2000 Summary of Legislation APPROPRIATIONS Published by the Iowa General Assembly -- Legislative Service Bureau

APPROPRIATIONS LEGISLATION

SENATE FILE 2416 - Appropriations -- Energy Conservation Programs Funding (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act appropriates moneys for FY 2000-2001 from the Energy Conservation Trust, which receives deposits of settlements from oil overcharge refunds, to the Division of Community Action Agencies of the Department of Human Rights for energy conservation programs for low-income persons, and to the Department of Natural Resources for the State Energy Program and for administration of petroleum overcharge programs.

SENATE FILE 2428 - Appropriations -- Economic Development (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act makes appropriations and transfers from the General Fund of the State and other funds to the Department of Economic Development, the State University of Iowa (SUI), the University of Northern Iowa, Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU), the Department of Workforce Development, and the Public Employment Relations Board.

   The Act makes a number of appropriations from the General Fund of the State to the following:

• The Department of Economic Development and the Department of Workforce Development for the administration of those departments and for specific programs and funds.
• The State University of Iowa for the SUI Research Park and the Advanced Drug Development Program at the Oakdale Research Park.
• The University of Northern Iowa for the Metal Casting Institute and the Institute of Decision Making.
• Iowa State University of Science and Technology for funding and maintaining existing small business development centers, the ISU Research Park, and the Institute for Physical Research and Technology.
• The Public Employment Relations Board.

   The Act appropriates from the Administrative Contribution Surcharge Fund to the Department of Workforce Development for workforce development centers.

   The Act appropriates from the Special Employment Security Contingency Fund to the Department of Workforce Development for the Division of Workers' Compensation, immigration service centers, labor survey programs, accounting system reengineering, and an unemployment insurance service center.

   The Act amends the Strategic Investment Fund to allow assets in the fund to be used for the Value-Added Agricultural Products and Processes Financial Assistance Fund. The Act strikes a standing limited appropriation for the fund which was to take effect July 1, 2000, and amends provisions of the fund to appropriate $400,000 from the fund to the Office of Renewable Fuels and Coproducts each fiscal year.

   The Act amends the Workforce Development Fund Account to lower the maximum amount of funds that the account may receive each year from $10 million to $8 million. The Act repeals sections in 2000 Iowa Acts, Chapter 1196, S. F. 2439 (see Economic Development), which also amended the same provisions relating to the Workforce Development Fund Account.

   The Act amends the Workforce Development Fund to require that the first $7 million deposited in the fund be used for projects under Code Chapter 260F, the Iowa Jobs Training Act.

   The Act amends the Physical Infrastructure Assistance Program to allow the fund to be used to provide funding for program capital costs under the Accelerated Career Education Program.

   The Act creates a New Employment Opportunity Program to be administered by the Department of Workforce Development. The program shall assist individuals in underutilized segments of Iowa's workforce. The Act provides that the program shall be designed to complement existing employment and training programs by providing additional flexibility and services that are often needed by individuals in underutilized segments of the workforce to gain and retain employment.

   The Act strikes a standing limited appropriation to the Renewable Fuels and Coproducts Fund that was to take effect July 1, 2000.

   The Act requires that the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Workforce Development shall collaborate efforts in delivering immigration services in Iowa.

   The Act provides for the nonreversion of Technology Initiatives Account moneys relating to the Business Licensure Center. This provision takes effect May 18, 2000.

   The Act requires the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Workforce Development, and the Public Employment Relations Board to first examine and find appropriate reductions in expenditures for office supplies and other supplies before making budget adjustments to program budgets.

   The Act requires the Information Technology Services Division of the Department of General Services to study the Workforce Investment One-Stop Program of the Department of Workforce Development to identify stakeholder entities and determine the feasibility of expanding the program concept to multiple departmental programs. The Act requires that the Department of Workforce Development submit a written report relating to the funding of workforce development centers.

   The Act requires the Iowa Finance Authority to transfer $1.2 million to the Department of Economic Development in FY 2000-2001 for deposit in the Community Development Block Grant Account to be used as state matching funds for the federal HOME Program.

   The Act requires the Department of Economic Development and the Department of Workforce Development to submit all budget proposals for FY 2001-2002 in the traditional format and in budgeting for results format.

   The Act requires the Iowa Seed Capital Corporation (ISCC) Liquidation Corporation to submit a report relating to the activities of the corporation during the previous year.

   The Act reduces the standing limited appropriation for the School to Career Program employer refunds from $500,000 to $100,000 for FY 2000-2001.

SENATE FILE 2429 - Appropriations -- Health and Human Rights (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act provides for appropriations to the Department for the Blind, the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission, the Department of Elder Affairs, the Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy, the Iowa Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Rights, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs. The Act additionally provides for the appropriation of specified amounts of revenue deposited in the Gambling Treatment Fund pursuant to Code Section 99E.10, and specified amounts of revenue received by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission pursuant to Code Section 99D.15 to the Iowa Department of Public Health. See also H. F. 2555, making various public health appropriations from tobacco settlement funds.

CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION. The Act appropriates funds to the Iowa State Civil Rights Commission and authorizes the commission to exceed its designated staffing level to hire additional staff to process employment and housing complaints if the anticipated amount of funding from the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development exceeds $736,000 for FY 2000-2001.

DEPARTMENT OF ELDER AFFAIRS. The Act appropriates funds to the Department of Elder Affairs. Regarding appropriations for aging programs and services, the Act specifies authorized programs, directs that program funds not be used by the department for administrative purposes, and provides that funds appropriated may be used to supplement federal funds under federal regulations. The Act provides the intent of the General Assembly that the Iowa chapters of the Alzheimer's Association and the Case Management Program for Frail Elders collaborate and cooperate fully to assist families in maintaining family members with Alzheimer's disease in the community for the longest period of time possible.

   The Act additionally provides that the department in its discretion may grant an exception for a limited period of time, or modify applicable requirements, relating to compliance by persons regulated by the department or applicants for assisted living certification with any part of Code Chapter 104A concerning the conversion of buildings existing on July 1, 1998, to accessibility for persons with disabilities.

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF DRUG CONTROL POLICY. The Act appropriates funds to the Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy and for statewide coordination of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Program. The Act also updates the name of the office to the Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy from its former designation of Governor's Alliance on Substance Abuse.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. The Act appropriates funds to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Funds are appropriated for addictive disorders, relating to reducing the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, and treating individuals affected by addictive behaviors, including gambling. The department is directed to continue coordination with substance abuse treatment and prevention providers regardless of funding source, and together with the Commission on Substance Abuse shall continue coordination of delivery of substance abuse services to uninsured and court-ordered substance abuse patients in all counties of the state.

   The Act appropriates funds for adult wellness, relating to maintaining or improving the health status of adults with target populations between the ages of 18 and 60.

   The Act appropriates funds for child and adolescent wellness, relating to promoting the optimum health status for children and adolescents from birth through 21 years of age. Programs receiving allocations include the Statewide Perinatal Program, the Physician Care for Children Program, the continuation of existing infant mortality and morbidity prevention pilot projects, and the continuation of multidisciplinary research into the cause of individual infant deaths in the state.

   The Act appropriates funds for chronic conditions, relating to serving individuals identified as having chronic conditions or special health care needs. Programs receiving allocations include the Chronic Renal Disease Program, with the funds used for reimbursement of insurance premiums, travel and prescription and nonprescription drugs; the Birth Defects and Genetics Counseling Program, with allocations for regional genetic counseling services; and mobile and regional child health specialty clinics and muscular dystrophy and related genetic disease programs.

   The Act appropriates funds for community capacity relating to strengthening the health care delivery system at the local level. Funds are allocated to local boards of health to ensure that core public health functions are maintained and to support essential services in communities, for the Office of Rural Health to provide technical health care delivery assistance to rural areas, and for primary care provider recruitment and retention endeavors.

   The Act appropriates funds for elderly wellness, with funds allocated for optimizing the health of persons over 55 years of age; for environmental hazards, relating to reducing the public's exposure to chemical and other hazards in the environment; for infectious diseases, relating to reducing the incidence and prevalence of communicable diseases; and for injuries, relating to providing support and protection to victims of abuse or injury, and for the prevention of abuse or injury.

   The Act appropriates funds for public protection, relating to protecting the health and safety of the public through the establishment of standards and the enforcement of regulations. Funds are allocated for the operation of the state boards of Dental, Medical, Nursing, and Pharmacy Examiners. Funds are also allocated for the operation of the Bureau of Professional Licensure. The budgets may be exceeded if additional expenditures are directly the result of a scope of practice review committee, or unanticipated litigation costs approved by the Director of the Department of Management in an amount not in excess of 5 percent of the average annual fees collected for the previous two fiscal years. The Act authorizes the department to retain fees collected from specified programs to support the administration of the programs, including any new or increased fees implemented pursuant to legislation enacted during the 2000 Legislative Session, and authorizes the department to retain and expend from fees collected by the boards of Dental, Pharmacy, Medical, and Nursing Examiners specified amounts for expenses relating to the relocation of licensure boards. The Act authorizes the Board of Dental Examiners, for FY 2000-2001, to retain and expend not more than $133,282 for the costs of two additional full-time equivalent (FTE) positions from revenues generated from the registration of dental assistants pursuant to 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 686 (see State Government), as enacted by the Seventy-eighth General Assembly. The Act additionally provides, for FY 2001-2002, that the Board of Dental Examiners shall include in their budget request an amount of funding determined necessary to support the ongoing registration of dental assistants. The Act authorizes the department to retain and expend not more than $100,000 from fees collected by the Board of Medical Examiners pursuant to Code Section 147.80 for FY 1999-2000, for reduction of the number of days necessary to process medical license requests and for reduction of the number of days needed for consideration of malpractice cases.

   The Act appropriates funds for resource management, relating to establishing and sustaining the ability of the department to deliver services to the public, and provides that the State University of Iowa shall not receive indirect costs from funds appropriated to the department. Under the Act, a local health care provider or nonprofit health care organization that seeks grants administered by the department must provide documentation regarding coordination of services with local entities providing similar services. The Act requires the department to apply for available federal funds for sexual abstinence education programs in accordance with the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS. The Act appropriates funds to the divisions of the Department of Human Rights.

COMMISSION OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. The Act appropriates funds to the Commission of Veterans Affairs, and provides that filling 69 FTE positions is contingent upon the termination of the existing Iowa Veterans Home contract for housekeeping services and the hiring of state employees to perform housekeeping services at the Iowa Veterans Home. The Act also provides that the Iowa Veterans Home may retain reimbursements for medication costs obtained from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2000-2001 in an amount sufficient for the payment of new and increased pharmaceutical costs and lease payments on a unit dose machine.

GAMBLING TREATMENT FUND APPROPRIATIONS. The Act appropriates $3,882,000 of the funds deposited in the Gambling Treatment Fund established pursuant to Code Section 99E.10 to the Iowa Department of Public Health. The Act provides for the allocation, out of the amount appropriated, of $1,290,000 of the funds for the Addictive Disorders Program; $400,000 for elderly wellness for local public health, nursing, and home care aide/chore programs; and $100,000 to the Division of Community Action Agencies of the Department of Human Rights to be used for the purposes of a Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa outreach pilot project pursuant to a plan approved by the HAWK-I Board.

OTHER PROVISIONS. The Act provides that an amount of the tax revenue received by the state Racing and Gaming Commission pursuant to Code Section 99D.15 equal to 0.3 percent of the gross sum wagered by the pari-mutuel method is appropriated to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Out of this amount, not more than $50,000 shall be used to supplement amounts otherwise budgeted for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. The Act provides that remaining moneys shall be used for costs associated with the Child Fatality Review Committee provisions under Code Section 135.43, as enacted by 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 2377 (see Children & Youth); the expansion of the age range for child death case review provisions as enacted under 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 2365 (see Health & Safety); and the Iowa Domestic Review Team provisions as enacted under 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 2362 (see Health & Safety).

   The Act extends the Vital Records Modernization Project until June 30, 2001, and permits until that date the continued collection of increased fees for birth, marriage, death, and other vital records which are part of the project.

   The Act provides for a study regarding prevention of lead poisoning among children in the state of Iowa. The study shall be conducted by the Director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, in consultation with an ad hoc committee of designated individuals, with recommendations submitted in a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, 2001. The Act provides that the study shall include, but is not limited to, an assessment of the incidence and prevalence of lead poisoning in the state; an evaluation of the effectiveness of current childhood lead screening efforts and voluntary options and alternatives to increase lead screening; a review of relevant current federal, state and local laws, rules and regulatory programs; an effort to identify additional federal funding sources and opportunities; an evaluation of the availability and effectiveness of current lead poisoning resources, programs and efforts; and consideration of the findings and recommendations of Healthy Iowans 2010 relating to lead-poisoned children.

   The Act provides that the Department of Elder Affairs shall collect and retain assisted living program certification and accreditation fees as established by rule, and that the State Medical Examiner's Office shall be authorized to collect and retain autopsy fees as established by rule.

   The Act further provides for changes to the Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning's administration of the Community Grant Fund pursuant to Code Section 232.190, relating to integration with local projects for child welfare funding decategorization and an emphasis on the promotion of youth development in making grants and providing services pursuant to the fund.

   The Act also provides that moneys collected from the Drug Abuse Resistance Education surcharge provided in Code Section 911.2 are appropriated to the Governor's Office of Drug Control Policy for use by the DARE Program.

   The provisions of the Act regarding the retention of fees for reduction of the number of days needed to process medical license requests and to consider malpractice cases, relating to the Vital Records Modernization Project, establishing an Assisted Living Certification Fund, relating to the collection and retention of autopsy fees, and relating to the Community Grant Fund, take effect May 8, 2000.

SENATE FILE 2430 - Appropriations -- Agriculture and Natural Resources (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to agriculture and natural resources by making appropriations to support related entities, including the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU). Generally, moneys are appropriated from the General Fund of the State. However, in some cases, moneys are appropriated from special funds and accounts.

APPROPRIATIONS. The Act makes a number of appropriations from the General Fund of the State to state agencies. The Act appropriates moneys to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the DNR. For the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, moneys are appropriated in order to support the Administrative Division, the Regulatory Division, the Laboratory Division, and the Soil Conservation Division. For the DNR, moneys are appropriated to Administrative and Support Services, the Parks and Preserves Division, the Forests and Forestry Division, the Energy and Geological Resources Division, and the Environmental Protection Division.

   The Act appropriates moneys from the General Fund of the State to support a number of programs. Moneys are specifically appropriated to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to support the State 4-H Foundation, livestock market reporting, the Farmers' Market Coupon Program, the eradication of gypsy moth infestations, the training of commercial pesticide applicators, and soil conservation cost-share programs. The Act appropriates moneys to support programs related to animal health and industry, including programs administered by the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to support the racing horse and dog breeding industries in the state. Moneys are appropriated to the department to support the eradication of pseudorabies and to ISU to support the research to diagnose Johne's disease in cattle.

   Moneys are specifically appropriated to the DNR to provide for the administration of programs to provide safe drinking water and clean air. The Act appropriates moneys to support the regulation of animal feeding operations.

   The Act appropriates moneys from the State General Fund to ISU in order to support the Iowa Concern Hotline in providing stress counseling to farm families.

   The Act also makes appropriations from special funds and accounts. The Act makes an appropriation from the State Fish and Game Protection Fund to support the Fish and Wildlife Division of the DNR. Of this amount, moneys are allocated to support conservation peace officers, conservation buffer initiatives, and prairie seed harvest initiatives. The Act makes an appropriation from receipts deposited into the fund to support snowmobile programs and enforce state navigation laws. Moneys are also appropriated from that fund for the purpose of supporting sick leave retirement payouts for FY 1999-2000.

   An appropriation is made from the Unassigned Revenue Fund, administered by the Iowa Comprehensive Underground Storage Tank Fund Board, to the DNR for administration and expenses of the Underground Storage Tank Section.

   Unencumbered and unobligated moneys remaining in the Organic Nutrient Management Fund are appropriated to the Agrichemical Remediation Fund (see S.F. 466 in Agriculture).

   The Act provides that moneys appropriated during FY 1999-2000 to the DNR for purposes of conducting a study of groundwater and surface water contamination originating from municipal lagoons shall remain available until June 30, 2001, before reverting to the Water Quality Protection Fun.d.

DIRECTIONS TO STATE AGENCIES. The DNR may use additional moneys available to the department from stormwater discharge permit fees for staffing positions of a federal Total Maximum Daily Load Program.

   The Act establishes a pilot project involving the refund of moneys paid to the DNR for issuing stormwater discharge permits. The Act provides that a member of the public who pays a fee to the department may be refunded all or a portion of the fee if the department fails to issue the permit in a manner and within a period of time customary for issuing similar permits.

CODE CHANGES. The Act requires the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the DNR to notify the chairpersons, vice chairpersons, and ranking members of the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources for the previous fiscal quarter of any transfer of moneys for full-time equivalent positions made by either department that is not authorized by the General Assembly.

   The Act requires the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship to publicize the availability of farm programs to women and minority persons.

   The Act provides that a $10 fee charged for the inspection of aboveground petroleum storage tanks by the State Fire Marshal is to be retained by the Department of Public Safety and appropriated to the State Fire Marshal. It provides that the State Fire Marshal must inspect facilities where an aboveground petroleum storage tank with a capacity of 15,000 gallons or more is located.

   The Act establishes an International Relations Fund under the authority of the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. The purpose of the fund is to support costs incurred by the department in promoting the sale of Iowa agricultural products. The Act appropriates $20,151 into the fund.

   The Act extends a prohibition regarding the sale of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) first enacted in 1999 (1999 Iowa Acts, Chapter 204). That Act, in part, contained an uncodified provision prohibiting a retail dealer of motor vehicle fuel from offering motor vehicle fuel that contains more than 2 percent MTBE by volume. This Act eliminates that provision and codifies similar requirements. The Act prohibits a person from selling or storing MTBE other than in "trace amounts" (1/2 of 1 percent by volume). The Act also amends provisions that provide requirements for decals identifying oxygenate enhancers, including methanol appearing on motor vehicle fuel pumps. Generally, a person who violates the provisions is subject to a simple misdemeanor penalty.

IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATES. The following provisions take effect on May 11, 2000:

• A provision for leave payouts by the DNR.
• A provision that supports a hotline for farm families by ISU.
• A provision that continues support for water contamination studies conducted by ISU.

SENATE FILE 2433 - Appropriations -- State Government Technology and Operations (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to state government technology operations by making appropriations to a number of entities concerned with technology and by making appropriations for a number of specific technology projects.

   The Act makes appropriations for FY 2000-2001 from the General Fund of the State for debt service for the Iowa Communications Network, for subsidization of operations of the network as a result of charging authorized users video rates which generate less revenue than necessary to cover associated costs of the network, for support functions related to the network provided by the Public Broadcasting Division of the Department of Education, for information technology services provided by the Information Technology Department (established in S.F. 2395, see State Government) to other state agencies, and for the support of specified full-time equivalent positions. The Act makes an appropriation from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission for maintenance and lease costs associated with Part III network connections.

   The Act establishes a Pooled Technology Account under the control of the Information Technology Department for the purpose of supporting various technology programs. Moneys in the account will come from reversions associated with appropriations made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and from moneys remaining in the No Further Action Fund in Code Chapter 455G, related to certain underground storage tank liabilities. This provision takes effect May 13, 2000.

   The Act provides funding of $1 million for IowAccess. The funding is provided by the transfer to the Information Technology Department of the first $1 million collected by the Iowa Department of Transportation for transactions involving the furnishing of a certified abstract of a vehicle operating record.

   The Act creates an Operations Revolving Fund to be administered by the Information Technology Department for the operations of the department. This provision takes effect April 25, 2000.

   The Act amends provisions relating to IowAccess, transferring duties and responsibilities associated with IowAccess to the Information Technology Department. These provisions take effect April 25, 2000.

   The Act repeals the No Further Action Fund created in Code Section 455G.22, transfers moneys in the fund to the Pooled Technology Account, and transfers any liability of the No Further Action Fund to the Remedial Account established in Code Section 455G.3.

   The Act provides that certain appropriations made for FY 1999-2000 are not to revert but are to be used for the purposes for which appropriated for FY 2000-2001. These provisions take effect May 13, 2000.

   The Act provides that technology adopted and purchased by a school district, to the extent funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, shall be made available to students of accredited nonpublic schools located within the boundaries of the school district upon the written request of the authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school on behalf of the school's students. For FY 2000-2001, the Act appropriates $1.5 million of the moneys in the Pooled Technology Account to make technology available to students in accredited nonpublic schools.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. Language prohibiting the new Information Technology Department from increasing any fees or charges to other state agencies for services provided to such state agencies, unless such increase in fees or charges is first submitted to, and approved by, the Department of Management.
2. Provisions amending S.F. 2395 (see State Government) related to information technology standards.

SENATE FILE 2435 - Appropriations -- Human Services (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act provides appropriations to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for FY 2000-2001, and includes provisions relating to human services and health care.

SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT SUPPLEMENTATION. The Act appropriates the unallocated federal FY 1999-2000 Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds to replace an unanticipated decrease in federal Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) funds and allocates these funds to maintain the current level of funding. This provision takes effect May 17, 2000.

EARLY CHILDHOOD. The Act appropriates additional federal TANF Block Grant funds for FY 2000-2001 and FY 2001-2002 in the amount of $2,550,000 for each fiscal year to be used for funding of community-based programs targeted to children from birth through five years of age, and provides that TANF moneys in the amount of $3.8 million, which were previously appropriated in 1998 Iowa Acts for FY 2000-2001, are to be used for funding of community-based programs targeted to children from birth through five years of age, which are developed by community empowerment areas. The Act allows DHS to transfer federal TANF funds to the Child Care and Development Block Grant and then allocate funding to community empowerment areas based upon criteria in the Act. Moneys not distributed or which otherwise remain unobligated or unexpended at the end of the fiscal year revert to the fund for federal grants. The Act provides a funding formula for distribution of the moneys.

TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK GRANT (TANF). The Act appropriates moneys from the TANF Block Grant Fund for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000. Uses for the moneys appropriated include: the Family Investment Program; field operations; general administration; local administrative costs; child care assistance, including child care emergency and start-up grants, assistance to providers of child care to school-age children, and provision of educational opportunities to registered child care home providers; emergency assistance; mental health and developmental disabilities community services; child and family services; child abuse prevention; pregnancy prevention grants to be based on criteria specified in the Act; technology needs and other resources to meet federal welfare reform requirements; volunteers; and for individual development accounts.

FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM (FIP). The Act provides an appropriation for FIP. With the passage of federal welfare reform, the federal funding for this program is provided in the form of an annual block grant to the state. Consequently, the Act includes FIP and FIP-related program appropriations from the General Fund of the State and from the fund created for receipt of federal funds.

   These appropriations are directed to the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, the Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Grant Program, income maintenance reengineering, and for the diversion program and incentive grants.

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. The Act maintains the previous level of funding for the Emergency Assistance Program. The Act continues the maximum grant level of $500 per family in any 12-month period. The Act requires DHS to continue the process for retaining and redistributing refunds or rent deposits returned to the state under the Emergency Assistance Program. This provision relating to refunds of utility and rent deposits for emergency assistance recipients takes effect May 17, 2000. The Act continues the allocation to the Community Voice Mail Program and adds a requirement for the submission of semiannual reports to DHS regarding participation in the program.

CHILD SUPPORT RECOVERY. The Act decreases the previous level of funding for child support recovery. The decrease is mainly due to an anticipated increase in Iowa's share of federal child support incentives and reduced funding for vacant funded positions. The Act requires the Child Support Recovery Unit (CSRU) to continue to work with the Judicial Branch to determine the feasibility of a pilot project using a court-appointed referee for determination of child support awards, if initiated by the Judicial Branch. The Act directs DHS to expend up to $51,000, including federal financial participation, to continue the child support public awareness campaign located in the Office of the Attorney General, and provides that surcharges paid by obligors and received by CSRU, as a result of referral of support delinquencies by CSRU to any private collection agency, are appropriated to DHS to pay the costs of any contracts with the collection agencies.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Medicaid). Overall, the Act decreases the appropriation for medical assistance (MA) in comparison with the FY 1999-2000 appropriation. The decrease is mainly due to the increase in the federal cost-of-living adjustment for the Supplemental Security Income subsidy, a decrease of utilization and the number of MA eligibles, and increased recoveries from other funds. In addition, appropriations affecting reimbursements to various MA services providers were made from tobacco settlement funds (see H.F. 2555) and in the Senior Living Trust Fund legislation (see S.F. 2193 in Human Services). The Act does all of the following:

• Continues the authorization for DHS to transfer funds appropriated for MA to a separate account for expenditures required to provide case management services under MA for mental health, mental retardation and developmental disabilities services that are jointly funded by the state and county, pending final settlement of expenditures.
• Provides for expenditure of not more than $60,000 to continue the previously established AIDS/HIV Health Insurance Premium Payment Program.
• Transfers $950,000 from the Iowa Department of Public Health to the MA Program for continuation of the Integrated Substance Abuse Managed Care System.
• Directs DHS, in administering the MA home and community-based waiver for persons with physical disabilities, to aggressively pursue options to expand the waiver to 100 openings and, in implementing the expanded waiver, provide that the total number of openings for persons with physical disabilities served at any one time is limited to the number approved in the waiver by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The openings are to be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Directs DHS, in consultation with the Iowa Department of Public Health and the state Department of Education, to continue to utilize the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) funding under MA to the extent possible to implement the screening component of the EPSDT Program through the school system, utilizing maternal and child health centers, the Public Health Nurse Program, or school nurses.
• Directs DHS to continue the case study for outcome-based performance standards for programs serving persons with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities.
• Directs DHS to continue to seek an MA waiver for home and community-based services to allow children with mental retardation, who would otherwise require ICF/MR care, to be served in out-of-home settings of up to eight beds. If the waiver is not approved, the amount appropriated may be transferred to the appropriation for child and family services to be used for group foster care maintenance services.
• Directs DHS to discontinue the telemedicine and physician supervised weight-loss pilot programs.
• Directs DHS to increase the MA eligibility income limit for pregnant women and infants under the mothers and infants category to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
• Directs DHS, if the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services approves a waiver request from DHS, to provide a period of 24 months of guaranteed eligibility for MA family planning services, regardless of the change in circumstances of a woman who was an MA recipient when the pregnancy ended.
• Directs DHS to review the personal assistance services pilot project and consumer-directed care provisions and other home and community-based services waivers utilized by the department and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 15, 2000, regarding options for termination, expansion and consolidation of the services and waivers.
• Directs DHS to adopt emergency rules to provide for reimbursement under MA for family and pediatric nurse practitioners who are employed by a hospital and are providing services in a hospital-owned facility or in another location that is not on or part of the hospital's licensed premises.

PHARMACEUTICAL CASE MANAGEMENT STUDY. The Act appropriates $414,000 to DHS for implementation of a disease-specific pharmaceutical case management study to measure the effects of case management for MA recipients identified by DHS as high risk for medication-related problems. The Act establishes an advisory committee to establish and implement the study. The Act directs the University of Iowa College of Public Health, in conjunction with the colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, to perform an evaluation of the study at no cost to the state and to submit a final report of the findings of the evaluation and any recommendations to the General Assembly by December 15, 2002.

HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUM PAYMENT PROGRAM. The Act provides a very slight increase in the appropriation compared with FY 1999-2000 for the Health Insurance Premium Payment Program.

CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM. The Act appropriates $4,984,508 to DHS for maintenance of the State Children's Health Insurance Program and receipt of federal financial participation. The Act authorizes DHS to transfer funds appropriated to be used to expand health care coverage to children under MA. The Act directs DHS to provide a report to the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (HAWK-I) Board and to the General Assembly by January 15, 2001, specifying the actual cost reported by each participating insurer of providing monthly coverage to children under the program. The Act provides that moneys in the HAWK-I Trust Fund are appropriated and shall be used to offset any program costs for FY 2001-2002. The Act directs DHS to seek a waiver from HCFA to permit families with children who are eligible for MA to elect to participate under the HAWK-I Program in lieu of participation in MA. The Act directs DHS to implement the provision if the waiver is approved.

MEDICAL CONTRACTS. The Act provides an increase in the appropriation compared with FY 2000-2001 and provides that in any managed care contract for mental health or substance abuse services entered into or extended by DHS on or after July 1, 2000, the request for proposals shall provide for coverage of dual diagnosis mental health and substance abuse treatment provided by the State Mental Health Institute at Mount Pleasant. Additionally, to the extent possible, DHS is to amend any such contract existing on July 1, 2000, to provide for such coverage.

STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE (SSA). The Act provides a decrease in the appropriation compared with the previous fiscal year due to the increase in the federal cost-of-living adjustment for the federal Supplemental Security Income subsidy. The Act directs DHS to increase the personal needs allowance of residential care facility residents at the same percentage and at the same time the federal requirements are increased. The Act authorizes DHS to take necessary actions to ensure that federal requirements are met and authorizes it to transfer moneys from the MA Program if it projects that the amount appropriated for SSA is insufficient and the funds proposed to be transferred are in excess of the funds necessary for the MA Program. The Act also authorizes DHS to use up to $75,000 for a rent subsidy program for certain adults who are receiving assistance under an MA home and community-based services waiver and who were discharged from a medical institution in which they resided or were at risk of institutional placement.

CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE. This appropriation maintains the current level of funding for child care assistance. The appropriation provides funding for state child care assistance and child day care resource and referral services. The Act requires DHS to use moneys deposited in the Child Care Credit Fund for state child care assistance.

JUVENILE INSTITUTIONS. The Act makes appropriations to the Iowa Juvenile Home at Toledo and the State Training School at Eldora. The Act specifies legislative intent that the juvenile home be used for females only beginning July 1, 2001, and directs DHS to develop service options to appropriately place males who would otherwise be placed at Toledo, with the principal option considered to be placement at existing state or community-based facilities. The appropriation to the State Training School at Eldora, which is an increase of $1 million for a cottage opening, also includes $40,000 for aftercare services for persons who were placed at the State Training School at Eldora. The Act continues the limitation on the population levels to the population guidelines established in 1990 as adjusted for additional beds developed at the institutions and provides for use of funds appropriated for grants for adolescent pregnancy prevention services.

CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES. The Act provides an increase in the appropriation compared with the previous fiscal year. The Act provides for continuation of the funding cap for group foster care and provides that if annualization of a region's current expenditures indicates that the region is at risk of exceeding its overall expenditure target by more than 5 percent, DHS and Juvenile Court Services are to examine current group foster care placements to identify children who may be appropriate for termination from the program. Dispositional hearings are to be set for those so identified. This provision relating to the expenditure targets takes effect May 17, 2000. The Act limits the amount that may be expended under the appropriation for psychiatric medical institutions for children (PMICs), provides that all or a portion of the moneys allocated for PMICs may be transferred to the appropriation for Medical Assistance, and directs DHS to work with private providers of PMIC services to develop and implement a plan that substantially reduces or eliminates the collection of client participation by PMICs to be implemented before December 1, 2000.

   The Act allocates funding for 50 highly structured juvenile program beds (informally known as "boot camp" beds), and provides that if the number of beds is not utilized, the remaining funds may be used for group foster care. The Act provides that the statutory requirements relating to the funding cap for group foster care, which apply to the juvenile court, are to continue to apply instead to the Juvenile Court Services staff. The Act provides that the additional funding provided for group foster care compared with the previous fiscal year is to be used for the cost of 41 group foster care beds and that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the additional funding allow for the availability of at least 20 additional beds for placement of females. The Act directs DHS to continue the goal that not more than 15 percent of children placed in federally funded foster care be placed for more than 24 months.

   The Act authorizes DHS to continue decategorization of child welfare services; authorizes the use of funding for emergency family assistance in certain circumstances; limits funding for shelter care services; provides funding for improving DHS staffing of foster care and adoption services; provides for adoption of administrative rules by DHS, in consultation with child welfare services providers, to implement outcome-based child welfare services pilot projects; directs DHS to continue to make adoption presubsidy and adoption subsidy payments available at the beginning of the month for the current month; provides that any federal funds received by the state during the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, as a result of state funds appropriated during the previous state fiscal year for a service of activity funded under the Child and Family Services Section, are to be used as additional funding for the services provided under the section and are to remain available for such purposes until June 30, 2002; directs DHS and Juvenile Court Services to continue to develop criteria for the department regional administrator and chief juvenile court officer to grant exceptions to extend eligibility, within the funds allocated, for intensive tracking and supervision and for supervised community treatment to delinquent youth beyond age 18 who are subject to release from the state training school, a highly structured juvenile program, or group foster care; provides funding for clinical assessment services; provides funding for protective child care assistance; provides funding for court-ordered services provided to juveniles (the portion of this provision relating to determination of allocation of this funding among regions takes effect May 17, 2000); provides funding for school-based supervision of children adjudicated delinquent and directs that to the extent possible, school-based supervision personnel shall be prepared with training or experience relating to gender-specific programming; provides funding for day treatment and aftercare services for juvenile females; directs DHS to maximize the capacity to draw federal funding under the federal Title IV-E Program; directs DHS to convene a work group to determine the most appropriate methodology and manner for payment for services provided by PMICs and directs DHS and the work group to appear before the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services in January 2001 to discuss the work group findings and recommendations; allocates funds for the state match for federal Safe and Stable Families Grants; provides that moneys appropriated for FY 1999-2000 for the Subsidized Guardianship Program are not to revert at the end of that fiscal year but are to remain available for the purposes of child and family services (this provision takes effect May 17, 2000); provides that moneys appropriated in FY 1999-2000 for the child welfare results-based reporting mechanism are not to revert but are to remain available for completion of the reporting mechanism; and provides that any unanticipated federal funding received during the fiscal year due to improvements in the hours counted by the Judicial Branch under the claiming process for federal Title IV-E funding are appropriated to DHS for additional or expanded court-ordered services and any such funds that are unencumbered or unobligated at the end of the fiscal year are not to revert but are to remain available until the close of the succeeding fiscal year for the purposes designated.

COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS -- ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION. The State General Fund appropriation is reduced by the amount of funding provided for child abuse prevention grants, and child abuse prevention grants are instead funded with TANF funding, resulting in maintenance of the funding amount of these programs relative to the previous fiscal year. The Act provides that funds are to be used to provide adolescent pregnancy prevention grants that are broad-based, focus on abstinence, and are targeted to middle schools. The Act provides that it is the intent of the General Assembly that DHS and the Iowa Department of Public Health continue to identify existing abstinence education or community-based programs that comply with the requirements of federal law to match federal abstinence education funds.

FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM. The Act increases the program funding relative to the previous fiscal year to provide program funding for an additional 50 children.

CONNER DECREE. The Act appropriates $46,000 to DHS to be used to build community capacity through the coordination of training opportunities in accordance with the federal consent decree issued in 1994 regarding placement of persons with mental retardation in the least restrictive setting.

MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES. The Act provides a decrease in the appropriation to institutes at Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence, and Mount Pleasant relative to the previous fiscal year due to delay in noncritical equipment purchases and optional remodeling and due to a reduction in the funding of vacant positions, bonus pay, and technology. The Act directs the State Mental Health Institute at Independence to continue the 30-bed PMIC facility under the net state budgeting approach and in a manner that does not expend state funds in excess of the funds appropriated or make counties responsible for the costs. The Act designates the revenues attributable to PMIC beds that are to be deposited in the institute's account. The Act directs the Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute to continue the dual diagnosis unit to provide psychiatric treatment and substance abuse treatment simultaneously on a net budgeting basis, designates the revenues attributable to dual diagnosis which are to be deposited in the institute's account, provides that the cost of treating a dual diagnosis patient are to be charged one half to the patient's county of residence and the other half to the state, and specifies payment provisions relating to county payment of dual diagnosis treatment. The Act authorizes DHS to reallocate funds as necessary to best fulfill the needs of the institutes under the appropriation and requires DHS to provide persons being discharged from an institute with assistance in obtaining federal benefits under federal Supplemental Security Income.

STATE HOSPITAL-SCHOOLS. This appropriation is a decrease in the appropriation compared with the previous fiscal year (see S.F. 2360 in Human Services for legislation changing the name of the state hospital-schools to the state resource centers). The Act directs DHS to continue operating the state hospital-schools at Glenwood and Woodward with a net State General Fund appropriation. The Act provides that, subject to the approval of DHS, revenues attributable to the state hospital-schools for FY 2000-2001 are to be deposited into each school's account, and designates the funding sources that are to be so deposited. The Act provides that for the purposes of allocating salary adjustment fund moneys appropriated in S.F. 2450, the state hospital-schools shall be considered to be funded entirely with state moneys, and provides that up to $500,000 of a state hospital-school's revenues that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available to be used in the succeeding fiscal year, and authorizes DHS to reallocate the appropriation for the state hospital-schools as necessary to best fulfill the schools' needs. The Act authorizes DHS to continue to bill for the hospital-schools' services utilizing a scope of services approach used for private providers of ICF/MR services in a manner which does not shift costs between the MA Program, counties, or other sources of funding and authorizes the schools to expand the time-limited assessment and respite services. The Act provides that if DHS and the Department of Management concur with a finding by a state hospital-school's superintendent that projected revenues can reasonably be expected to pay the salary and support costs for a new employee position, or that such costs for adding a particular number of new positions for the fiscal year would be less than the overtime costs if new positions would not be added, the superintendent may add the new positions. If the vacant positions available do not include the position classification desired to be filled, the hospital-school's superintendent may reclassify any vacant position as necessary to fill the desired position. The Act also provides that the superintendents of the hospital-schools may mutually agree to pool vacant positions and position classifications to fill necessary positions.

MENTAL ILLNESS SPECIAL SERVICES. This appropriation maintains the current level of funding, requires DHS and the Iowa Finance Authority to develop methods to finance community-based facilities, provides that the funds appropriated are for construction and start-up costs to develop community living arrangements to provide for persons with mental illness who are homeless, and provides that the funds may be used to match federal grant funds.

SPECIAL NEEDS GRANTS AND STATE CASES. The Act maintains the current level of funding for the Special Needs Grants Program. The appropriation for state cases provides an increase of $3.2 million to fund the additional caseload.

MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- COMMUNITY SERVICES FUND. This appropriation is an increase compared with the previous fiscal year. However, the overall amount of the appropriations for distribution to counties is a decrease compared with the FY 2000-2001 growth established during the 1999 Session of the General Assembly, due to a general reduction in this Act to the mental health risk pool. The Act provides that moneys are distributed to counties according to a population and poverty formula; 50 percent of the moneys from the fund must be used for contemporary services according to rules adopted by DHS; funding continues for the Iowa Compass Disability Services and Referral Program; federal Social Services Block Grant Funds distributed to counties for local purchase of services are to be expended by counties in accordance with the county's approved county management plan, and a county without an approved plan is prohibited from receiving funds until the plan is approved; and a county is eligible for funding through the Community Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Services Fund only if the county meets the requirements for receiving property tax funds and allowed growth funds.

PERSONAL ASSISTANCE. This appropriation maintains the current funding level for this pilot program for adult persons with physical disabilities in an urban and a rural area. The Act prohibits the pilot project and any federal home and community-based waiver developed under the MA Program from being implemented in a manner that would require additional county or state costs for assistance provided. The Act also includes intent language placing priority on new applicants with education and employment needs and providing that current applicants who may receive similar services under other programs are to be assisted in attaining eligibility for those programs. The Act also provides that funds remaining for the pilot project at the close of the fiscal year do not revert to the State General Fund but are to remain available to provide personal assistance payments until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.

SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATORS. This appropriation provides for payment of costs associated with the commitment and treatment of sexually violent predators. The Act also provides that $250,000 of the moneys appropriated for FY 1999-2000 for the program that remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of that fiscal year shall not revert to the State General Fund but shall remain available in the succeeding fiscal year for the purposes of the program. The provision relating to nonreversion of funds takes effect May 17, 2000.

FIELD OPERATIONS, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, AND VOLUNTEERS. The appropriation for field operations is a decrease of $4.5 million compared with the appropriation for FY 1999-2000. The Act provides that priority in filling full-time equivalent (FTE) positions shall be given to those positions related to child protection services and provides that the appropriation includes increased funding of $147,454 to address staffing issues related to child protection services. The Act provides a separate appropriation for regional offices and maintains the current level of funding for regional offices. The appropriation for general administration is an increase compared with the prior fiscal year. The Act allocates $57,000 for the Prevention of Disabilities Council, transfers $129,971 to the State University of Iowa for the university-affiliated program for the support of Iowa Creative Employment Options, and provides that DHS shall not implement savings reductions for general administration which reduce service funding for disability rehabilitation programs or statewide-supported employment programs or reduce drawdown of federal funding. The appropriation for volunteers is a very slight reduction compared with the previous fiscal year.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE, AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS REIMBURSED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. The Act establishes reimbursement rates for social services providers. However, see S.F. 2193 (see Human Services) and H.F. 2555 for increases in reimbursements to some of these providers.

   The Act provides all of the following:

• Provides that the reimbursement rate for skilled nursing facilities is to remain at the rate in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that the dispensing fee for pharmacists is to remain at the rate in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that the reimbursement rate for hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services is to remain at the rate in effect on June 30, 2000, requires DHS to continue the outpatient reimbursement system utilizing ambulatory patient groups implemented in FY 1994-1995, and requires DHS to continue the revised MA payment policy for reimbursement for costs of screening and treatment provided in the hospital emergency room, pursuant to the prospective payment methodology developed by DHS for payment of outpatient services under the MA Program, which results in an increased reimbursement.
• Provides that rural health clinics, hospices, independent laboratories, and acute mental hospitals reimbursement rates are to be increased in accordance with increases under the federal MA Program or as supported by Medicare-audited costs, resulting in an increased reimbursement.
• Provides that reimbursement rates for home health agencies are to remain at the rates in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that federally qualified health centers shall receive cost-based reimbursement for 100 percent of the reasonable costs of services.
• Provides that the reimbursement rates for dental services are to remain at the rates in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that the reimbursement rates for community mental health services are to be increased by 16.63 percent over the rates in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that unless otherwise specified in the Act, all noninstitutional MA provider reimbursement rates are to remain at the rates in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that the maximum reimbursement rate for nursing facilities is established at the 70th percentile based upon the June 30, 1999, unaudited compilation of cost and statistical data submitted by each facility on MA cost reports. However, at such time as DHS implements a transitional case-mix reimbursement methodology, nursing facilities shall be reimbursed in accordance with the transitional payment system. The Act directs DHS in developing the case-mix reimbursement methodology to work with nursing facilities and patient advocates in examining administrative costs. The Act also directs nursing facilities reimbursed under the MA Program to continue to submit cost reports and additional documentation as required by rule. The cost reports submitted are to include a line itemization of expenses attributable to the home or principal office or headquarters of the nursing facility, including but not limited to home office costs and management fees, within the administrative cost line item.
• Establishes the maximum reimbursement rate for residential care facilities at not less than $24.26 per day for the period July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001. The flat reimbursement rate for facilities electing not to file cost reports is established at not less than $17.36 per day for the time period of July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.
• Establishes the maximum reimbursement rate for providers reimbursed under the in-home health-related care program as not less than $466.49 per month for the period June 30, 2000, through July 1, 2001.
• Provides that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, the foster family basic daily maintenance rate and the maximum adoption subsidy rate is $14 for children ages 0 through 5 years, $14.78 for children ages 6 through 11 years, and $16.53 for children ages 12 and older.
• Provides that the maximum reimbursement rates for adoption and independent living services are to remain at the rates in effect on June 30, 2000, unless a specific exception applies.
• Provides that the group foster care reimbursement rate for children placed outside the state is to be calculated in the same manner as is used for in-state providers, unless the Director of Human Services determines that care cannot be provided within the state, and the rate must be based on the actual number of days in a calendar month.
• Provides that the reimbursement rate for rehabilitative treatment and support services providers is to remain at the rate in effect on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that the reimbursement rate for shelter care providers be calculated using a cost report, and establishes the maximum rate at $79.70 per day. If the provider's cost report justifies the maximum rate, but DHS would reimburse the provider at less than that rate, DHS is to readjust the rate to the maximum rate.
• Provides that beginning July 1, 2000, DHS is to calculate reimbursement rates for intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation at the 80th percentile.
• Directs DHS to establish the child day care provider rates based on the reimbursement survey completed in December 1998 and in a manner so as to provide incentives for nonregistered providers to become registered providers.
• Provides that the maximum reimbursement rate for PMICs is to be increased to $147.20 per day, based on per day rates for actual costs on June 30, 2000.
• Provides that for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, reimbursement rates for providers reimbursed by DHS may be modified if appropriated funding is allocated for that purpose from the Senior Living Trust Fund as established in Code Section 249H.4, as enacted in 2000 Iowa Acts, S.F. 2193, or as specified in appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund as created in Code Section 12.65 (see H.F. 2555).

MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE REINSTATEMENT PENALTY -- DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION. The Act provides that notwithstanding the law regarding deposit of the civil penalty moneys collected by the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) at the time IDOT suspends, revokes or bars a person's motor vehicle license or nonresident operating privileges, the moneys are to be deposited to the credit of DHS and are to be used as follows: an amount equal to 10 percent of the costs of the establishment, improvement, operation, and maintenance of county or multicounty juvenile detention homes in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, up to the amount appropriated for this purpose; $80,000 for renewal of a grant to a county with a population between 168,000 and 175,000 for implementation of a county's runaway treatment plan; for grants to counties implementing a runaway treatment plan; and the remainder for additional allocations to county or multicounty juvenile detention homes.

TRANSFER AUTHORITY. The Act permits DHS to transfer funding between the following appropriations, provided the combined funding is not changed: Family Investment Program (FIP), Emergency Assistance Program, child care assistance, child and family services, field operations, general administration, and MH/MR/DD/BI community services (local purchase).

FRAUD AND RECOUPMENT ACTIVITIES. The Act permits DHS to expend funds recovered through fraud and recoupment investigations to perform additional fraud investigations as long as the additional investigations are anticipated to recover moneys in excess of both the costs of performing the investigations and the amount recovered in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997. The Act limits the number of additional investigative staff to five.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES. The Act authorizes DHS to continue the financial assistance services pilot projects in not more than 14 counties (an increase of six counties), which allows DHS to alter policies, procedures and practices and to waive administrative rules involving financial assistance services, which are based on state law. In addition, DHS may alter provisions based on federal law if federal approval is obtained. The programs or services affected include FIP, the PROMISE JOBS Program, MA (Medicaid), State Supplementary Assistance, social services, and other DHS services.

ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. The Act also does the following:

• Extends the repeal of the Prevention of Disabilities Council to July 1, 2001. This provision takes effect May 17, 2000.
• Reduces the previously appropriated amount available under the county mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities allowed growth factor adjustment for FY 2000-2001 and allocations to make additional funding available for appropriation under the Act for other purposes.
• Amends 2000 Iowa Acts, S.F. 2193, to provide that nursing facility provider reimbursement at the 70th percentile of facility costs is to be calculated from the June 30, 2000, unaudited compilation of cost and statistical data submitted by each facility on medical assistance cost reports.
• Increases income eligibility guidelines for pregnant women and infants under the MA Program to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
• Provides that the educational and recreational facilities to be dedicated in the spring of 2001 at the State Training School in Eldora are to be named the Arlene Dayhoff Educational Complex and that the training school shall name any other newly constructed facilities to be dedicated during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, or July 1, 2000, as deemed appropriate by the training school administration to properly recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the juvenile justice system in general or the state training school in particular. These provisions take effect May 17, 2000.
• Delays implementation of the administrative rules for the Subsidized Guardianship Program until such time as funding is appropriated after July 1, 2000. This provision takes effect May 17, 2000, and is retroactively applicable to April 1, 2000.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. A directive for DHS to continue the expansion of the Electronic Benefits Transfer Program as necessary to comply with federal requirements, with a target implementation date of October 1, 2002, and requiring that in entering into a contract relating to the equipment to be used in implementation of the program, DHS would only enter into a contract that provides for a card which is compatible with the standards established for electronic transfer of funds for a multiple-use terminal and that only provides for receipt of state benefits and entitlements under the purview of DHS.
2. A directive for DHS to work with county representatives in aggressively taking the steps necessary to implement the rehabilitation option for services to persons with chronic mental illness under the MA Program. The Act provided that county funding would be used to provide a match for the federal funding except for persons with state case status, for whom state funding is to provide the match. The Act directed DHS and county representatives to appear before the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services in January 2001 to report their proposals concerning implementation of the option.
3. A directive for DHS to aggressively pursue options for providing MA or other assistance to individuals with special needs who become ineligible to continue receiving services under the EPSDT Program after reaching 21 years of age, if the individual has been approved for additional assistance through the department's exception to policy provisions, but has health care needs in excess of funding available through the exceptions to policy provisions.
4. An allocation under the MA Program appropriation to be used for development of options for implementation of a personal assistance services program based on provisions outlined in H.F. 2380, as introduced (but not enacted) in the 78th General Assembly, 2000 Session. The provision directed DHS to consult with various entities and to convene a planning committee on or before September 1, 2000, to assist in the development of a plan for a personal assistance services program. The directive provided for the planning committee to submit an initial set of options to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before March 1, 2001, and a final set of options including a transition plan on or before January 31, 2002. The Act specified a minimum of options that the planning committee was to provide.
5. A directive for representatives of community action agencies that receive funding from the state to provide outreach for the HAWK-I Program to appear before the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services in January 2001 to report the outcomes of the outreach efforts.
6. A directive for DHS to implement one or more options on a pilot project basis that affect not more than 50 children during the course of the fiscal year, in addition to the recommendations of the Legislative Council's child welfare work group, if DHS has completed its review of reimbursement methodologies for child welfare services that are complementary to those being implemented in accordance with the child welfare work group recommendations, and has reported the options to the persons designated in the Act to receive reports.
7. An allocation of funding for the Legislative Council's child welfare services work group.
8. A directive for the state mental health institutes to continue the test of the net budgeting accounting approach and to submit status reports.
9. Language in the state cases appropriation that provided for a transfer of $300,000 to the appropriation in the Act for MA to be used for payment of the state portion of the nonfederal share of MA reimbursement for services provided to eligible persons by certain qualified ICF/MRs. "Eligible persons" were defined under the Act as persons with a brain or head injury who are determined by the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care to meet entrance requirements for services at the ICF/MR level.
10. Language providing that the number of FTE positions authorized for general administration included a reduction of all but three of the FTE positions previously assigned to the State-County Assistance Team. One of the remaining FTE positions was to provide staffing services to the State-County Management Committee.
11. Language stating the General Assembly's support of the department's stated purposes in its efforts to review the services it administers and the reimbursement methodologies for those services; a provision stating that the General Assembly anticipates DHS continuing its review and consultation during the 2000 Interim in order to submit recommendations and proposals for the General Assembly to consider during the 2001 Session; and prohibiting DHS from implementing changes in the reimbursement methodologies without express authorization in law.
12. Language requesting that organizations representing certified nurse aides and nursing facilities and other providers of services employing certified nurse aides discuss how nursing facilities and other providers can improve the ongoing training, communication skills development, mentoring, and other activities intended to enhance the expertise of the certified nurse aides. The language provided that it is the intent of the General Assembly that the organizations involved in the discussions would make a presentation to the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Human Services during January 2001 concerning their discussions and plans for improvement.
13. Language stating that the independent evaluation of the child protection system required under 1997 Iowa Acts shall be fulfilled by including the evaluation elements in the department's independent review contracted for in the spring of 2000.

SENATE FILE 2450 - Compensation for Public Employees (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to and appropriates $42.2 million for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, to fund salary adjustments for state elected officers, state appointed nonelected officers, justices, judges, magistrates, employees subject to collective bargaining agreements, and certain noncontract employees.

   For the fiscal year, the Governor, Attorney General, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and Secretary of Agriculture receive a 3 percent increase, the Lieutenant Governor receives a 5 percent increase, and the Secretary of State receives a 6.09 percent increase.

   The contract state employees under the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees receive a 2.6 percent increase plus a new pay plan. The contract employees under the State Police Officers Council and Iowa United Professionals receive a 3 percent increase.

   The Drug Policy Coordinator is changed from salary range 4 to salary range 5 and the Director of the Department of Inspections and Appeals is changed from salary range 7 to salary range 8. The salaries of justices and judges are increased approximately 3 percent, the salaries of judicial magistrates are increased approximately 6 percent, and the maximum salaries in the salary ranges for state nonelected officers are increased approximately 3 percent. Noncontract employee pay plans are increased by 3 percent and any additional changes in executive branch noncontract employee pay plans are subject to approval of the Governor. An eligible noncontract employee may receive a step increase or its equivalent.

   The State Board of Regents is allocated appropriations to fund its collective bargaining agreements and provide merit employees not covered under a collective bargaining agreement with increases comparable to similar contract-covered employees and faculty, and the professional and scientific employees not covered under a collective bargaining agreement with a percentage increase similar to the University of Northern Iowa faculty bargaining unit.

   The Executive Council shall transfer funds from the Health Insurance Surplus Account, as determined by the Department of Management, to the Health Insurance Premium Operating Account to reduce insurance premiums.

   The Act provides the same meal per diem for contract and noncontract sworn peace officers in the Department of Public Safety.

   A salary model coordinator is funded to maintain, in conjunction with the Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the state's salary model.

   The Act provides that the Governor may select an administrator of a division of the Department of Commerce as director of the department for an indefinite term of office in lieu of an annual appointment which rotates among the division administrators.

   The Act repeals a provision that granted certain state elected officers salary increases in FY 1997-1998 through FY 1999-2000.

SENATE FILE 2452 - Miscellaneous Appropriations and Other Provisions (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to various public expenditures and regulatory matters by making appropriations and various statutory changes.

Division I -- MH/MR/DD Allowed Growth and Related Provisions

   Division I of this Act does the following:

1. Appropriates moneys for FY 2001-2002 to the Department of Human Services for distribution to counties of the county mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities (MH/MR/DD) services allowed growth factor adjustment. The division also provides for the allotment of the appropriation for various purposes for MH/MR/DD services provided by the counties.
2. Applies additional eligibility requirements for allotment of funding from the per capita expenditure target pool involving the size of the county's MH/MR/DD services fund balance and compliance with a financial reporting deadline.
3. Allows a county receiving risk pool assistance that did not levy the maximum amount allowed in a fiscal year, to repay the risk pool during the following two fiscal years. This provision takes effect May 23, 2000.
4. Makes purchase of service providers eligible for a higher rate increase from a host county than the minimum increase required under H.F. 2555.
5. Changes the dates for implementation of depreciation schedules and reimbursement rates for improvement of capital assets used in part for MH/MR/DD services from July 1, 2000, to July 1, 2001, as was previously enacted in H.F. 2327 (see Local Government). This applies retroactively to April 13, 2000.

Division II -- Tobacco Settlement Funds

   Division II of this Act does the following:

1. Transfers $64.6 million from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to the General Fund of the State for FY 2000-2001.
2. Creates a Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund to replace the Tobacco Settlement Fund into which the moneys are credited from the states' master tobacco settlement agreement with tobacco companies. Also to be deposited into this fund are the proceeds from any bonds issued which are payable from the annual receipts pursuant to the tobacco settlement agreement. Moneys in the fund are to be used for health care, substance abuse treatment and enforcement, tobacco use prevention and control, and other purposes related to the needs of children, adults and families. Moneys in the fund may also be used for cash flow purposes of the General Fund of the State provided any moneys so used are returned by the close of the fiscal year.
3. Provides that references in other enactments of the 2000 Legislative Session to the Tobacco Settlement Fund are references to the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Fund.

Division III -- Reduction in Phase III Moneys

   Division III of this Act reduces the standing limited appropriation for the Educational Excellence Program by $2 million beginning with FY 2000-2001.

Division V -- Waste Reduction Center Appropriation

   Division V of this Act provides that any moneys remaining from the appropriation made for FY 1998-1999 to the State Board of Regents for the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at the University of Northern Iowa, which are unencumbered or unobligated at the close of FY 1999-2000, shall not revert but are available for expenditure during FY 2000-2001.

   The division takes effect May 23, 2000.

Division VI -- Miscellaneous

   Division VI of this Act does the following:

1. Provides for the refunds of assessments made on Iowa financial institutions to cover the loss of public funds due to a failed Iowa financial institution if the loss is recovered. This provision takes effect May 23, 2000, and applies to assessments made on or after January 1, 2000.
2. Changes the membership of the State Fire Service and Emergency Response Council of the Department of Public Safety, newly established in H.F. 2492 (see Local Government), by increasing the membership from 10 to 11 voting members and providing that the specific organizations are to submit a list of nominees from which the Governor shall appoint the members.
3. Amends Code Section 166D.7, subsection 4, as amended during the 2000 Legislative Session to require breeding herds to be recertified that they are not infected with pseudorabies for each month when at least 10 percent of the herd's breeding swine, rather than 25 hogs, react negatively to the test. This provision takes effect May 23, 2000.
4. Changes the guidelines for awarding grants for beginning teacher induction programs to be based solely on district population of the school districts with approved program plans.
5. Amends the law relating to motor vehicle franchises to provide that the fact that a dealership does not meet an index or standard established by the franchiser does not in and of itself constitute good cause to terminate or discontinue a franchise.
6. Eliminates failure to present a claim against the state within three months from its accrual as a reason for disallowing the claim by the Department of Revenue and Finance.
7. Requires the Department of General Services to adhere to the state competitive bidding requirements for all maintenance projects having a total cost of $25,000 during FY 2000-2001.
8. Makes changes in amounts appropriated from federal grants and nonstate funds in H.F. 2533.

Division VII -- Corrective Amendments

   Division VII of this Act contains corrective amendments to Acts that were enacted during the 2000 Legislative Session or to Code sections amended or affected by Acts that were enacted during the 2000 Legislative Session.

Division VIII -- Volunteer Emergency Services Provider Death Benefit

   Division VIII of this Act provides a standing unlimited appropriation to the Department of Revenue and Finance to pay death benefit claims, approved by the Department of Public Safety, for volunteer fire fighters, emergency medical care providers, and emergency rescue technicians who are killed in the line of duty. The benefit is a $100,000 lump sum payment to the volunteer's beneficiary. This division is repealed July 1, 2002. It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Management study the feasibility of implementing a system to provide retirement and death benefits to volunteer emergency services providers.

Division IX -- Satellite Terminals of Financial Institutions

   Division IX of the Act allows financial institutions to establish, control, maintain, or operate any number of satellite terminals (automated teller machines) in Iowa. This division takes effect May 23, 2000.

Division X -- Other Appropriations

   Division X of this Act amends other appropriation Acts enacted during the 2000 Legislative Session by increasing appropriations made to the Department for the Blind and the Department of Human Services and by reallocating among various appropriations made to the Department of Corrections. All the appropriations involve the General Fund of the State.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

   Division IV of this Act would have established a Microsoft Settlement Fund for the deposit of the state's portion of any moneys paid as a result of the federal antitrust trial against Microsoft, or as a result of the state's own antitrust action. The moneys in the Microsoft Settlement Fund would only be used as appropriated by the General Assembly.

SENATE FILE 2453 - Appropriations -- Infrastructure and Capital Projects (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act makes appropriations from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund for various capital and other projects. These appropriations include capital projects for the departments of Corrections, Cultural Affairs, Economic Development, General Services, Natural Resources, and Transportation, and for the Department for the Blind, State Board of Regents, the Judicial Branch, the Office of Treasurer of State, and the Commission of Veterans Affairs.

ENVIRONMENT FIRST FUND. The Act creates an Environment First Fund under the authority of the Department of Management in new Code Section 8.57A. The fund is to be separate from the General Fund of the State and is to consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings and moneys from other funds as provided by law. Moneys in the fund in a fiscal year are to be used as appropriated by the General Assembly for the protection, conservation, enhancement, or improvement of natural resources or the environment. The Act also provides that a portion of the gambling revenues deposited in the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund are appropriated annually to the Environment First Fund.

   The Act appropriates $10.5 million for FY 2000-2001 from the Environment First Fund to the Resource Enhancement and Protection Fund in lieu of the $20 million standing appropriation from the General Fund of the State. The Act also appropriates funds from the Environment First Fund to the departments of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Economic Development, and Natural Resources.

OTHER STATUTORY CHANGES. The Act makes several other statutory changes that take effect May 11, 2000.

   The Act amends a provision in Code Section 8.57, which provides for the annual deposit of gambling revenues in excess of $60 million into the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund, by providing that portions of such excess revenues be deposited into the Vision Iowa Fund and the School Infrastructure Fund on an annual basis for a designated number of years. The Vision Iowa Fund was created in S.F. 2447 (see Economic Development) to be used for the Vision Iowa Program to assist communities in the development of major tourism facilities. The School Infrastructure Fund was also created in S.F. 2447 to be used for the School Infrastructure Program to provide financial assistance to certain school districts with infrastructure needs. The Act also provides that a portion of Vision Iowa Fund moneys may be used for administrative costs and that a portion of School Infrastructure Fund moneys shall be used for evaluation of structures by the State Fire Marshal.

   The Act also creates new Code Section 18A.6, providing procedural requirements applicable to capital projects on the Capitol complex. The provision takes effect May 11, 2000.

   The Act creates an Aviation Hangar Revolving Loan Fund in new Code Section 330.2, to be used by the Iowa Department of Transportation for loans to provide assistance for the design, construction or improvement of hangars at general aviation airports in the state.

1998 AND 1999 IOWA ACTS AMENDED. The Act amends 1998 Iowa Acts, Chapter 1219, Section 10, subsection 4, relating to an appropriation from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to the Department of General Services. The Act expands the purposes for which the department may use the appropriated moneys in the renovation and construction of state-owned facilities. This provision takes effect May 11, 2000.

   The Act amends 1999 Iowa Acts, Chapter 204, Section 4, to increase the FY 2000-2001 appropriation to the Department of General Services for major renovation and major repair needs at state-owned buildings and facilities and to eliminate an FY 1999-2000 appropriation to the department for the design and construction of an Iowa Hall of Pride. These provisions take effect May 11, 2000.

   The Act amends 1999 Iowa Acts, Chapter 204, Section 6, to decrease the FY 2000-2001 appropriation to the Judicial Branch for planning, design and construction of a new judicial building, but appropriates the amount of the decrease, in addition to other funds, for the same purposes for FY 2001-2002.

   The Act also amends several provisions in 1998 Iowa Acts, Chapter 1219; 1998 Iowa Acts, Chapter 1223; and 1999 Iowa Acts, Chapter 204, to extend the time within which certain funds appropriated in those Acts will remain available for the purposes designated in those Acts. These appropriations include appropriations to the Judicial Branch for capital projects at the State Capitol Building and for design and development of a new judicial building and to various other agencies for environmental and natural resources purposes. These provisions take effect May 11, 2000.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. A provision prohibiting moneys appropriated to the Office of the Treasurer of State for FY 2001-2002, FY 2002-2003, and FY 2003-2004, for deposit in the Community Attraction and Tourism Fund, from being used for marketing purposes.
2. A provision extending the Restore the Outdoors Program through FY 2003-2004. The Restore the Outdoors Program provides a standing appropriation from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund through FY 2000-2001 for vertical infrastructure projects at state parks and other public facilities.
3. A provision allowing for the nonreversion of moneys in the newly created Environment First Fund.
4. FY 2000-2001 funding to the Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship for the Alternative Drainage System Assistance Program.
5. A provision allowing funds appropriated from the Environment First Fund for various purposes related to the environment and natural resources to be available for the purposes designated through FY 2003-2004.
6. A provision requiring the Department of General Services to comply with certain notice requirements when billing state agencies for certain architectural and construction-related services to be provided by the department and allowing the department or a state agency to file a complaint with the Executive Council involving a dispute over such billing or service.

HOUSE FILE 2039 - Miscellaneous Appropriations, Reductions, Supplementals, Transfers, and Credits (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to state budgetary matters by providing for reductions and supplementation of appropriations for FY 1999-2000.

Division I -- Administration and Regulation Appropriations

   Division I makes reductions in the following appropriations to the indicated state agencies: Department of General Services for property management and utilities; for the general office of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor; Department of Management; Department of Personnel for state workers' compensation claims; and Department of Revenue and Finance. In addition, certain moneys that had been appropriated for costs to address the century date change in state technology are transferred to the General Fund of the State on the Act's effective date of January 18, 2000. This division includes a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Inspections and Appeals to be used to comply with federal requirements for enhanced response to complaints regarding intermediate care facilities.

Division II -- Natural Resources

   Division II reduces appropriations to the Department of Natural Resources for the divisions of Parks and Preserves, Forests and Forestry, Energy and Geological Resources, and Environmental Protection.

Division III -- Departments of Economic Development and Workforce Development

   Division III reduces the appropriation to the Department of Economic Development for the Strategic Investment Fund by approximately $1 million, and to the Department of Workforce Development for its Division of Labor Services and for workforce development areas. The division also applies an additional reduction to the standing appropriation for refunds otherwise payable to employers participating in the Certified School to Career Program.

Division IV -- Education

   Division IV reduces appropriations to the College Student Aid Commission for general administration, to the Department of Education for the Public Broadcasting Division and for promotion of the next decennial census, and to the State Board of Regents and its institutions. The division also provides for additional funding to be obtained by the state entering into a contract to enhance claiming of reimbursement under the Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) for services provided at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The university retains a portion of the moneys obtained from the contract and the remainder is to be credited to the State General Fund. The standing appropriation for Phase III of the Educational Excellence Program is reduced.

Division V -- Health and Human Rights

   Division V reduces appropriations to the Iowa Department of Public Health relating to promotion of health status for children and adults and repeals an allocation for the department to contract with a charitable organization for primary and preventive health care for children.

Division VI -- Human Services

   Division VI reduces appropriations to the Department of Human Services for the Family Investment Program, Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, state supplementary assistance, State Training School at Eldora, a subsidized guardianship program, field operations, and commitment and treatment of sexually violent predators. In addition, a restriction is removed relating to use of certain federal moneys, and the departments of Human Services and Management are directed to revise administrative provisions as necessary to fill positions at the two state hospital-schools.

Division VII -- Justice System

   Division VII reduces various appropriations to the Department of Corrections and to the Department of Public Safety for a portion of the state's contribution to the Peace Officers' Retirement, Accident, and Disability System. In addition, all moneys remaining to the credit of the Highway Safety Patrol Fund following the previously enacted repeal of the fund on July 1, 1999, are transferred to the General Fund of the State. The division also authorizes the Department of Corrections to contract for housing of federal and county prisoners during FY 1999-2000 and FY 2000-2001, provides that moneys received from the contracting are to be credited to the State General Fund, and provides an appropriation to the department for expenses.

Division VIII -- Transportation

   Division VIII repeals a State General Fund appropriation to the Iowa Department of Transportation for planning and programming.

Division IX -- Salary Adjustment and Out-of-State Travel

   Division IX reduces the appropriation used for salary adjustment of state employees by about $2.7 million. Of the moneys credited to the Innovations Fund, $300,000 is to be transferred to the State General Fund. State General Fund and Reversion Technology Initiatives Account appropriations are reduced in an amount sufficient to effect a reduction of 25 percent in state employee out-of-state travel.

   The Act takes effect January 18, 2000.

HOUSE FILE 2059 - Appropriations -- National World War II Memorial (full text of act)

   BY JOHNSON, D. TAYLOR, HUSEMAN, BAUDLER, RAYHONS, LORD, ALONS, BARRY, THOMSON, CARROLL, SUKUP, TEIG, ARNOLD, GIPP, BRAUNS, HEATON, DRAKE, METCALF, GRUNDBERG, MARTIN, DAVIS, NELSON-FORBES, BOGGESS, GREINER, HOFFMAN, LARSON, BODDICKER, BLODGETT, VAN FOSSEN, HAHN, DOLECHECK, BRADLEY, JACOBS, EDDIE, JAGER, BOAL, RAECKER, KETTERING, BRUNKHORST, JENKINS, HOLMES, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, SIEGRIST, DIX, HANSEN, CORMACK, GARMAN, HORBACH, RANTS, KLEMME, TYRRELL, SUNDERBRUCH, WEIDMAN, MILLAGE, WELTER, HOUSER, SHEY, BELL, BUKTA, CATALDO, CHIODO, COHOON, CONNORS, DODERER, DOTZLER, DREES, FALCK, FALLON, FOEGE, FORD, FREVERT, GREIMANN, HOLVECK, HUSER, JOCHUM, KREIMAN, KUHN, LARKIN, MASCHER, MAY, MERTZ, MUNDIE, MURPHY, MYERS, O'BRIEN, OSTERHAUS, PARMENTER, REYNOLDS, RICHARDSON, SCHERRMAN, SCHRADER, SHOULTZ, STEVENS, T. TAYLOR, THOMAS, WARNSTADT, WEIGEL, WHITEAD, WISE, AND WITT. This Act appropriates funds from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund for FY 2000-2001 to the Commission of Veterans Affairs to be contributed to the World War II Memorial Fund for the construction of a national World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. The Commission of Veterans Affairs shall not make such contribution unless the U.S. Secretary of the Interior has issued a construction permit for construction of the memorial or the Commission of Veterans Affairs has determined there is substantial evidence of sufficient funding available for construction of the memorial.

HOUSE FILE 2533 - Federal Block Grant Appropriations (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act appropriates moneys to various state agencies for the federal fiscal year beginning October 1, 2000, and ending September 30, 2001, from the following federal block grants: Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Community Mental Health Services, Maternal and Child Health Services, Preventive Health and Health Services, Drug Control and System Improvement, Stop Violence Against Women, Local Law Enforcement, Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners, Community Services, Community Development, Low-Income Home Energy Assistance, Social Services, Mental Health Services for the Homeless, and Child Care and Development. See S.F. 2435 for appropriations of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant and supplementation of the Social Services Block Grant.

   The Act requires that moneys be distributed in accordance with the applicable federal requirements. The Act establishes a procedure if more or less federal funding is received than predicted. In addition, the Act appropriates other federal grants, receipts and funds, and other nonstate grants, receipts and funds available in whole and in part for the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001.

   The Act provides that if the Governor determines that federal low-income home energy assistance funds are insufficient, the Iowa Utilities Board is to issue an order prohibiting disconnection of service from November 1 through April 1 if the household income falls at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level.

   The Act includes an FY 1999-2000 appropriation of additional federal Community Development Block Grant funding available for that fiscal year. In addition, the Act directs the Department of Human Services to take certain steps regarding contracting for projects for assistance in transition from homelessness. Both of these provisions take effect April 21, 2000.

HOUSE FILE 2538 - Appropriations -- Transportation (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act makes appropriations for FY 2000-2001 from the General Fund of the State, the Road Use Tax Fund, and the Primary Road Fund to the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT).

   The Act appropriates moneys from the General Fund of the State for the Rail Assistance Program and for airport engineering studies.

   Appropriations from the Road Use Tax Fund include appropriations for driver's license production costs, salaries, operations, motor vehicles, unemployment and workers' compensation, county issuance of driver's licenses, a system providing toll-free telephone road and weather reports, scale facilities, membership in the North America's Superhighway Corridor Coalition, and indirect cost recoveries.

   Appropriations from the Primary Road Fund include appropriations for salaries, operations, planning and programming, project development, maintenance, motor vehicles, equipment, the merit system, unemployment and workers' compensation, disposal of hazardous wastes at field locations, indirect costs, wastewater handling, roof replacement at field facilities, field garages, operations, and compliance with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act at IDOT facilities.

   The Act amends Code Section 321.105 to provide that a disabled veteran who has been provided with a vehicle by the federal government and is exempt from paying vehicle registration and registration plate fees may obtain a special or personalized registration plate by paying the difference between the fee for a regular registration plate and the fee for the special or personalized plate.

   The Act allows IDOT to conduct a pilot project for waiving or refunding fees for renewals or duplicates of identification cards and driver's licenses issued by the department pursuant to rules adopted by the department. The decision of the department to issue a refund is final and is not subject to review under the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act.

   The Act also provides that if the State Transportation Commission receives and files a letter from the Director of Transportation certifying that IDOT's cash flow funding may be inadequate to meet anticipated road construction costs between April 7, 2000, and June 30, 2001, the commission may authorize the temporary transfer of funds from the Revitalize Iowa's Sound Economy (RISE) Fund to the Primary Road Fund. Such funds are to be repaid within six months of transfer. This provision of the Act takes effect April 7, 2000.

HOUSE FILE 2545 - Appropriations -- Administration and Regulation (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to and appropriates $90.4 million from the General Fund of the State to various state departments, agencies, funds, and certain other interstate and national entities and authorizes 1,909.4 full-time equivalent positions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001.

   The state departments and agencies include the Auditor of State, Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board, Department of Commerce, Department of General Services, Capitol Planning Commission, Office of Governor including the Lieutenant Governor and Terrace Hill quarters, Department of Inspections and Appeals, Department of Management, Department of Personnel, Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System, Department of Revenue and Finance, Secretary of State, Office of State-Federal Relations, and Treasurer of State.

   The Act also appropriates funding for the state's membership on the Commission on Uniform State Laws, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, and the National Governors Association, and appropriates funding for law enforcement training reimbursements.

   The Act funds an Iowa 2010 Project and the Institute for Public Leadership.

   The Act provides for the continuation of the Iowa Student Political Awareness Club and the Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust.

   The Act appropriates funds from the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS) Fund to provide enhanced disability for IPERS public safety members and to study methods of providing enhanced portability into and out of IPERS. A Governor's task force to study the IPERS structure and governance is also funded.

   The Code is amended to require state agencies to give notice of procurement bids to targeted small businesses, to authorize video machine golf tournament games as bona fide contests, and to provide that gambling licenses prominently display state and local tax rates paid by the gambling facility.

   The Act authorizes the Department of Revenue and Finance to collect an administration fee to cover the costs of collecting and distributing the local sales and services taxes.

   The Act repeals Code language relating to the Council on Human Investment and a standing appropriation to pay expenses of the Iowa Educational Savings Plan Trust.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. Section 9, subsection 6, unnumbered paragraph 2, which would have prohibited a state department from constructing any structure to be used as a smoking hut on state-owned property.
2. Section 11, which would have required the Governor to identify and recommend at least $10 million savings of State General Fund expenditures for each of the next four fiscal years.
3. Section 27, unnumbered paragraph 5, which would have prohibited the Department of Personnel from requesting an appropriation from the State General Fund for FY 2001-2002 to pay premiums for workers' compensation claims.
4. Section 34, which would have required a state agency receiving funding from this Act to remove an unfunded vacancy from its table of organization with 60 days after its becomes vacant.
5. Section 38, which would strike a reference in Code Section 232.190 to Code Section 8A.1 under which the human investment strategy of the state was created.

HOUSE FILE 2549 - Appropriations -- Education (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act appropriates moneys from the General Fund of the State to the College Student Aid Commission, the Department of Cultural Affairs, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Regents and its institutions. This year's Act appropriates over $959 million and provides 17,399.58 full-time equivalent positions (FTEs), which is approximately $5.8 million over, and 65.48 FTEs under, the Governor's recommendations. This year's education appropriations Act exceeds the appropriations made in last year's Act (1999 Iowa Acts, Chapter 205) by approximately 1.29 percent.

COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION. Compared to FY 2000, the commission receives an increase of 2.65 percent under the Act. The Act includes appropriations for general administrative purposes, forgivable loans to Iowa students attending the Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center, an initiative directing primary care physicians to areas of the state experiencing physician shortages, student aid programs, the National Guard Educational Assistance Program, the Chiropractic Graduate Student Forgivable Loan Program, and the Teacher Shortage Forgivable Loan Program. The Act also amends the Code to increase the maximum amount of a tuition grant to a qualified full-time student from $3,900 to $4,000, and increases the standing appropriations for Iowa Tuition Grants by 2.44 percent over FY 2000.

   The Act increases funding for the National Guard Educational Assistance Program by 49.9 percent, and the Teacher Shortage Forgivable Loan Program by 110 percent, but reduces the funding for forgivable loans to Iowa students attending the Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center by 32.96 percent and reduces the standing appropriation to the Work-Study Program by 6.78 percent. The Act also makes a number of statutory changes to reflect the decision by the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences to change its name to the Des Moines University-Osteopathic Medical Center.

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. The Act funds the Arts, Historical and Administration Divisions, historic sites, and Community Cultural Grants. In comparison with FY 2000, funding for department administration is reduced by 0.42 percent, for the Arts Division by 2.43 percent, for historic sites by 1.89 percent, and for cultural grants by 3.45 percent. Funding for the Local Arts Comprehensive Educational Strategies (LACES) Program is moved to the Department of Education for FY 2001. The Act permits the Historical Division to increase its FTE limit by one if federal funding is received to pay the costs of adding the FTE. The department's total appropriation is decreased by 1.88 percent from FY 2000.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The Act appropriates moneys for purposes of the department's general administration, vocational education administration, the Board of Educational Examiners, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, independent living, the State Library for general administration and the Enrich Iowa Program, the regional library system, the Public Broadcasting Division, vocational education to secondary schools, school food service, the Iowa Empowerment Fund, textbooks of nonpublic school pupils, the Vocational Agriculture Youth Organization and other youth activities (at 12.51 percent less than FY 2000), national board certification (an increase of 38.10 percent over the prior fiscal year), the Beginning Teacher Induction Program (an increase of 158.33 percent over the prior fiscal year), the Family Resource Center Demonstration Program (which was funded from reallocated Extended School Year Grant moneys in FY 2000), Education Innovation Project Grants, the Local Arts Comprehensive Educational Strategies (LACES) Program, for connecting education and workforce development, employability skills assessments reimbursements (at an increase of 8.11 percent), Jobs for America's Graduates, the Americorps After-School Initiative, the Ambassador to Education, and community colleges. The department's total appropriation, including reimbursements to school districts and grants and state aid to community colleges and public libraries, is increased by 5.24 percent over FY 2000.

   The Act requires the director of the department to ensure that all school districts are aware of the state education resources available on the state website for listing teacher job openings and requires the department to administer job postings for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and area education agencies (AEAs) on the website.

   The Act includes a statutory change to permit school districts that are required to provide school breakfast programs at each attendance center to operate the programs at alternative sites.

Vocational Rehabilitation Services Division. The Act directs the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services to use $2 million of its funding to provide services to persons without regard to a waiting list, seek waivers from the federal government to increase and improve services, accept client assessments performed by other agencies, and broaden its search for matching funds. The Act authorizes the division to exceed its FTE limit if federal funding is received to pay the costs of adding up to four more FTEs. The appropriation to the division marks an increase of 3.08 percent over FY 2000.

State Library/Enrich Iowa. The Act directs the State Library to cap reimbursement of the regents universities for participation in the Access Plus Program during FY 2000-2001 at the total amount of reimbursement paid for their participation during FY 1999-2000. The Act requires public libraries that receive Enrich Iowa Program moneys to have an Internet use policy in place and to submit a report describing its policy to the State Library. The appropriation to the library is 1.51 percent under the amount appropriated in FY 2000, but the amount appropriated for purposes of the Enrich Iowa Program is increased by 42.86 percent.

Board of Educational Examiners. As in prior years, the Act permits the Board of Educational Examiners to use, for its own purposes, up to 85 percent of any funds received resulting from licensing fee increases implemented after July 1, 1997. However, the appropriation to the board is a reduction of 5.09 percent from FY 2000. The Act amends 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 2146 (see Education), Section 5, to permit the board to issue a para-educator certificate to a person who is at least 18 years of age.

Iowa Empowerment Fund. The Act allocates moneys for the community empowerment office and for technical assistance activities, requires progress reports from local empowerment boards, and provides that School Ready Children Grants Account funds will be distributed through a grant application process. The Act directs the Iowa Empowerment Board to give consideration to the future implementation of a funding formula. However, areas that received grants prior to July 1, 2000, shall be held harmless with regard to such a funding formula. The appropriation to the School Ready Children Grants Account represents an increase of 50.01 percent over the prior fiscal year. The Act includes statutory changes to increase membership on the board to 17 voting, 13 citizen, and four state agency members. The provision requires that the additional fourth state agency member be the Director of the Department of Human Rights.

Education Innovation Project Grants. Moneys appropriated for project grants shall be used to study methods to improve teacher compensation and to establish pilot regional academies to provide high school students with advanced level courses and technical courses not currently available in their district of attendance. The department must report on the status of grant projects to the General Assembly by December 1, 2000.

Connecting Education and Workforce Development. Moneys appropriated for connecting education and workforce development are to be used to support statewide school-to-work implementation through professional development opportunities, employability skill revalidation, partnership capacity building, connecting to the Department of Workforce Development's Making Connections system implementation, and for the integration of academic and vocational education.

Family Resource Center Demonstration Program. The Act strikes from the Code language that allows up to 10 percent of the moneys appropriated for the program to be used for administrative purposes. The provision is retroactively applicable to July 1, 1999, and the Act requires that moneys currently retained for administrative purposes be awarded in demonstration program grants.

Phase III. In statutory language, the Act continues for FY 2000 Phase III funding for the Geography Alliance and the Iowa Mathematics and Science Coalition, but also authorizes the director of the department to determine, notwithstanding the Code provisions, the amount of Phase III moneys that will be used for purposes of the Geography Alliance, a K-12 management information system, and the Mathematics and Science Coalition. The Act also increases Phase III funding to the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School and the Iowa State School for the Deaf to $170,000 from $70,000, and strikes the requirement that the allocation be divided equally between the schools.

AEA Reorganization Study. The Act requires the department to complete a study for the alignment of area education boundaries in the event of voluntary AEA merger or restructuring to best ensure the equitable, effective and efficient delivery of core AEA services. The department shall forward recommendations and any possible reorganization plans to the AEA boards no later than July 1, 2001, and shall forward any recommendations for statutory changes to the General Assembly no later than December 15, 2000.

School-Based Youth Services Education Program. House File 2496 (see Education) strikes this program from the Code. This Act strikes a Code reference to the program.

bsp;STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. The Act appropriates moneys for board operations, tuition replacement, the Southwest Iowa Graduate Studies Center, the Tristate Graduate Center, the Quad-Cities Graduate Studies Center, the State University of Iowa, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, the University of Northern Iowa, the Iowa School for the Deaf, the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, and for tuition and transportation costs for students residing in the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School and the Iowa School for the Deaf. The total appropriation for the board and its institutions is increased 0.13 percent over FY 2000.

State University of Iowa (SUI). The Act expresses the Legislature's intent that the university continue progress on the School of Public Health and the Public Health Initiative for the purposes of establishing an accredited school of public health and funding an initiative for the health and independence of elderly Iowans, and permits the university to use up to $2.1 million of its general university appropriation amount for the School of Public Health and the Public Health Initiative.

   The Act also requires the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) to make reasonable efforts to extend their use of home telemedicine and other technologies to reduce the frequency of visits to the hospital required of indigent patients. UIHC must submit a report to the General Assembly by January 15, 2001, describing their use of technologies to accomplish such a purpose, and shall also submit quarterly a report regarding the portion of the allocation used by UIHC for medical education.

Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU). The Act expresses the intent of the General Assembly that the university continue progress on the Center for Excellence in Fundamental Plant Sciences, and permits the university to use up to $4.67 million of its general university appropriation amount for the center.

   The Act also states that the General Assembly finds that the fact that a few large companies could possibly control all levels of the food chain is a major threat to the independence and profitability of Iowa's agricultural producers. To ensure public ownership of plant genetic material, the Act provides that all rights to the research products developed by ISU's Botany Institute using state-appropriated funds will be made available, to the extent practicable for commercialization, for the benefit of all Iowans, including Iowa's agricultural producers, through a public process which normally involves nonexclusive licensing of genes and germplasm.

   The Act also changes a statutory provision to increase from $500,000 to $700,000 the amount the Iowa Energy Center is permitted to use from its appropriation for purposes of the salaries and benefits of the employees of the center.

University of Northern Iowa (UNI). The Act expresses the intent of the General Assembly that the university continue progress on the implementation of a Master's in Social Work Program, and permits UNI to use up to $450,000 of its general university appropriation amount for the implementation of the program.

Medical Assistance Claiming. In a change to otherwise recurring language from prior years relating to supplemental amounts for services provided Medical Assistance (MA) recipients, the Act directs the Department of Human Services (DHS) to deposit into its MA Account, rather than the State General Fund, amounts transferred by a qualifying hospital to DHS. The Act includes a statutory change making the same change as it relates to reimbursements for special education services. The Act also amends 2000 Iowa Acts, H.F. 2039, Section 24, to increase to $12 million the amount received in additional reimbursement from the enhanced MA claiming that must be credited to the General Fund of the State resulting from a contract entered into by the state to enhance claiming of MA Program reimbursement payable for services provided by UIHC.

Immediate Effective Dates. The provisions of the Act that make technical changes to provisions related to national board certification and Beginning Teacher Induction Program appropriations from last year's education appropriations Act, and which relate to the statutory provision that permits 10 percent of the moneys appropriated for purposes of the Family Resource Demonstration Program to be used for administration of the program, take effect May 10, 2000.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. A provision directing the Board of Educational Examiners to conduct a study of the use of school days for the professional development of teachers by school districts and AEAs.
2. A provision directing the Commission of Libraries to coordinate a study of the State Library structure.
3. A provision directing the Cooperative Extension Service in Agriculture and Home Economics at ISU to conduct a study, in consultation with DHS, that identifies all educational materials, seminars and assistance offered by the extension service which are duplicative, either directly or in subject area, of educational materials, seminars and assistance offered by DHS.
4. A provision directing UIHC to develop and maintain a comprehensive database of information regarding obstetrical brachial plexus palsy treatment options and success rates and to give the parents or legal guardians of an infant so diagnosed the opportunity to consult with a specialist regarding treatment options and reported success rates.

HOUSE FILE 2552 - Appropriations -- Justice System (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act appropriates moneys for FY 2000-2001 to the Department of Justice, Office of Consumer Advocate, Board of Parole, Department of Corrections, including correctional facilities and the judicial district departments of correctional services, State Public Defender, Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, Department of Public Defense, and the Department of Public Safety, and contains related statutory provisions. Under the Act, the total appropriations to the justice system of $364.3 million reflect an increase in appropriations from the General Fund of the State of approximately $8.6 million, or 2.4 percent, from the FY 2000 appropriations.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. The Act appropriates $14.3 million to the Department of Justice, which represents a decrease of $42,000 compared to the estimated FY 2000 appropriations. These appropriations include amounts for the Office of the Attorney General, the Prosecuting Attorneys Training Program, for victim assistance grants to care providers providing services to crime victims of domestic abuse or rape and sexual assault, and for the Prosecuting Attorneys Program. The Act also provides an appropriation to the Office of the Attorney General to provide for legal services for persons in poverty grants.

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. The Act increases the State General Fund appropriation to the Department of Corrections by $5.6 million to $243.7 million, representing a 2.4 percent increase from the estimated FY 2000 appropriation.

   The Act directs the department to continue to operate the correctional farms at the same or greater level as existed on January 1, 2000, and to explore providing increased job opportunities for inmates at the farms by encouraging labor-intensive farming and gardening activities.

   The Act prohibits the department from entering into a new, or renewing an existing, contract for the privatization of medical services at the Fort Madison correctional facility. The Act permits the department to continue to use medical contract employees for up to three months after July 1, 2000.

   In addition, the department is directed to submit a report to the General Assembly by January 1, 2001, concerning the use of inmate labor on capital improvement projects.

INDIGENT DEFENSE. The Act appropriates $35.1 million for indigent defense and the State Public Defender's Office, which represents an increase of $803,000 from the FY 2000 appropriation.

LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY. The Act appropriates $1.3 million to the Law Enforcement Academy, which represents no change from the estimated FY 2000 appropriation.

BOARD OF PAROLE. The Act provides for an appropriation of $1 million and 18 full-time equivalent positions to the Board of Parole, which represents no change from the estimated FY 2000 appropriation.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC DEFENSE. The Act provides for an appropriation of $6 million to the Department of Public Defense. This appropriation represents an increase of $260,000 compared to the estimated FY 2000 appropriation.

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. The Act appropriates $62.7 million to the Department of Public Safety, which represents an additional $2 million compared to the estimated FY 2000 appropriation.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Act also makes several statutory changes, many of which impact fees and revenues of the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Corrections.

   Code Section 18.6, governing competitive bidding, is amended to provide that the Department of General Services shall not award a contract to a bidder for a project that exceeds $25,000 and uses inmate labor supplied by the Department of Corrections. In addition, Code Section 904.315 is amended to provide that a contract is not required if inmate labor is to be used on a construction project with an estimated cost of $25,000 or less.

   Code Section 99D.14 is amended to require a licensee involved in horse and dog racing to pay a fee in an amount representing 80 percent of the Division of Criminal Investigation's enforcement costs plus an additional amount not to exceed $30,000 for all licensees.

   Code Section 99F.4A is amended to require a licensee involved with gambling games at a racetrack to pay a fee in an amount representing 80 percent of the Division of Criminal Investigation's enforcement salary costs.

   Code Section 99F.10, governing the determination of license and admission fees to be charged, is amended to provide that the fees shall reflect more of the salary costs incurred by the Division of Criminal Investigation relating to excursion gambling boats. The change provides that the fee assessed shall be in an amount representing 80 percent of the salary costs of special agents and 80 percent of the salary costs of other gaming enforcement personnel assigned to the boats plus an additional amount not to exceed $125,000 for all licensees.

   Code Section 100.1 is amended to require the State Fire Marshal to establish a fee for the inspection by the State Fire Marshal's Office of facilities requiring a state license.

   Code Section 103A.23 is amended to require the Commissioner of Public Safety to implement a fee, to be adopted by rule, for the review of building plans for construction subject to the State Building Code.

   Code Section 905.14, relating to enrollment fees charged to persons placed on parole subject to supervision by a judicial district department of correctional services, is amended. The amendment strikes enrollment fee amounts specified for simple, serious and aggravated misdemeanors, and felonies and establishes an enrollment fee of $250 for all of those offense levels.

   1998 Iowa Acts, Chapter 1101, as amended in 1999 Iowa Acts, is further amended to extend the appropriation of surcharge moneys received by the E911 Administrator for use by the Emergency Management Division of the Department of Public Defense for wireless E911 services implementation through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001.

   The Act also requests the Legislative Council to appoint a legislative interim study committee to consider issues involving the use of farms under the control of the Department of Corrections and to appoint another legislative interim committee to study issues concerning the operation of the Sex Offender Registry Program.

THE GOVERNOR ITEM VETOED THE FOLLOWING:

1. An appropriation from the inmate telephone rebate funds of each correctional institution for educational programs.
2. An amendment to Code Section 704.508A concerning the inmate telephone rebate fund of each correctional institution. The change would have provided that moneys in the fund would be transferred to and held by the Treasurer of State with moneys in the new fund appropriated for the benefit of inmates. A corresponding delayed effective date for this change was also vetoed.
3. A provision requiring that building plan reviews submitted to the Department of Public Safety be automatically approved if no action is taken by the department on a building plan for 60 days.

HOUSE FILE 2554 - Appropriations -- Judicial Branch (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act appropriates moneys for FY 2000-2001 to the Judicial Branch. The total appropriations to the Judicial Branch of $113.7 million reflect an increase in appropriations from the General Fund of the State of approximately $1.3 million, or an increase of 1.1 percent, from the FY 1999-2000 appropriations. The Act requires the Judicial Branch to appropriate moneys collected and deposited in the Enhanced Court Collections Fund for the continued implementation of the justice data warehouse if State General Fund reversions are insufficient for this purpose. The Act also requires the Judicial Branch to submit reports to the General Assembly concerning the operation of the Iowa Court Information System, the amounts received and expended from the Enhanced Court Collections Fund, and the amounts collected for recovery of indigent defense costs.

HOUSE FILE 2555 - Tobacco Settlement Fund Appropriations (full text of act)

   BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS. This Act relates to and makes appropriations from the Tobacco Settlement Fund. The Act appropriates moneys for FY 2000-2001, unless otherwise noted, from the fund to the Department of Human Services (DHS) for all of the following:

1. To increase, beginning November 1, 2000, the reimbursement rate for all noninstitutional Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) providers, excluding anesthesia and dental services, to the rate in effect on January 1, 2000, under the fee schedule established for the federal Medicare Program that incorporates the resource-based relative value scale - $6 million.
2. To increase the reimbursement rate for dental services to 75 percent of the usual and customary rate - $3.6 million.
3. To provide a cost-of-living adjustment of 5 percent to rehabilitative treatment and support services providers under Medicaid - $3.1 million.
4. To provide for a cost-of-living adjustment of 5 percent to adoption, independent living, shelter care, and home studies services providers - $500,000.
5. To increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospitals by 3 percent over the rate in effect on June 30, 2000 - $2.3 million.
6. To increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate to home health care services to the rate provided to such services under the federal Medicare Program - $2.4 million.
7. To increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate for critical access hospitals to the rate provided such hospitals under the federal Medicare Program - $250,000.
8. To provide for expansion of home health care services and habilitative day care under Medicaid for children with special needs - $4.4 million.
9. To provide for expansion of respite care services provided through home and community-based waiver services under Medicaid - $1.2 million.
10. To provide an increased reimbursement rate of up to 1 percent to service providers under the purview of DHS with the exception of family support subsidy providers - $550,000.

   The Act provides that of the funds appropriated to DHS, $182,381 is to be used to meet the federal maintenance of effort requirements under the Supplementary Assistance Program. The department is directed to conduct a review of reimbursement rates and the reimbursement methodology used for providers of dental services and submit a report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2000. The Act provides for adoption of emergency rules by the department.

   The Act requires DHS to seek a waiver from the Health Care Financing Administration to implement a pilot project relating to continuous eligibility under Medicaid. The Act also provides for an evaluation of the pilot project and appropriates $35,000 from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to the department for the evaluation.

   The Act appropriates $200,000 from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to DHS to supplement the Children's Health Insurance Program appropriation used for the HAWK-I Program.

   The Act appropriates $11.9 million to the Iowa Department of Public Health for additional substance abuse treatment. Under this appropriation, the department is directed to enhance the quality of and to expand capacity to provide 24-hour substance abuse treatment programs; to expand the length of individual client substance abuse treatment plans, as necessary, to reduce program recidivism; to share research-based best practices for treatment with substance abuse treatment facilities; to develop a results-based funding approach for substance abuse treatment services; and to develop a program to encourage individuals who are successfully managing their substance abuse problems to serve as role models.

   The Act appropriates $2.8 million to the Iowa Department of Public Health for development of a Healthy Iowans 2010 Plan, including the use of up to the following amounts for the following purposes: $1.5 million for core public health functions, including home health care and public health nursing services contracted through a formula by local boards of health to enhance disease and injury prevention services; $400,000 for the implementation and support of a coordinated system of delivery of trauma and emergency medical services; $437,000 for establishment of a poison control center; $300,000 for development of scientific and medical expertise in environmental epidemiology; and $163,000 to implement prevention strategies to address the leading causes of death in Iowa.

   The Act appropriates $610,000 to the Department of Corrections to replace federal funding for day programming and for the drug court program in certain judicial districts and to provide funds for a drug court program in the Fourth Judicial District.

   The Act appropriates $9,345,394 to the Iowa Department of Public Health for a Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Initiative Program. Of the funds, $1,782,420 is to be used to expand activities and ensure compliance with laws and ordinances prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age; $300,000 is to be used for the Statewide Youth Summit on Tobacco Use Prevention and Control; and not more than $525,759 is to be used for administration and management of the program.

   The Act also makes an appropriation from the Tobacco Settlement Fund of $2,000,000 to the Property Tax Relief Fund and requires counties to increase reimbursements to certain purchase of services providers. The services are provided to persons with mental illness, or mental retardation or other developmental disabilities. The appropriation is to assist certain counties with insufficient mental health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services fund balances to pay the reimbursement increases. These counties may in some circumstances apply for assistance from the appropriation and the decision for granting such assistance is to be made by the Risk Pool Board. Senate File 2452 includes language providing that a county may increase reimbursements to be greater than the required increase.

   The Act appropriates $3.8 million for FY 2000-2001 from the Tobacco Settlement Fund to the savings account for Healthy Iowans created within the fund in S.F. 2452.

   The Act also provides that if any moneys appropriated under the Act are not expended or otherwise encumbered, all moneys are to revert to the Tobacco Settlement Fund.

   The Act provides for reimbursement of certain providers beginning November 1, 2000, that are receiving reimbursement under Medicaid on a fee-for-service basis on June 30, 2000, to be reimbursed under the federal Medicare resource-based relative value scale methodology beginning July 1, 2000. The Act provides for adjustment of the reimbursement on an annual basis.

   The Act provides for changes in current law to increase the income limit from 185 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent of the federal poverty level for children under 19 years of age under the HAWK-I Program for children's health insurance coverage and provides for eligibility for an infant under Medicaid whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

   The Act provides a specific process for emergency rulemaking. The Act provides that the provision in the Act allowing for emergency rulemaking takes effect May 5, 2000. The Act also provides that the provision appropriating funds to the Iowa Department of Public Health for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Program takes effect May 5, 2000, and is retroactively applicable to April 1, 2000.