House File 2673 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2472) 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 demonstration program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5734HV 81 5 pf/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 217.36 FAMILY SUCCESS COUNSELING 1 2 DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1 3 1. A family success counseling demonstration program is 1 4 established to provide individuals and their families with the 1 5 life skills necessary to build and attain functional, 1 6 productive, and successful families. The demonstration 1 7 population shall be pregnant women and parents, and their 1 8 families participating in the federal special supplemental 1 9 nutrition program for women, infants, and children, as 1 10 authorized in the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, section 1 11 17, as amended and codified at 42 U.S.C. } 1786, at the 1 12 location of the expansion population provider network that is 1 13 a publicly owned acute care teaching hospital located in a 1 14 county with a population over three hundred fifty thousand as 1 15 described in chapter 249J. 1 16 2. The department shall select, through a sole=source 1 17 process, an existing nonprofit corporation that provides a 1 18 family counseling program which focuses on strengthening of 1 19 individuals, striving for healthy families, and the resulting 1 20 increase of strong local communities to implement this 1 21 section. The department shall utilize the following criteria 1 22 in selecting the counseling program: 1 23 a. The staff of the counseling program shall have 1 24 extensive training or experience in all of the following: 1 25 educational psychology, the development of program curriculum 1 26 and performance measures, instruction of teachers or other 1 27 professionals, family matters, child and adolescent issues, 1 28 counseling of both individuals and families, and program 1 29 administration, management, fundraising, and marketing. 1 30 b. The counseling program curriculum shall focus on 1 31 instilling in participants the core values of diligence, 1 32 discipline, and respect; family leadership and unchanging 1 33 family structure=related principles; and guidelines for strong 1 34 families. The program shall utilize teaching and learning 1 35 techniques that are effective with and relative to the 2 1 population served. 2 2 c. The counseling program design shall include: 2 3 (1) An initial twelve=week to sixteen=week series of 2 4 participation in group sessions utilizing lectures, 2 5 discussions, breakout groups, and role playing as techniques 2 6 in teaching the core values. 2 7 (2) A six=month series of participation in private weekly 2 8 counseling sessions with the final outcome of the sessions 2 9 being the preparation of a customized family blueprint. The 2 10 customized blueprint shall assist the family in establishing a 2 11 well=defined family unit in which each member has a role to 2 12 play in its structure. 2 13 (3) Follow=up with participants who complete the 2 14 counseling program in order to track long=term results. 2 15 d. The counseling program shall be adaptable to 2 16 populations, in addition to the demonstration population, for 2 17 potential expansion beyond the demonstration program. 2 18 3. The department shall assist the counseling program 2 19 selected in identifying funding options to implement the 2 20 program through sources including but not limited to the white 2 21 house office of faith=based and community initiatives, the 2 22 center for faith=based and community initiatives within the 2 23 United States department of health and human services, the 2 24 compassion capital fund of the administration of children and 2 25 families within the United States department of health and 2 26 human services, and the provisions of the federal Deficit 2 27 Reduction Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109=171. Additionally, the 2 28 department may, at the request of the counseling program, 2 29 provide a critique of any applications submitted in accessing 2 30 funding for the counseling program. 2 31 4. The counseling program selected shall provide 2 32 reasonable compensation to the expansion population provider 2 33 network provider described in subsection 1 for use of the 2 34 provider network location by the counseling program. 2 35 EXPLANATION 3 1 This bill creates a family success counseling demonstration 3 2 program to provide individuals and their families with the 3 3 life skills necessary to build and attain functional, 3 4 productive, and successful families. The demonstration 3 5 population is to be pregnant women and parents, and their 3 6 families, participating in the federal special supplemental 3 7 nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC 3 8 program) at the location of the expansion population provider 3 9 network under IowaCare that is a publicly owned acute care 3 10 teaching hospital located in a county with a population over 3 11 350,000. The bill directs the department of human services to 3 12 procure a sole source contract to implement the program and 3 13 directs the department to assist the counseling program 3 14 selected in identifying funding options and by critiquing 3 15 applications for funding at the request of the counseling 3 16 program. 3 17 LSB 5734HV 81 3 18 pf:nh/sh/8