Senate Study Bill 3161





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT BILL
                                            BY CO=CHAIRPERSON LUNDBY)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the confidentiality of certain information
  2    relating to homeless individuals and individuals receiving
  3    housing assistance.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6419SK 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 22.7, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
  1  2 by adding the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  52.  Client information contained in the
  1  4 records of the state database created as a homeless management
  1  5 information system pursuant to standards developed by the
  1  6 United States department of housing and urban development and
  1  7 utilized by the Iowa department of economic development.
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  53.  The following information contained
  1  9 in the records of any governmental body relating to any form
  1 10 of housing assistance:
  1 11    a.  An applicant's social security number.
  1 12    b.  An applicant's personal financial history.
  1 13    c.  An applicant's personal medical history or records.
  1 14    d.  An applicant's current residential address.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill adds an exemption from the open records law for
  1 17 client information in a homeless management information
  1 18 system.  The bill also provides an exemption for certain
  1 19 specific types of information contained in records relating to
  1 20 housing assistance.
  1 21 LSB 6419SK 81
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