Senate File 18 - Introduced



                                     SENATE FILE       
                                     BY  KREIMAN


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the healthy opportunities for parents to
  2    experience success == healthy families Iowa program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1191XS 81
  5 pf/pj/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135.106, Code 2005, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  It is the intent of the general
  1  4 assembly that the healthy opportunities for parents to
  1  5 experience success (HOPES) == healthy families Iowa (HFI)
  1  6 program expand statewide.  Statewide expansion may be
  1  7 accomplished through the redesign of existing local programs
  1  8 and services in accordance with subsection 3.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that it is the intent of the general
  1 11 assembly to expand the healthy opportunities for parents to
  1 12 experience success (HOPES) == healthy families Iowa (HFI)
  1 13 program statewide.  The bill provides that the expansion may
  1 14 be accomplished by redesigning existing local programs in
  1 15 accordance with existing requirements.
  1 16    The existing statute provides that communities may redesign
  1 17 existing local programs and services targeted at and assisting
  1 18 families expecting babies and families with children who are
  1 19 newborn through five years of age.  The Iowa department of
  1 20 public health, department of human services, department of
  1 21 education, and other state agencies and programs, as
  1 22 appropriate, are to provide technical assistance and support
  1 23 to communities desiring to redesign their local programs and
  1 24 are to facilitate the consolidation of existing state funding
  1 25 appropriated and made available to the community for family
  1 26 support services.  Consolidated funds are to be used to
  1 27 support the redesigned service delivery system.  Requests by
  1 28 local communities for the redesigning of services are to be
  1 29 submitted to the Iowa department of public health, department
  1 30 of human services, and department of education, and are
  1 31 subject to the approval of the Iowa empowerment board in
  1 32 consultation with the departments, based on the innovation
  1 33 zone principles.
  1 34 LSB 1191XS 81
  1 35 pf/pj/5