House Study Bill 573 



                                       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 making a supplemental appropriation of federal temporary
  2    assistance to needy families block grant funding to the
  3    department of human services for certain child care costs and
  4    providing an effective date.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 218, section 7, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  For child care costs of working
  1  4 families receiving family investment program assistance, in
  1  5 addition to the amount appropriated for state child care
  1  6 assistance in subsection 7:
  1  7 .................................................. $  6,500,000
  1  8    To the extent assistance under the family investment
  1  9 program would not be reduced by such utilization, the
  1 10 department may utilize a portion of the appropriation made in
  1 11 subsection 1 for the child care costs of working families
  1 12 receiving family investment program assistance.  The amount
  1 13 appropriated in this subsection is reduced by an amount equal
  1 14 to the portion of the appropriation made in subsection 1
  1 15 utilized for such child care costs.  The department shall
  1 16 report by the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007,
  1 17 to the department of management and legislative services
  1 18 agency concerning the utilization of the appropriation made in
  1 19 subsection 1 for such child care costs.
  1 20    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 21 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill makes a FY 2007=2008 supplemental appropriation
  1 24 of federal temporary assistance to needy families block grant
  1 25 funding to the department of human services to be used for the
  1 26 child care costs of working families receiving assistance
  1 27 under the family investment program (FIP).
  1 28    The supplemental appropriation authorizes the department to
  1 29 utilize a portion of the appropriation made for purposes of
  1 30 providing FIP assistance in 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 218,
  1 31 section 7, subsection 1, for the child care costs of working
  1 32 families receiving FIP assistance, to the extent the
  1 33 assistance would not be reduced by such utilization.  The
  1 34 supplemental appropriation made in the bill is reduced by an
  1 35 amount equal to the portion of subsection 1 that is utilized
  2  1 to provide such child care assistance.  The department of
  2  2 human services is required to report to the department of
  2  3 management and the legislative services agency concerning such
  2  4 utilization.
  2  5    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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