House Study Bill 632 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 revising family investment program requirements for 2 limited benefit plans. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5371DP 82 5 jp/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 239B.9, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (2) A limited benefit plan subsequent to a first limited 1 4 benefit plan chosen by the same individual participant shall 1 5 provide for asix=monthspecified period of ineligibility of 1 6 six months or less beginning with the effective date of the 1 7 limited benefit plan and continuing indefinitely following the 1 8six=monthspecified period until the individual participant 1 9 completes significant contact with or action in regard to the 1 10 JOBS program. The department shall adopt rules defining the 1 11 circumstances for which a particular period of ineligibility 1 12 will be specified. 1 13 Sec. 2. Section 239B.9, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 1 14 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 15 b. A participant who chooses a subsequent limited benefit 1 16 plan may reconsider that choice at any time following the 1 17requiredperiod of ineligibility specified in accordance with 1 18 subsection 1. 1 19 EXPLANATION 1 20 This bill revises the family investment program (FIP) and 1 21 promoting independence and self=sufficiency through employment 1 22 job opportunities and basic skills (PROMISE JOBS) program 1 23 requirements for limited benefit plans. The PROMISE JOBS 1 24 program is the work and training component of FIP. 1 25 Under current law, Code section 239B.9 outlines the 1 26 requirements for a limited benefit plan that is applied if a 1 27 FIP participant chooses not to sign a family investment 1 28 agreement or fulfill the terms of the agreement. A limited 1 29 benefit plan is defined to mean a period of time in which a 1 30 FIP participant or a member of a participant family is either 1 31 eligible for reduced cash assistance only or ineligible for 1 32 any assistance under FIP. Current law provides that a first 1 33 limited benefit plan continues indefinitely until the 1 34 participant completes significant contact with or action 1 35 regarding the PROMISE JOBS program. Current law also provides 2 1 that a subsequent limited benefit plan applies for at least 2 2 six months and then continues until the participant completes 2 3 significant contact with or action regarding the PROMISE JOBS 2 4 program. 2 5 The bill removes the minimum six=month ineligibility period 2 6 currently required for subsequent limited benefit plans. 2 7 Instead, the bill provides the ineligibility period applies 2 8 for six months or less as specified according to circumstances 2 9 to be outlined in administrative rules adopted by the 2 10 department. 2 11 LSB 5371DP 82 2 12 jp/nh/5