House Study Bill 621 



                                       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 expanding eligibility for the preparation for adult living
  2    program administered by the department of human services.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5374DP 82
  5 jp/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 234.46, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  For the purposes of this section, "young adult" means a
  1  4 person who is described by all of the following conditions:
  1  5    a.  The person is a resident of this state.
  1  6    b.  The person is age eighteen, nineteen, or twenty.
  1  7    c.  The person is described by one or more of the following
  1  8 circumstances:
  1  9    (1)  At the time the person became age eighteen, the person
  1 10 received foster care services that were paid for by the state
  1 11 under section 234.35 and the person is no longer receiving
  1 12 such services.
  1 13    (2)  At age sixteen or older, the person was adopted and at
  1 14 the time of adoption the person was receiving foster care
  1 15 services that were paid for by the state under section 234.35.
  1 16    (3)  At age sixteen or older, the court transferred custody
  1 17 and guardianship of the person to a guardianship that the
  1 18 department of human services agreed to support under the
  1 19 subsidized guardianship program in accordance with the rules
  1 20 adopted for the program, and the person remained in the
  1 21 guardianship until the time the person became age eighteen.
  1 22    d.  The person enters into and participates in an
  1 23 individual self=sufficiency plan that complements the person's
  1 24 own efforts for achieving self=sufficiency and the plan
  1 25 provides for one or more of the following:
  1 26    (1)  The person attends an accredited school full=time
  1 27 pursuing a course of study leading to a high school diploma.
  1 28    (2)  The person attends an instructional program leading to
  1 29 a high school equivalency diploma.
  1 30    (3)  The person is enrolled in or pursuing enrollment in a
  1 31 postsecondary education or training program or work training.
  1 32    (4)  The person is employed or seeking employment.
  1 33                           EXPLANATION
  1 34    This bill expands eligibility for the preparation for adult
  1 35 living program administered by the department of human
  2  1 services for certain young adults who received foster care
  2  2 services as a child.
  2  3    Current law in Code section 234.46 restricts program
  2  4 eligibility to persons who at the time of becoming age 18 were
  2  5 receiving foster care services paid for by the state and who
  2  6 are no longer receiving such services.
  2  7    The bill provides two additional eligibility conditions as
  2  8 alternatives to the single condition in current law.  One is
  2  9 for persons who were adopted at age 16 or older and were
  2 10 receiving foster care services paid for by the state at the
  2 11 time of adoption.  The other is for persons who at age 16 or
  2 12 older the court transferred custody and guardianship of the
  2 13 person to a guardianship that the department agreed to support
  2 14 through the department's subsidized guardianship program and
  2 15 the person remained in that guardianship until age 18.
  2 16 LSB 5374DP 82
  2 17 jp/nh/5