Senate Study Bill 3135 



                                       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

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  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 a six=month specified 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  8 six=month specified 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 17 required period 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