House File 123 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK, HUSER, DRAKE,
                                           RAYHONS, HEATON, and
                                           HORBACH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to county juvenile detention homes by increasing
  2    the financial aid provided by the state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1557YH 83
  5 jp/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 232.142, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    3.  A county or multicounty juvenile detention home
  1  4 approved pursuant to this section shall receive financial aid
  1  5 from the state in a manner approved by the director.  Aid paid
  1  6 by the state shall be at least ten thirty percent and not more
  1  7 than fifty percent of the total cost of the establishment,
  1  8 improvements, operation, and maintenance of the home.
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill relates to county juvenile detention homes by
  1 11 increasing the financial aid provided by the state.  Under
  1 12 current law in Code section 232.142, a county or multicounty
  1 13 juvenile detention home is subject to annual approval by the
  1 14 director of human services to be in compliance with the rules
  1 15 and standards adopted by the department of human services and
  1 16 inspection by the department of inspections and appeals.  If
  1 17 those two requirements are met, the detention home is eligible
  1 18 for financial aid from the state of 10 to 50 percent of the
  1 19 cost of the detention home.  The bill increases the minimum
  1 20 amount to 30 percent of the cost.
  1 21 LSB 1557YH 83
  1 22 jp/nh/5