Senate File 387 SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH (SUCCESSOR TO SF 336) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to agreements for financial assistance and 2 administrative rules under the vision Iowa program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2663SV 80 5 tm/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 15F.304, subsection 4, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. Upon review of the recommendations of the review 1 4 committee, the board shall approve, defer, or deny the 1 5 applications. If an application is approved, the boardmay1 6 shall enter into an agreement with the applicant to provide 1 7 financial assistance authorized under section 15F.302. To the 1 8 extent practicable, the department shall adopt administrative 1 9 rules detailing procedural rules for the application approval 1 10 process and substantive rules setting out criteria used in the 1 11 application evaluation and approval process. 1 12 EXPLANATION 1 13 This bill relates to agreements for financial assistance 1 14 under the vision Iowa program. 1 15 The bill provides that, if an application for financial 1 16 assistance is approved, the vision Iowa board is required to 1 17 enter into an agreement with the applicant for financial 1 18 assistance. The bill requires the department to adopt 1 19 administrative rules that, to the extent practicable, detail 1 20 procedural rules for the application approval process and 1 21 provide substantive rules setting out criteria used in the 1 22 application evaluation and approval process. 1 23 LSB 2663SV 80 1 24 tm/sh/8 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35