Senate File 171 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY MILLER
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for certain human services programs and funding
2 streams to be administered by counties in lieu of the
3 department of human services and providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. TRANSITION TO COUNTY=ADMINISTERED SERVICES.
1 2 1. Effective July 1, 2007, notwithstanding the following
1 3 designated chapters and any other provision of law to the
1 4 contrary, the programs and services under the designated
1 5 chapters shall be administered by counties in lieu of the
1 6 department of human services. The department of human
1 7 services and county officials shall develop plans, agreements,
1 8 and other processes to facilitate the transfer of
1 9 responsibilities from the department to counties and for the
1 10 associated state and federal funding streams to be provided to
1 11 counties in the form of block grants or other equitable means.
1 12 The programs and services to be so transferred include
1 13 programs and services provided pursuant to all of the
1 14 following chapters:
1 15 a. Chapter 232, relating to the juvenile justice code,
1 16 including but not limited to child abuse assessments and other
1 17 child protection functions.
1 18 b. Chapter 232B, relating to the Indian child welfare Act.
1 19 c. Chapter 234, relating to child and family services.
1 20 d. Chapter 235, relating to child welfare.
1 21 e. Chapter 239B, relating to the family investment
1 22 program.
1 23 f. Chapter 249, relating to state supplementary
1 24 assistance.
1 25 g. Chapter 251, relating to emergency relief
1 26 administration.
1 27 2. The programs and services under the chapters designated
1 28 in this subsection shall remain under the authority of the
1 29 department of human services when the transfer of
1 30 responsibilities under subsection 1 is implemented. However,
1 31 if a program or service under one of the chapters is
1 32 interrelated with a program or service affected by subsection
1 33 1, the department shall work with county representatives to
1 34 propose changes in program or service provisions so that the
1 35 provisions can be administered effectively for the service
2 1 consumer, counties, and department when the transfer of
2 2 responsibilities occurs. The programs and services to remain
2 3 under the authority of the department as described in this
2 4 subsection include programs and services provided pursuant to
2 5 all of the following chapters:
2 6 a. Chapter 222, relating to persons with mental
2 7 retardation served at a state resource center.
2 8 b. Chapter 230, relating to support of persons with mental
2 9 illness at a state mental health institute.
2 10 c. Chapter 233, relating to newborn infant custody release
2 11 procedures (the newborn safe haven Act).
2 12 d. Chapter 233A, relating to the state training school.
2 13 e. Chapter 233B, relating to the state juvenile home.
2 14 f. Chapter 235A, relating to child abuse prevention and
2 15 registry provisions.
2 16 g. Chapter 235B, relating to dependent adult abuse
2 17 services, reports, and registry provisions.
2 18 h. Chapter 237, relating to regulation of child foster
2 19 care facilities.
2 20 i. Chapter 237A, relating to regulation of child care.
2 21 j. Chapter 238, relating to regulation of child placing
2 22 agencies.
2 23 k. Chapter 249A, relating to the medical assistance
2 24 program.
2 25 l. Chapter 249B, relating to the medical assistance
2 26 program assistance provided to institutionalized spouses.
2 27 m. Chapter 249F, relating to transfer of assets and
2 28 medical assistance program debt.
2 29 n. Chapter 249G, relating to the long=term care asset
2 30 preservation program.
2 31 o. Chapter 249H, relating to the senior living program.
2 32 p. Chapters 252A through 252K, relating to child and
2 33 medical support, paternity establishment, support orders, the
2 34 central employee registry, licensing sanctions, and the
2 35 uniform interstate family support Act.
3 1 3. The department shall consult with the Iowa state
3 2 association of counties and county officials in developing a
3 3 transition plan to provide for the transfer of service and
3 4 program administration and funding from the department to
3 5 counties as required by this section. The transition plan
3 6 shall include proposed legislation which shall be submitted by
3 7 the department in accordance with section 2.16 for
3 8 consideration by the Eighty=first General Assembly, 2006
3 9 Session. The transition plan shall be submitted to the
3 10 governor and general assembly on or before December 15, 2005.
3 11 Sec. 2. Section 217.1, Code 2005, is amended to read as
3 12 follows:
3 13 217.1 PROGRAMS OF DEPARTMENT PURPOSE == STATE=COUNTY
3 14 SERVICE SYSTEM.
3 15 1. There The department of human services is established a
3 16 department of human services to administer for the purpose of
3 17 supporting state and county=administered programs designed to
3 18 improve the well=being and productivity of the people of the
3 19 state of Iowa. The department shall concern itself with adopt
3 20 statewide standards, apply quality measures, administer those
3 21 human services programs identified in law, assist counties in
3 22 meeting federal requirements, provide efficient and equitable
3 23 financing mechanisms, and provide other support necessary for
3 24 an effective state and county=administered human services
3 25 system.
3 26 2. The state and county=administered human services system
3 27 is intended to address the problems of human behavior,
3 28 adjustment, and daily living through the administration of
3 29 programs of family, child, and adult welfare, economic
3 30 assistance including costs of medical care, rehabilitation
3 31 toward self=care and support, delinquency prevention and
3 32 control, treatment and rehabilitation of juvenile offenders,
3 33 care and treatment of persons with mental illness or mental
3 34 retardation, and other related programs as provided by law.
3 35 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The section of this Act amending
4 1 section 217.1 takes effect July 1, 2007.
4 2 EXPLANATION
4 3 This bill provides for certain human services programs and
4 4 funding streams to be administered by counties in lieu of the
4 5 department of human services effective July 1, 2007.
4 6 The bill identifies Code chapters under which the programs
4 7 and services administered by the department will be
4 8 transferred to the counties. The bill also identifies Code
4 9 chapters that will continue to be administered by the
4 10 department. However, if a program or service under an
4 11 identified chapter is interrelated with a program or service
4 12 being transferred to counties, the department and county
4 13 representatives are directed to propose changes in program or
4 14 service provisions so that the provisions can be administered
4 15 effectively for the service consumer, counties, and department
4 16 when the transfer of responsibilities occurs. The department
4 17 is directed to work with the Iowa state association of
4 18 counties and others in developing a transition plan. The plan
4 19 is required to include proposed legislation, which shall be
4 20 submitted for consideration in the 2006 legislative session.
4 21 The transition plan is required to be submitted to the
4 22 governor and general assembly by December 15, 2005.
4 23 Code section 217.1, stating the purpose of the department
4 24 of human services and programs administered by the department,
4 25 is amended to provide for a state and county=administered
4 26 human services system. This section takes effect July 1,
4 27 2007.
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