Senate File 210 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate,  Date               Passed House, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a program for providing home visits for all
  2    families in the state with a newborn child.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2081XS 82
  5 jp/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  28.11  FAMILIES WITH A NEWBORN
  1  2 CHILD == HOME VISITS.
  1  3    1.  a.  The Iowa empowerment board shall implement a
  1  4 program with the goal of making available a home visit for
  1  5 each household in the state with a family that has a newborn
  1  6 child.  The components of the home visit shall include but are
  1  7 not limited to assessing the child's home environment,
  1  8 educating the families concerning newborn children, and
  1  9 assisting families in accessing appropriate services.
  1 10    b.  The Iowa board shall coordinate with existing programs
  1 11 that provide a visit to families with a newborn child as
  1 12 necessary to make the best use of resources while expanding
  1 13 the availability of home visits.
  1 14    2.  The home visit program implemented under this section
  1 15 shall be administered at the local level through the local
  1 16 board of health as defined in section 137.2.  The following
  1 17 requirements shall apply to local programs receiving funding
  1 18 under the program:
  1 19    a.  Home visits shall be made by qualified and trained
  1 20 staff.
  1 21    b.  The program staff shall demonstrate a capacity to
  1 22 competently complete home visits and facilitate referrals to
  1 23 and interventions by other resources available in the
  1 24 community, based upon needs identified during a home visit.
  1 25    c.  The local program must have an acceptable plan for
  1 26 implementing a cooperative arrangement with local hospitals
  1 27 and birthing centers for the hospitals and centers to provide
  1 28 referral information for contacting families with a newborn
  1 29 child.
  1 30    d.  The local program must have the capacity to bill third=
  1 31 party payors as appropriate and to leverage additional
  1 32 resources, such as local cash or in=kind matching
  1 33 contributions to sustain and enhance the local program.
  1 34    e.  The local program must apply performance measures
  1 35 identified by the Iowa board and the local program
  2  1 administrator and shall report outcome information on a
  2  2 regular basis identified by the Iowa board.
  2  3    3.  The Iowa board shall implement the provisions of this
  2  4 section subject to the funding provided for purposes of this
  2  5 section.
  2  6                           EXPLANATION
  2  7    This bill establishes a program for providing home visits
  2  8 for all families in the state with a newborn child.
  2  9    New Code section 28.11 directs the Iowa empowerment board
  2 10 to implement the program with the goal of making available a
  2 11 home visit for each household in the state with a family that
  2 12 has a newborn child.  The board is required to coordinate this
  2 13 program with existing programs providing home visits to
  2 14 families with a newborn child.
  2 15    The program at the local level is required to use the local
  2 16 board of health as administrator.  The bill includes
  2 17 requirements for the local program.  The Iowa empowerment
  2 18 board's implementation of the program is subject to the
  2 19 funding provided for purposes of the program.
  2 20 LSB 2081XS 82
  2 21 jp:nh/je/5