Interim Calendar and Briefing

October 30, 1996

Contents:

Calendar of Scheduled Meetings

Agenda Information Regarding Scheduled Meetings

BRIEFINGS - Information Regarding Recent Meetings

• DHS Resturcturing Task Force - October 21, 1996
• Prospective Minor Parents Program Advisory Committee - October 28, 1996

Calendar of Scheduled Meetings

Tuesday, November 12, 1996 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW COMMITTEE - 10:00 a.m., Room 22 Wednesday, November 13, 1996 ADMINISTRATIVE RULES REVIEW COMMITTEE 9:00 a.m., Room 22 Monday, November 18, 1996 SOLID WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING STUDY COMMITTEE 10:00 a.m., Room 22 Tuesday, November 19, 1996 HEDGE TO ARRIVE CONTRACTS STUDY COMMITTEE - (TENTATIVE) 10:00 a.m., Room 334, Vocational Technical Building, Iowa Central Community College, Fort Dodge, IA Wednesday, November 20, 1996 LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS STUDY COMMITTEE - (TENTATIVE) 10:00 a.m., Room 22 Friday, November 22, 1996 IOWA ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES STUDY COMMITTEE - (TENTATIVE) 10:00 a.m., Room 22 Monday, November 25, 1996 DHS RESTRUCTURING TASK FORCE - (TENTATIVE) 10:00 a.m., Hoover Bldg. Conference Room, B-Level (Meeting Room is Tentative) Wednesday, November 27, 1996 LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING STUDY COMMITTEE - (TENTATIVE) Time to be Announced, Room 1

Monday, December 2, 1996 INTERPRETIVE SERVICES STUDY COMMITTEE - 10:00 a.m., Room 116 Wednesday, December 18, 1996 LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS STUDY COMMITTEE - (TENTATIVE) Time to be Announced, Room 22

Agenda Information Regarding Scheduled Meetings

Administrative Rules Review Committee

Co-chairperson: Senator Berl E. Priebe
Co-chairperson: Representative Janet Metcalf

• Location: Committee Room 22, State House, Des Moines
• Date & Time: Tuesday, November 12, 1996, 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 13, 1996, 9:00 a.m.
• Contact Person: Joe Royce, Legal Counsel, Administrative Rules
• LSB Staff: Kathie Bates, Administrative Code Office
• Tentative Agenda: Agenda (as Published in the Administrative Bulletin)
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | HEARINGS |

Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling Study Committee

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator Patrick J. Deluhery
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Clyde Bradley

• Location: Committee Room 22, State House, Des Moines
• Date & Time: Monday, November 18, 1996, 10:00 a.m.
• Staff: Patty Funaro
• Tentative Agenda:
  • Overview of waste management practices throughout the state and progress toward meeting statutory goals for solid waste reduction and recycling.
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

Hedge to Arrive Contracts Study Committee (Tentative)

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator John P. Kibbie
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Russell Teig

• Location: Room 334, Vocational Technical Building, Iowa Central Community College, 330 Avenue M, Fort Dodge, IA
• Date & Time: Tuesday, November 19, 1996, 10:00 a.m.
• Staff: Doug Adkisson
• Tentative Agenda:
  • Presentations from a number of persons involved in the issue.
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

Local Infrastructure Needs Study Committee (Tentative)

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator Larry Murphy
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Barry Brauns

• Location: To be Announced
• Date & Time: Wednesday, November 20, 1996, Time to be Announced
• Staff: Susan Crowley
• Tentative Agenda:
  • Presenattions from local government representatives and others on local infrastructure financing and on proposals to meet local infrastructure needs.
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

Iowa Administrative Procedures Study Committee (Tentative)

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator Tom Vilsack
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Janet Metcalf

• Location: Committee Room 22, State House, Des Moines
• Date & Time: Friday, November 22, 1996, 10:00 a.m.
• Staff: Ed Cook, Doug Adkisson
• Tentative Agenda:
  • Presentations from the Iowa State Bar Association, state agencies, and others concerning proposals to revise Iowa's Administrative Procedures Act.
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

DHS Restructuring Task Force

Co-chairperson: Senator Johnie Hammond
Co-chairperson: Representative Hubert Houser

• Location: Hoover State Office Building Conference Room, B-Level (Tentative Meeting Room), Des Moines
• Date & Time: Monday, November 25, 1996, 10:00 a.m.
• Staff: Patty Funaro, Rick Nelson
• Tentative Agenda: Agenda to be Announced
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

Law Enforcement Training Study Committee (Tentative)

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator Randal Giannetto
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Teresa Garman

• Location: Committee Room 1, State House, Des Moines
• Date & Time: Wednesday, November 27, 1996, Time to be Announced
• Staff: Kathy Hanlon, Jan Simmons
• Tentative Agenda: Agenda to be Announced
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

Interpretive Services Study Committee

Temporary Co-chairperson: Senator Elaine Szymoniak
Temporary Co-chairperson: Representative Joseph Kremer

• Location: Committee Room 116, State House, Des Moines
• Date & Time: Monday, December 2, 1996, 10:00 a.m.
• Staff: Richard Nelson, Patty Funaro
• Tentative Agenda:
  • Review of current services for adults and schools, programs in other states, and Deaf Services Commission Survey results.
• FURTHER INFORMATION: | CHARGE | MEMBERS | STAFF | FINAL REPORT |

BRIEFINGS - Information Regarding Recent Meetings

DHS RESTRUCTURING TASK FORCE

October 21, 1996

Administrative Matters.

Following opening remarks, the Task Force elected Senator Johnie Hammond and Representative Hubert Houser as Co-chairpersons and adopted procedural rules for the Task Force.

Agenda.

Mr. Doug Howard, Department of Human Services, provided an update and summary of recently enacted federal welfare reform legislation. Mr. Marv Weidner, Department of Management, provided an overview of the Council on Human Investment and innovation zones. Innovation zones provide a means for communities to collaboratively plan for children and family services and to work with state government for regulatory and funding flexibility. He reported that three innovation zone projects will be chosen by March 1 and implementation of the projects will take place by July 1, 1997. Representatives of decategorization programs from four DHS clusters including Jasper, Linn, Scott, and Pottawattamie counties provided summaries of their programs and described the variety of funding sources utilized and services provided through this local, flexible system of service delivery.

Discussion.

The members of the Task Force discussed the goals and objectives of the Task Force. The members recommended that the next meeting of the Task Force be used to develop a plan for future work of the Task Force. Members plan to review service delivery "vision" documents originally distributed by the Department of Human Services in January 1996 following an internal planning process in Fall 1995.

Next Meeting.

The next meeting of the Task Force is tentatively scheduled for Monday, November 25, 1996.

• Staff: Patty Funaro, Rick Nelson

PROSPECTIVE MINOR PARENTS PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

October 28, 1996

Background.

Senate File 13, as enacted by the 1996 General Assembly, directed that a Prospective Minor Parents Program Advisory Committee be created to carry out duties prescribed in the Act including the development and distribution of a video to be viewed by prospective minor parents, receiving of public input relative to the program, and ongoing evaluation of the program.

Video Update.

Representatives of American Media Inc., the vendor selected to produce the video mandated under Senate File 13, presented a status report on the production process. The members reviewed a draft of the proposed script for the video and discussed possible changes in the script.

Next Meeting.

The next meeting of the Advisory Committee is scheduled for Monday, November 4, 1996. The agenda will include a review and discussion of the final draft of the script for the video and casting for the video.

• LSB Monitor: Patty Funaro

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