House File 649 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY WESSEL=KROESCHELL
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to eligibility for the preparation for adult
2 living program administered by the department of human
3 services.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 2507HH 82
6 jp/gg/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 234.46, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. At the time the person became age eighteen, the one of
1 4 the following circumstances applied:
1 5 (1) The person received foster care services that were
1 6 paid for by the state under section 234.35 and the person is
1 7 no longer receiving such services.
1 8 (2) The person received foster care services that were
1 9 paid for by the state under section 234.35 during all or a
1 10 portion of the forty=eight=month period prior to the person
1 11 becoming age eighteen, the person was adopted prior to
1 12 becoming age eighteen, and adoption subsidy payments are no
1 13 longer being made under section 600.17 on behalf of the
1 14 person.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill relates to eligibility for the preparation for
1 17 adult living program administered by the department of human
1 18 services. The program provides support to young adults, age
1 19 18, 19, or 20 who were in foster care upon becoming age 18.
1 20 The support is limited to young adults who are attending
1 21 school or instructional programs, or postsecondary training or
1 22 education, or are engaged in employment or seeking employment.
1 23 The bill expands program eligibility to include persons who
1 24 received foster care paid for by the state at some point
1 25 during the 48=month period before becoming age 18 but were
1 26 adopted. The person is not eligible for the program if
1 27 adoption subsidy payments are still being made on behalf of
1 28 the person.
1 29 LSB 2507HH 82
1 30 jp:nh/gg/14