House File 393

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WENDT


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a multiagency quality service review pilot
  2    project for children involved in the juvenile justice,
  3    education, and child welfare systems and providing an
  4    appropriation.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2652HH 80
  7 jp/cl/14

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  QUALITY SERVICE REVIEW PILOT PROJECT.  There is
  1  2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
  1  3 department of human services for the fiscal year beginning
  1  4 July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, the following amount,
  1  5 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purpose
  1  6 designated:
  1  7    For a grant to a community empowerment area board located
  1  8 in a county with a population between 103,000 and 105,000 in
  1  9 the latest decennial census to be used to implement a pilot
  1 10 project in accordance with this section:
  1 11 .................................................. $    245,000
  1 12    The grant shall be used over a three=year period to develop
  1 13 a statewide model for a multiagency quality service review
  1 14 process for the highest=cost child cases within the juvenile
  1 15 justice, education, and child welfare systems.  The design
  1 16 team for the project shall consist of approximately nine to 12
  1 17 persons representative of persons and agencies in the area
  1 18 involved with special education, mental health, juvenile
  1 19 court, and child welfare systems.  The grant shall be used for
  1 20 training, technical assistance, and administrative components
  1 21 of the project.  The grantee shall provide regular reports to
  1 22 the department concerning status, findings, and
  1 23 recommendations.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill provides an appropriation to the department of
  1 26 human services for a grant to implement a multiagency quality
  1 27 service review pilot project directed to highest=cost child
  1 28 cases in the juvenile justice, education, and child welfare
  1 29 systems.  The grant is to be made to a community empowerment
  1 30 area board located in a county with a population between
  1 31 103,000 and 105,000.  The pilot project design team is to
  1 32 include persons representative of persons and agencies in the
  1 33 area involved with the three systems as well as the mental
  1 34 health system.  The pilot project is to be conducted over a
  1 35 three=year period.
  2  1 LSB 2652HH 80
  2  2 jp/cl/14