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1 1 Amend House File 732 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 46, line 9, by striking the word
1 3 "amounts" and inserting the following: "amount".
1 4 #2. Page 46, by striking lines 26 through 34.
1 5 #3. Page 47, by inserting before line 5 the
1 6 following:
1 7 "Sec. . ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING – FISCAL
1 8 YEAR 2001-2002.
1 9 1. The provisions of this section are applicable
1 10 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001.
1 11 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that
1 12 the director of human services work on expanding the
1 13 community partnership approach to child protection as
1 14 established in Linn county with funding support from
1 15 the Edna McConnell Clark foundation. The general
1 16 assembly endorses the efforts by the department and
1 17 local communities to develop community child
1 18 protection systems that incorporate the four community
1 19 partnership components used in Linn county and other
1 20 Clark foundation sites. It is further intended that
1 21 the director seek additional funding from the Clark
1 22 foundation for expansion of the community partnership
1 23 approach to other sites in the state and make use of
1 24 the additional funding opportunities described in this
1 25 section for such expansion.
1 26 3. It is the intent of the general assembly that
1 27 the director of human services work to secure federal
1 28 financial participation through Titles IV-E and XIX of
1 29 the federal Social Security Act for services and
1 30 activities that are currently funded with state,
1 31 county, or community moneys. It is further intended
1 32 that the director initially focus on securing targeted
1 33 case management funding under medical assistance for
1 34 state child protection staff and developing proposals
1 35 for other approaches for targeted case management and
1 36 Title IV-E administrative claiming for services and
1 37 activities currently funded with juvenile court
1 38 services, county, or community moneys.
1 39 4. Additional federal financial participation
1 40 secured for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
1 41 and ending June 30, 2002, is appropriated to the
1 42 department of human services for use as provided in
1 43 this section. All of the following are applicable to
1 44 the additional federal financial participation and
1 45 efforts made to secure the federal financial
1 46 participation:
1 47 a. The department may pursue federal approval of a
1 48 state plan amendment to use medical assistance funding
1 49 for child protection targeted case management
1 50 services. The population to be served through
2 1 targeted case management services is children who are
2 2 at risk of maltreatment or who are in need of
2 3 protective services. The funding shall be based on
2 4 the federal and state moneys available under the
2 5 medical assistance program. For the additional
2 6 federal financial participation received under the
2 7 reimbursement methodology established for the
2 8 services, a distribution plan shall attribute revenue
2 9 to the cost sources upon which the reimbursement rates
2 10 are based. In addition, of the additional federal
2 11 funds received, a 5 percent set-aside shall be used
2 12 for funding the revenue enhancement activities and for
2 13 service delivery and results improvement efforts.
2 14 b. The director may use part or all of the
2 15 additional federal financial participation in excess
2 16 of $3,000,000 received from medical assistance claims
2 17 for child protection staff for not more than 93.00
2 18 full-time equivalent state child protection staff
2 19 positions, including child abuse assessment positions,
2 20 social workers, and support positions performing
2 21 related functions. Positions added in accordance with
2 22 this paragraph "b" are in addition to those authorized
2 23 in the appropriation made in this Act for field
2 24 operations.
2 25 c. The director may also use up to $200,000 of the
2 26 additional federal financial participation in excess
2 27 of $3,000,000 received from medical assistance claims
2 28 for child protection staff for providing grants to
2 29 communities to support the community partnership
2 30 approach to child protection. Potential grantees may
2 31 include child welfare funding decategorization
2 32 projects, community empowerment area boards, or other
2 33 community-based entities who, in partnership with the
2 34 local departmental administrators, agree to implement
2 35 the four community partnership components.
2 36 5. It is the intent of the general assembly to
2 37 consider additional proposals for providing other
2 38 forms of targeted case management services and Title
2 39 IV-E administrative claiming through counties,
2 40 juvenile court services, or other community-based
2 41 approaches.
2 42 6. The department may adopt emergency rules to
2 43 implement the provisions of this section."
2 44 #4. By renumbering as necessary.
2 45
2 46
2 47
2 48 HEATON of Henry
2 49
2 50
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3 2 FOEGE of Linn
3 3
3 4
3 5
3 6 SMITH of Marshall
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3 8
3 9
3 10 HOUSER of Pottawattamie
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3 12
3 13
3 14 GRUNDBERG of Polk
3 15 HF 732.1
3 16 jp/es/25
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