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