House File 2472 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY CARROLL
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the establishment of a family success
2 counseling grant program, and providing an appropriation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 249J.14A FAMILY SUCCESS
1 2 COUNSELING GRANT PROGRAM.
1 3 1. A family success counseling grant program is
1 4 established to provide pregnant women and their families, and
1 5 parents and their children with the life skills necessary to
1 6 build and attain functional, productive, and successful
1 7 families. The program shall be available to pregnant women,
1 8 parents, and their families, participating in the federal
1 9 special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
1 10 children, as authorized in the federal Child Nutrition Act of
1 11 1966, section 17, as amended and codified at 42 U.S.C. } 1786,
1 12 at the location of the expansion population provider network
1 13 that is a publicly owned acute care teaching hospital located
1 14 in a county with a population over three hundred fifty
1 15 thousand.
1 16 2. The department shall procure a sole source contract
1 17 with a nonprofit corporation that provides family counseling
1 18 to implement this section. The program approved for the grant
1 19 shall meet all of the following criteria:
1 20 a. The program curriculum shall focus on instilling in
1 21 participants the core values of diligence, discipline, and
1 22 respect, principles of family leadership, and guidelines for
1 23 strong families.
1 24 b. The program design shall include:
1 25 (1) An initial twelve=week to sixteen=week series of
1 26 participation in group sessions utilizing lectures,
1 27 discussions, breakout groups, and role playing as techniques
1 28 in teaching the core values.
1 29 (2) A six=month series of participation in private weekly
1 30 counseling sessions with the final outcome of the sessions
1 31 being the preparation of a customized family blueprint. The
1 32 customized blueprint shall assist the family in establishing a
1 33 well=defined family unit in which each member has a role to
1 34 play in its structure.
1 35 (3) Evaluation, follow=up, and modification of the
2 1 customized family blueprint.
2 2 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
2 3 account for health care transformation created in section
2 4 249J.23 to the department of human services for the fiscal
2 5 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
2 6 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
2 7 used for the purpose designated:
2 8 For a family success counseling grant program as described
2 9 in section 249J.14A, as enacted in this Act:
2 10 .................................................. $ 250,000
2 11 EXPLANATION
2 12 This bill creates a family success counseling grant program
2 13 to provide pregnant women and their families, and parents and
2 14 their children, with the life skills necessary to build and
2 15 attain functional, productive, and successful families. The
2 16 program would be available to pregnant women, parents, and
2 17 their families participating in the federal special
2 18 supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and
2 19 children (WIC program) at the location of the expansion
2 20 population provider network under IowaCare that is a publicly
2 21 owned acute care teaching hospital located in a county with a
2 22 population over 350,000. The bill directs the department of
2 23 human services to procure a sole source contract with a
2 24 nonprofit corporation that provides family counseling to
2 25 implement the program. The bill provides criteria to be met
2 26 by the approved program and provides an appropriation of
2 27 $250,000 from the account for health care transformation for
2 28 FY 2006=2007 to the department of human services for the grant
2 29 program.
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