H-8073

   Amend House File 2380 as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 237A.13, subsection 7, paragraphs a and c, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  Families with an income at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level whose members are employed, for at least twenty-eight hours per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or educational program, and parents with a family income at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level who are under the age of twenty-one years and are participating in an educational program leading to a high school diploma or the equivalent.
   c.  Families with an income of more than one hundred percent but not more than one hundred forty-five percent of the federal poverty level whose members are employed, for at least twenty-eight hours per week in the aggregate, are employed or are participating at a satisfactory level in an approved training program or educational program.
   Sec. 2.  Section 237A.13, subsection 8, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as or is intended as, or shall imply, a grant of entitlement for services to persons who are eligible for assistance due to an income level or other eligibility circumstance addressed in this section. Any state obligation to provide services pursuant to this section is limited to the extent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of state child care assistance.  The department shall not redetermine the eligibility of a program participant more frequently than every twelve months.
   Sec. 3.  STATE CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS —— MOBILE DEVICES.
   1.  The department of human services shall review the application form and other elements of the process used by applicants to apply for the state child care assistance program. The purpose of the review is to simplify the process by eliminating requirements to provide unneeded or redundant information and improving the wording of the application, and identifying other options for improvement. The department shall report the results of the review to the governor and general assembly on or before December 1, 2014.
   2.  The department shall implement an application process enhancement so that applicants for the state child care assistance program may apply for the program using a mobile information technology device.
   Sec. 4.  IMPLEMENTATION.  The department of human services shall adopt rules and take other actions as necessary to implement, as state child care assistance program eligibility provisions, the amendments to section 237A.13 in this Act, on July 1, 2014.>
   2.  Title page, line 1, by striking <providing for a> and inserting <relating to the>
   3.  Title page, line 2, by striking <pilot project> and inserting <and application provisions>

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STUTSMAN of Johnson