Senate Study Bill 1202
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to governmental services involving audit reports
2 and the family investment program.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 11.28, Code 2005, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 11.28 INDIVIDUAL AUDIT REPORTS == COPIES.
1 4 1. The individual audit reports shall include exhibits and
1 5 schedules to report data similar to that now required by
1 6 section 11.4, and. The reports shall as nearly as possible
1 7 correspond and be prepared similar in form to the audit
1 8 reports rendered by certified public accountants, and such.
1 9 The reports shall include information as to the assets and
1 10 liabilities of the various departments and institutions
1 11 audited as of the beginning and close of the fiscal year
1 12 audited, the receipts and expenditures of cash, the
1 13 disposition of materials and other properties, and the net
1 14 income and net operating cost. These The reports shall also
1 15 set forth the cost as to each inmate, member, or student
1 16 average cost per year for the inmates, members, clients,
1 17 patients, and students served in the various classifications
1 18 of expenses, and. The reports shall make comparisons thereof
1 19 of the average costs and classifications, and shall give such
1 20 other information, suggestions, and recommendations as may be
1 21 deemed of advantage and to the best interests of the taxpayers
1 22 of the state; provided, that the.
1 23 2. The daily audit report of the state treasury shall be
1 24 submitted to the director of the department of administrative
1 25 services and the director of the department of management;
1 26 provided, further, that copies. Copies of all individual
1 27 audit reports of all state departments and establishments
1 28 shall be transmitted to the directors' offices after the
1 29 completion of each audit, and that copies of all local
1 30 government audits shall, until otherwise provided, be also
1 31 supplied to the directors' offices; provided, further, that
1 32 copies. Copies of such the local government audit reports
1 33 shall also be supplied to the officers of the counties,
1 34 schools, and cities, as now provided by law; and, provided
1 35 further, that summaries. Summaries of the findings,
2 1 recommendations, and comparisons, together with any other
2 2 information deemed essential, shall be printed and distributed
2 3 to members of the general assembly.
2 4 Sec. 2. Section 239B.8, subsection 7, Code 2005, is
2 5 amended by striking the subsection.
2 6 EXPLANATION
2 7 This bill addresses governmental services involving audit
2 8 reports and the family investment program administered by the
2 9 department of human services.
2 10 Code section 11.28, relating to individual audit reports
2 11 made by the auditor of state giving the results of all
2 12 examinations and audits of all departments and establishments
2 13 and all fiscal officers of the state and local governments, is
2 14 amended. A requirement to report the annual cost per year for
2 15 each inmate, member, or student is revised to require
2 16 reporting of the average cost per year for inmates, members,
2 17 clients, patients, and students served. In addition, the
2 18 sentence structure of the section is revised.
2 19 A family investment program (FIP) agreement limitation is
2 20 repealed. The provision subject to repeal limits a FIP
2 21 participant to 24 months of postsecondary education within a
2 22 period of 48 months.
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