House File 2393 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                           RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 589)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring a minority impact statement as part of an
  2    application for a grant from the department of public health,
  3    human services, or human rights and providing effective and
  4    applicability dates.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5056HV 82
  7 ak/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  8.11  GRANT APPLICATIONS ==
  1  2 MINORITY IMPACT STATEMENTS.
  1  3    1.  Each application for a grant from the department of
  1  4 public health, the department of human services, or the
  1  5 department of human rights shall include a minority impact
  1  6 statement that contains the following information:
  1  7    a.  Any disproportionate or unique impact of proposed
  1  8 policies or programs on minority persons in this state.
  1  9    b.  A rationale for the existence of programs or policies
  1 10 having an impact on minority persons in this state.
  1 11    c.  Evidence of consultation of representatives of minority
  1 12 persons in cases where a policy or program has an identifiable
  1 13 impact on minority persons in this state.
  1 14    2.  For the purposes of this section, the following
  1 15 definitions shall apply:
  1 16    a.  "Disability" means the same as provided in section
  1 17 15.102, subsection 5, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1).
  1 18    b.  "Minority persons" includes individuals who are women,
  1 19 persons with a disability, Blacks, Latinos, Asians or Pacific
  1 20 Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan Native Americans.
  1 21    3.  The office of grants enterprise management shall create
  1 22 and distribute the minority impact statement form to the
  1 23 departments and ensure its inclusion with applications for
  1 24 grants.
  1 25    4.  The directives of this section shall be carried out to
  1 26 the extent consistent with federal law.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES.  This Act takes
  1 28 effect July 1, 2008, and shall apply to grants for which
  1 29 applications are due beginning January 1, 2009.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill requires that all applications for grants from
  1 32 the departments of public health, human services, and human
  1 33 rights include a minority impact statement to be submitted by
  1 34 grant applicants.  The minority impact statement shall include
  1 35 three types of information:  any disproportionate or unique
  2  1 impact of the proposed policies or programs on the state's
  2  2 minority persons; a rationale for the existence of the
  2  3 programs or policies if they have an impact on minority
  2  4 persons; and evidence that the applicant has consulted with
  2  5 representatives of minority persons if there is such an impact
  2  6 on minority persons.
  2  7    For the purposes of the bill, "minority persons" are
  2  8 identified as women, persons with disabilities, Blacks,
  2  9 Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and
  2 10 Alaskan Native Americans.  "Disability" means a physical or
  2 11 mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the
  2 12 major life activities of the individual, a record of physical
  2 13 or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of
  2 14 the major life activities of the individual, or being regarded
  2 15 as an individual with a physical or mental impairment that
  2 16 substantially limits one or more of the major life activities
  2 17 of the individual.
  2 18    The office of grants enterprise management is given the
  2 19 authority to create and distribute a minority impact statement
  2 20 form that the departments will use in the grant applications.
  2 21 The directives of the bill are to be carried out to the extent
  2 22 that they do not interfere with federal law.
  2 23    The bill states that use of the minority impact statement
  2 24 shall become applicable for grant applications that are due
  2 25 beginning August 1, 2008.
  2 26 LSB 5056HV 82
  2 27 ak/nh/8