: H-1183 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.18 MENTAL HEALTH 6 AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT COVERAGE. 7 1. a. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or 8 contract providing for third-party payment or 9 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide 10 coverage benefits for mental health and substance 11 abuse conditions based on rates, terms, and conditions 12 which are no more restrictive than the rates, terms, 13 and conditions for coverage benefits provided for 14 other health or medical conditions under the policy or 15 contract. 16 b. Coverage required under this section includes 17 the following: 18 (1) For the treatment of mental illness, services 19 provided by a licensed mental health professional, or 20 services provided in a licensed hospital or health 21 facility. 22 (2) For the treatment of substance abuse or other 23 addictive disorder, services provided by a qualified 24 professional as defined by rule of the Iowa department 25 of public health, a licensed health facility providing 26 a program for the treatment of substance abuse or 27 other addictive disorder approved by the Iowa 28 department of public health, or a licensed substance 29 abuse treatment and rehabilitation facility. 30 2. This section applies to the following classes 31 of third-party payment provider contracts or policies 32 delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed 33 in this state on or after July 1, 2000: 34 a. Individual or group accident and sickness 35 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred 36 basis. 37 b. An individual or group hospital or medical 38 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, 39 or 514A. 40 c. An individual or group health maintenance 41 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B. 42 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental 43 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is 44 preempted by federal law. 45 e. An organized delivery system licensed by the 46 director of public health. 47 f. Any other entity engaged in the business of 48 insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is 49 subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner. 50 3. For purposes of this section, unless the Page 2 1 context otherwise requires: 2 a. "Mental health or substance abuse condition" 3 means a condition or disorder involving mental illness 4 or substance abuse or other addictive disorder which 5 is included in the diagnostic categories listed in the 6 mental disorders section of the international 7 classification of disease, as periodically revised. 8 b. "Rates, terms, and conditions" means lifetime 9 payment limits, deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, 10 and any other cost-sharing requirements, out-of-pocket 11 limits, visit limitations, and any other financial 12 component of benefits coverage that affects the 13 covered individual." 14 2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 15 word "care," the following: "mental health and 16 substance abuse treatment coverage,". 17 3. By renumbering as necessary. Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1583, to amendment H?1183, filed by her from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1583 1 Amend the amendment, H-1183, to Senate File 276, as 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 3 follows: 4 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the 5 following: 6 " . Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 7 following: 8 "Section 1. Section 509.3, subsection 6, Code 9 1999, is amended by striking the subsection. 10 Sec. . Section 514.7, unnumbered paragraph 3, 11 Code 1999, is amended by striking the unnumbered 12 paragraph. 13 Sec. . Section 514B.1, subsection 5, paragraph 14 c, Code 1999, is amended by striking the paragraph." 15 2. Page 2, by striking line 13 and inserting the 16 following: "covered individual. 17 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.19 MANDATED COVERAGE 18 FOR DENTAL CARE - ANESTHESIA AND CERTAIN HOSPITAL 19 CHARGES. 20 1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or 21 contract providing for third-party payment or 22 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide 23 coverage for anesthesia and hospital charges related 24 to the provision of dental care services provided to 25 any of the following covered individuals: 26 a. A child under five years of age. 27 b. An individual who is severely disabled. 28 c. An individual who has a medical condition that 29 requires hospitalization or general anesthesia for 30 delivery of the dental care services. 31 2. A policy or contract providing for third-party 32 payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses 33 shall provide coverage for general anesthesia and 34 treatment rendered by a dentist for conditions covered 35 under such policy or contract, whether the services 36 are provided in a hospital or a dental office. 37 3. Prior authorization of hospitalization for 38 dental care procedures may be required in the same 39 manner that prior authorization is required for 40 hospitalization for other coverage under the contract 41 or policy. 42 4. This section applies to the following contracts 43 or policies delivered, issued for delivery, continued, 44 or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1999: 45 a. Individual or group accident and sickness 46 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred 47 basis. 48 b. An individual or group hospital or medical 49 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, 50 or 514A. Page 2 1 c. An individual or group health maintenance 2 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B. 3 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental 4 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is 5 preempted by federal law. 6 e. An organized delivery system licensed by the 7 director of public health. 8 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.20 DIABETES 9 COVERAGE. 10 1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment 11 requirements of section 514C.6, a policy or contract 12 providing for third-party payment or prepayment of 13 health or medical expenses shall provide coverage 14 benefits for the cost associated with equipment, 15 supplies, and self-management training and education 16 for the treatment of all types of diabetes mellitus 17 when prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 18 148, 150, or 150A. Coverage benefits shall include 19 coverage for the cost associated with all of the 20 following: 21 a. Blood glucose meter and glucose strips for home 22 monitoring. 23 b. Payment for diabetes self-management training 24 and education only under all of the following 25 conditions: 26 (1) The physician managing the individual's 27 diabetic condition certifies that such services are 28 needed under a comprehensive plan of care related to 29 the individual's diabetic condition to ensure therapy 30 compliance or to provide the individual with necessary 31 skills and knowledge to participate in the management 32 of the individual's condition. 33 (2) The diabetic self-management training and 34 education program is certified by the Iowa department 35 of public health. The department shall consult with 36 the American diabetes association, Iowa affiliate, in 37 developing the standards for certification of diabetes 38 education programs as follows: 39 (a) Initial training shall cover up to ten hours 40 of initial outpatient diabetes self-management 41 training within a continuous twelve-month period for 42 each individual that meets any of the following 43 conditions: 44 (i) A new onset of diabetes. 45 (ii) Poor glycemic control as evidenced by a 46 glycosylated hemoglobin of nine and five-tenths or 47 more in the ninety days before attending the training. 48 (iii) A change in treatment regimen from no 49 diabetes medications to any diabetes medication, or 50 from oral diabetes medication to insulin. Page 3 1 (iv) High risk for complications based on poor 2 glycemic control; documented acute episodes of severe 3 hypoglycemia or acute severe hyperglycemia occurring 4 in the past year during which the individual needed 5 third-party assistance for either emergency room 6 visits or hospitalization. 7 (v) High risk based on documented complications of 8 a lack of feeling in the foot or other foot 9 complications such as foot ulcer or amputation, pre- 10 proliferative or proliferative retinopathy or prior 11 laser treatment of the eye, or kidney complications 12 related to diabetes, such as macroalbuminuria or 13 elevated creatinine. 14 (b) An individual who receives the initial 15 training shall be eligible for a single follow-up 16 training session of up to one hour each year. 17 2. a. This section applies to the following 18 classes of third-party payment provider contracts or 19 policies delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or 20 renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1999: 21 (1) Individual or group accident and sickness 22 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred 23 basis. 24 (2) An individual or group hospital or medical 25 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, 26 or 514A. 27 (3) An individual or group health maintenance 28 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B. 29 (4) Any other entity engaged in the business of 30 insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is 31 subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner. 32 (5) A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A 33 for public employees. 34 (6) An organized delivery system licensed by the 35 director of public health. 36 b. This chapter shall not apply to accident only, 37 specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, 38 hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, 39 vision, Medicare supplement, long-term care, basic 40 hospital coverage, medical and surgical coverage, 41 disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued 42 as a supplement to liability insurance, workers' 43 compensation or similar insurance, or automobile 44 medical payment insurance."" 45 3. Page 2, line 16, by inserting after the word 46 "coverage," the following: "anesthesia and certain 47 hospital charges associated with dental care services, 48 diabetes coverage,". 49 4. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H?1583 was adopted. Hansen of Pottawattamie rose on a point of order that amendment H-1183, as amended, was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1183, as amended, not germane. Jochum of Dubuque moved to suspend the rules to consider amendment H-1183, as amended. Roll call was requested by Chapman of Linn and Jochum of Dubuque. Rule 75 was invoked. On the question "Shall the rules be suspended to consider amendment H-1183, as amended?" (S.F. 276) The ayes were, 42: Bell Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Doderer Dotzler Drees Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Holveck Huser Jochum Kreiman Kuhn Larkin May Mertz Mundie Murphy Myers O'Brien Osterhaus Parmenter Reynolds Richardson Scherrman Schrader Shoultz Stevens Taylor Thomas Warnstadt Weigel Whitead Witt The nays were, 52: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Carroll Cormack Davis Dix Dolecheck Drake Garman Gipp Greiner 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, 6: Boggess Brunkhorst Eddie Grundberg Mascher Wise The motion to suspend the rules lost. LEAVE OF ABSENCE Leave of absence was granted as follows: Brunkhorst of Bremer and Grundberg of Polk, until their return, on request of Siegrist of Pottawattamie. Frevert of Palo Alto offered amendment H?1285 filed by her as follows: H-1285 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.18 SERVICES 6 PROVIDED BY LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS AND 7 MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPISTS. 8 Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or 9 contract providing for third-party payment or 10 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall include 11 a provision for the payment of necessary mental health 12 services provided by a mental health counselor or a 13 marital and family therapist licensed pursuant to 14 chapters 147 and 154D and performed within the scope 15 of the license of the licensed mental health counselor 16 or marital and family therapist if the policy or 17 contract would pay for the care and treatment if the 18 services were provided by a person engaged in the 19 practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic 20 medicine and surgery under chapter 148 or 150A. The 21 policy or contract shall provide that policyholders 22 and subscribers under the policy or contract may 23 reject the coverage for services which may be provided 24 by a licensed mental health counselor or a marital and 25 family therapist if the coverage is rejected for all 26 providers of similar services. A policy or contract 27 subject to this section shall not impose a practice or 28 supervision restriction which is inconsistent with or 29 more restrictive than the restriction already imposed 30 by law. This section applies to services provided 31 under a policy or contract delivered, issued for 32 delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or 33 after July 1, 1998, and to an existing policy or 34 contract, on the policy's or contract's anniversary or 35 renewal date, or upon the expiration of the applicable 36 collective bargaining contract, if any, whichever is 37 later. This section does not apply to policyholders 38 or subscribers eligible for coverage under Title XVIII 39 of the federal Social Security Act or any similar 40 coverage under a state or federal government plan. 41 For the purposes of this section, third-party payment 42 or prepayment includes an individual or group policy 43 of accident or health insurance or individual or group 44 hospital or health care service contract issued 45 pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A, an individual 46 or group health maintenance organization contract 47 issued and regulated under chapter 514B, an organized 48 delivery system contract regulated under rules adopted 49 by the director of public health, or a preferred 50 provider organization contract regulated pursuant to Page 2 1 chapter 514F. Nothing in this section shall be 2 interpreted to require an individual or group health 3 maintenance organization, an organized delivery 4 system, or a preferred provider organization or 5 arrangement to provide payment or prepayment for 6 services provided by a licensed mental health 7 counselor or licensed marital and family therapist 8 unless the licensed mental health counselor or 9 licensed marital and family therapist has entered into 10 a contract or other agreement to provide services with 11 the individual or group health maintenance 12 organization, the organized delivery system, or the 13 preferred provider organization or arrangement." 14 2. By renumbering as necessary. Frevert of Palo Alto offered the following amendment H?1523, to amendment H?1285, filed by her and moved its adoption: H-1523 1 Amend the amendment, H-1285, to Senate File 276, as 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 3 follows: 4 1. Page 1, line 33, by striking the figure "1998" 5 and inserting the following: "1999". Amendment H?1523 was adopted. Hansen of Pottawattamie rose on a point of order that amendment H-1285, as amended, was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1285, as amended, not germane. Foege of Linn offered amendment H?1561 filed by him, Raecker of Polk, and Huser of Polk from the floor as follows: H-1561 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.19 MANDATED 6 COVERAGE FOR DENTAL CARE - ANESTHESIA AND CERTAIN 7 HOSPITAL CHARGES. 8 1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or 9 contract providing for third-party payment or 10 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide 11 coverage for anesthesia and hospital charges related 12 to the provision of dental care services provided to 13 any of the following covered individuals: 14 a. A child under five years of age. 15 b. An individual who is severely disabled. 16 c. An individual who has a medical condition that 17 requires hospitalization or general anesthesia for 18 delivery of the dental care services. 19 2. A policy or contract providing for third-party 20 payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses 21 shall provide coverage for general anesthesia and 22 treatment rendered by a dentist for conditions covered 23 under such policy or contract, whether the services 24 are provided in a hospital or a dental office. 25 3. Prior authorization of hospitalization for 26 dental care procedures may be required in the same 27 manner that prior authorization is required for 28 hospitalization for other coverage under the contract 29 or policy. 30 4. This section applies to the following contracts 31 or policies delivered, issued for delivery, continued, 32 or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 1999: 33 a. Individual or group accident and sickness 34 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred 35 basis. 36 b. An individual or group hospital or medical 37 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, 38 or 514A. 39 c. An individual or group health maintenance 40 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B. 41 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental 42 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is 43 preempted by federal law. 44 e. An organized delivery system licensed by the 45 director of public health." 46 2. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 47 word "care," the following: "anesthesia and certain 48 hospital charges associated with dental care 49 services,". 50 3. By renumbering as necessary. Hansen of Pottawattamie rose on a point of order that amendment H-1561 was not germane. The Speaker ruled the point well taken and amendment H-1561 not germane. Murphy of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1585 filed by him from the floor and moved its adoption: H-1585 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 4, by inserting after line 7 the 4 following: 5 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.18 PHARMACEUTICAL 6 SERVICES. 7 1. A policy or contract providing for third-party 8 payment or prepayment for pharmaceutical services 9 shall not discriminate with respect to reimbursement 10 under the policy or contract against a health care 11 provider who is authorized to provide pharmaceutical 12 services and who is providing such services within the 13 health care provider's scope of practice. 14 2. This section applies to the following classes 15 of third-party payor policies or contracts delivered, 16 issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this 17 state on or after July 1, 1999: 18 a. Individual or group accident and sickness 19 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred 20 basis. 21 b. An individual or group hospital or medical 22 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, 23 or 514A. 24 c. An individual or group health maintenance 25 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B. 26 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental 27 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is 28 preempted by federal law. 29 e. An organized delivery system licensed by the 30 director of public health. 31 f. Any other entity engaged in the business of 32 insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is 33 subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner." 34 2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the 35 word "services," the following: "coverage of 36 pharmaceutical services,". 37 3. By renumbering as necessary. Amendment H?1585 lost. Osterhaus of Jackson offered the following amendment H?1181 filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1181 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by striking line 18 and inserting the 4 following: "the provision of medically necessary or 5 appropriate services." 6 2. Page 6, line 31, by striking the words 7 "medical necessity" and inserting the following: "the 8 provision of medically necessary or appropriate 9 services". 10 3. Page 7, by inserting after line 4 the 11 following: 12 " . "Medically necessary or appropriate" means, 13 with respect to a service or benefit, a service or 14 benefit which is consistent with generally accepted 15 principles of professional medical practice." 16 4. Page 8, by striking lines 8 and 9 and 17 inserting the following: "of medically necessary or 18 appropriate." 19 5. Page 12, by striking lines 19 through 20 and 20 inserting the following: "necessary or appropriate 21 and consistent with clinical standards of". 22 6. By renumbering as necessary. Roll call was requested by Osterhaus of Jackson and Chapman of Linn. On the question "Shall amendment H-1181 be adopted?" (S.F. 276) The ayes were, 45: Bell Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Connors Doderer Dotzler Drees Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Grundberg 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, 52: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack Davis Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie Garman Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Horbach Houser Huseman Jacobs Jager Jenkins Johnson Kettering Klemme Larson Lord Martin Metcalf Millage Nelson Raecker Siegrist Sukup Sunderbruch Teig Thomson Tyrrell Van Engelenhoven Van Fossen Weidman Welter Mr. Speaker Corbett Absent or not voting, 3: Boggess Rants Rayhons Amendment H?1181 lost. Osterhaus of Jackson offered amendment H?1180 filed by him as follows: H-1180 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 6, by inserting after line 19 the 4 following: 5 " ___. "Appropriate and medically necessary" means 6 the standard for health care services as determined by 7 a physician or health care provider consistent with 8 accepted practices and standards of care provided by 9 the medical profession in the community." 10 2. Page 8, by striking lines 8 and 9 and 11 inserting the following: "of appropriate and 12 medically necessary." 13 3. By renumbering as necessary. Osterhaus of Jackson offered the following amendment H?1532, to amendment H?1180, filed by him and moved its adoption: H-1532 1 Amend the amendment, H-1180, to Senate file 276, as 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 3 follows: 4 1. Page 1, by inserting after line 12 the 5 following: 6 " . Page 12, by striking lines 19 and 20 and 7 inserting the following: "necessary and consistent 8 with clinical standards of"." Amendment H?1532 was adopted. Osterhaus of Jackson moved the adoption of amendment H-1180, as amended. Roll call was requested by Myers of Johnson and Osterhaus of Jackson. On the question "Shall amendment H-1180, as amended, be adopted?" (S.F. 276) The ayes were, 43: Bell Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon Doderer Dotzler Falck Fallon Foege Ford Frevert Grundberg 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, 53: Alons Arnold Barry Baudler Blodgett Boal Boddicker Bradley Brauns Brunkhorst Carroll Cormack Davis Dix Dolecheck Drake Eddie Garman Gipp Greiner Hahn Hansen Heaton Hoffman Holmes Horbach Houser Huseman Jacobs Jager Jenkins Johnson Kettering Klemme Larson 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, 4: Boggess Connors Drees Lord Amendment H?1180, as amended, lost. Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H?1171 filed by her and moved its adoption: H-1171 1 Amend Senate File 276, as amended, passed, and 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 3 1. Page 7, by inserting after line 4, the 4 following: 5 " . "Medically necessary" means the provision of 6 a service, item, or procedure that will or is 7 reasonably expected to do any of the following: 8 a. Arrive at a correct diagnosis. 9 b. Prevent the onset of an illness, condition, or 10 disability. 11 c. Reduce or ameliorate the physical, mental, 12 developmental, or behavioral effects of an illness, 13 condition, injury, or disability. 14 d. Assist the individual to achieve or maintain 15 optimum functional capacity in performing age- 16 appropriate daily activities. 17 e. Minimize the deterioration of health status or 18 reduce or prevent suffering or pain. 19 Input from multiple individual sources including an 20 individual or an individual's family shall be 21 considered in determining what services are medically 22 necessary. The medically necessary services provided, 23 as well as the type of provider and setting, which may 24 include the individual's home, must be appropriate to 25 the specific health needs of the individual. A 26 determination of medically necessary services shall be 27 made on an individual basis only, and not on a class 28 or group basis. Determinations shall take into 29 account the health care practice guidelines and 30 standards that are issued by professionally recognized 31 organizations or governmental bodies." 32 2. Page 8, by striking lines 8 and 9 and 33 inserting the following: "of medically necessary." 34 3. Page 12, by striking lines 19 through 20 and 35 inserting the following: "necessary and consistent 36 with clinical standards of". 37 4. By renumbering as necessary. Roll call was requested by Jochum of Dubuque and Myers of Johnson. On the question "Shall amendment H-1171 be adopted?" (S.F. 276) The ayes were, 42: Bell Bukta Burnett Cataldo Chapman Chiodo Cohoon 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 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 Gipp Greiner 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, 4: Boggess Connors Grundberg Schrader Amendment H-1171 lost. 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 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 100, a bill for an act relating to the revocation or suspension of a law enforcement officer's certification. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 242, a bill for an act relating to statutory corrections which may adjust language to reflect current practices, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, delete temporary language, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, update ongoing provisions, or remove ambiguities and providing effective dates and for retroactive applicability. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, amended and passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the House is asked: House File 386, a bill for an act relating to increasing the penalties for an assault on a jailer. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 662, a bill for an act relating to estate issues by modifying the warranty by a trustee, jurisdiction of the probate court, fees payable on certain trusts, notice provisions relating to claims against estates, and disclaimers made by beneficiaries. Also: That the Senate has on April 13, 1999, passed the following bill in which the concurrence of the Senate was asked: House File 676, a bill for an act amending provisions in the "Iowa Agricultural Industry Finance Act". MICHAEL E. MARSHALL, Secretary COMMUNICATION FROM THE STATE APPEAL BOARD The following communication was received from the State Appeal Board on April 8, 1999, and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk: April 7, 1999 Chief Clerk House of Representatives Statehouse L O C A L Dear Chief Clerk: There are transmitted herewith claims against the State of Iowa to be filed with the Claims Committee of the House of Representatives. This listing includes 18 claims of general nature that were denied by the State Appeal Board at the February 15, 1999, March 9, 1999, and April 5, 1999 meetings. This supplements our filing of January 29, 1999. The attached index shows claim number, name and address of claimant and the amount requested in the claim. Sincerely, Richard D. Johnson Chairperson STATE APPEAL BOARD Receipt of the above is hereby acknowledged. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House DENIED GENERAL CLAIMS BY THE STATE APPEAL BOARD SUBMITTED TO THE 77TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY February 1999 through April 1999 Claim Full Name City Type Amount G980054 Anthony B. Dexter Eldridge, IA IFTA Credit $443.48 dba Dextours, Inc. G980161 Midwest Connection, Ankeny, IA IFTA Credit $17,055.00 Inc. G980195 Pro Transport, Inc. Grimes, IA IFTA Credit $623.48 G990101 Margaret Louise Des Moines, IA License Unspecified Dickey Refund G990105 Bernie Proczak Greeley, CO License $313.00 Refund G990121 Noraima J. Fernandez Des Moines, IA Homestead $215.56 Credit G990232 Robert or Kelly Peshel St. Cloud, MN License $14.00 Refund G990233 Robert or Kelly Peshel St. Cloud, MN License $33.00 Refund G990239 Michael Holmes or Brandon, SD License $204.00 Valerie A. Refund Larson-Holmes G990241 Myron Larry Lee Ankeny, IA License $131.40 Refund Claim Full Name City Type Amount G990289 Gail Holm Tuttle, OK License Unspecified Refund G990297 Laura L. Woerner Lincoln, NE License Unspecified Refund G990300 Earl J. Nacke Richville, MN License $208.00 Refund G990304 Jeffrey Dwane Omaha, NE License $84.00 Osborn Refunds G990305 Jeffrey Dwane Omaha, NE License $79.00 Osborn Refund G990313 Diane Marie York New Ulm, MN License $23.00 Refund G990330 Sharon Ann Mueller Des Moines, IA License $236.00 Refund G990338 Sharon O. Dowd-Jasa Winnona, MN License $74.00 Refund EXPLANATIONS OF VOTE I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on April 13, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on Senate File 424. KUHN of Floyd I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on April 13, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "nay" on Senate File 424. STEVENS of Dickinson I was necessarily absent from the House chamber on April 13, 1999. Had I been present, I would have voted "aye" on Senate File 424. WITT of Black Hawk BILLS ENROLLED, SIGNED AND SENT TO GOVERNOR The Chief Clerk of the House submitted the following report: Mr. Speaker: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following bills have been examined and found correctly enrolled, signed by the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, and presented to the Governor for his approval on this 13th day of April, 1999: House Files 208, 209 and 518. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House Report adopted. BILL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR A communication was received from the Governor announcing that on April 13, 1999, he approved and transmitted to the Secretary of State the following bill: House File 743, an act relating to the establishment of an Iowa early intervention block grant program, providing for a school improvement technology block grant program, and making appropriations. SPECIAL PRESENTATION Murphy of Dubuque presented to the House the Honorable Frank Kloucek, state senator from Scotland, South Dakota. The House rose and expressed its welcome. PRESENTATION OF VISITORS The Speaker announced that the following visitors were present in the House chamber: Forty-five sixth grade students from Meservey-Thornton and Sheffield-Chapin Middle School, accompanied by Mrs. Nancy Langlitz, Alice Hietland, Jack Amble and Dean Meinders. By Blodgett of Cerro Gordo and Sukup of Franklin. Eleven government class students from Walnut Community School, Walnut, accompanied by Mrs. Whitehall and Jeremy Whitehall. By Drake of Pottawattamie. High School Government students from New London High School, New London, accompanied by Chris Kolker. By Heaton of Henry. Fourth grade students from North Tama, Traer, accompanied by Terry Shay, Deb Estes, Patti Lorenzen and Sherri Johnson. By Horbach of Tama. 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\651 Marlene and Jim Graham, Denison - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\652 Delores and Wayne Stephenson, Ute - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\653 Lloyd F. Gray, Keosauqua - For his 50 years of dedicated service as a pressman and typesetter for the Van Buren County Register. 1999\654 Ethel Holmes, Keosauqua - For celebrating her 105th birthday. 1999\655 Mr. and Mrs. Rolland H. Underwood, Keosauqua - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\656 Clifford Hess, Anthon - For celebrating his 90th birthday. 1999\657 Emer Gustafson, Odebolt - For celebrating his 90th birthday. 1999\658 Murlen Goettsch, Galva - For celebrating his 80th birthday. 1999\659 Leona Bird, Odebolt - For celebrating her 90th birthday. 1999\660 Mae Brookbank, Ida Grove - For celebrating her 88th birthday. 1999\661 Marjorie and Ed Steinkamp, Wall Lake - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\662 Lavonne and Myron Henkle, Vinton - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\663 Helen and Floyd L. Coulson, Russell - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\664 Carla J. Moses, Waterloo - For being named to the 1999 All-State Academic Team. 1999\665 Paula Ellsworth, Iowa City - For receiving an Iowa Distinguished Teacher Award. 1999\666 Ryan Utterback, New Hampton - For being named a 1999 First Team Academic All-State Wrestler. 1999\667 Adam Kramer, New Hampton - For being named a 1999 First Team Academic All-State Wrestler. 1999\668 Gladie Church, Cresco - For being named to the 1999 All-State Academic Team for two year colleges in Iowa. 1999\669 Karen Downes, Fredericksburg - For being named to the 1999 All- State Academic Team for two year colleges in Iowa. 1999\670 Michelle Dulleck, Waterloo - For being named to the 1999 All-State Academic Team for two year colleges. 1999\671 Juanita Ferger, Waterloo - For celebrating her 80th birthday. 1999\672 Margaret Niichel, Waterloo - For celebrating her 95th birthday. 1999\673 Irene and Don Salow, Manchester - For celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. 1999\674 Bob Flaherty, Bettendorf - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. 1999\675 Steven J. C. Ehrig, Manchester - For attaining the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. 1999\676 Doug H. Ebel, Larrabee - For being named to the 1999 Academic All- State Team for two year colleges. 1999\677 Juanita Anliker, Primghar - For being named to the 1999 Academic All-State Team for two year colleges. SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT Senate File 465 Ways and Means: Jenkins, Chair; Shoultz and Teig. HOUSE STUDY BILL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENT H.S.B. 261 Ways and Means Increasing the state foundation base for purposes of the state school aid funding formula and including effective and applicability date provisions. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION MR. SPEAKER: The Chief Clerk of the House respectfully reports that the following committee recommendation has been received and is on file in the office of the Chief Clerk. ELIZABETH A. ISAACSON Chief Clerk of the House COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Senate File 468, a bill for an act relating to and making appropriations to the justice system and providing effective dates. Fiscal Note is not required. Recommended Amend and Do Pass with amendment H-1588 April 13, 1999. RESOLUTION FILED HR 20, by Taylor, Chapman, Thomson, Foege, Corbett, and Larson, a resolution honoring the City of Cedar Rapids on its sesquicentennial year. Laid over under Rule 25. AMENDMENTS FILED H-1559 S.F. 287 Carroll of Poweshiek H-1562 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1563 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1565 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1566 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1567 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1568 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1569 S.F. 405 Chapman of Linn H-1571 H.F. 747 Shoultz of Black Hawk H-1572 S.F. 460 Murphy of Dubuque H-1574 S.F. 405 Wise of Lee Jacobs of Polk H-1575 H.F. 501 Senate Amendment H-1578 H.F. 647 Senate Amendment H-1579 H.F. 711 Senate Amendment H-1580 H.F. 521 Senate Amendment H-1581 H.F. 661 Senate Amendment H-1582 S.F. 221 Boal of Polk H-1588 S.F. 468 Committee on Appropriations H-1589 H.F. 386 Senate Amendment H-1590 H.F. 242 Senate Amendment H-1591 H.F. 100 Senate Amendment H-1592 H.F. 761 Jochum of Dubuque H-1593 H.F. 759 Millage of Scott Hansen of Pottawattamie H-1594 S.F. 209 Jager of Black Hawk H-1595 S.F. 324 Witt of Black Hawk H-1596 S.F. 324 Witt of Black Hawk H-1597 S.F. 324 Witt of Black Hawk H-1598 S.F. 460 Cataldo of Polk Brunkhorst of Bremer H-1599 S.F. 460 Mertz of Kossuth H-1600 S.F. 460 Shoultz of Black Hawk H-1601 H.F. 677 Chiodo of Polk Brunkhorst of Bremer H-1602 H.F. 476 Richardson of Warren H-1603 H.F. 476 Richardson of Warren H-1604 S.F. 324 Holveck of Polk On motion by Siegrist of Pottawattamie the House adjourned at 6:25 p.m., until 8:45 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 1999. (Business Pending at adjournment, Senate File 276) 1232 JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE 93rd Day 93rd Day TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1999 1231
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