House File 152 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 152 BY GRASSLEY , HEATON , COWNIE , ARNOLD , BALTIMORE , KAUFMANN , WINDSCHITL , BAUDLER , PETTENGILL , RAYHONS , ALONS , HUSEMAN , LOFGREN , HAGENOW , CHAMBERS , SCHULTE , HAGER , SCHULTZ , JORGENSEN , MOORE , S. OLSON , PAUSTIAN , KLEIN , BYRNES , VANDER LINDEN , MASSIE , PEARSON , HANUSA , SHAW , J. TAYLOR , LUKAN , DOLECHECK , SANDS , DEYOE , DE BOEF , HEIN , and HELLAND A BILL FOR An Act relating to the accessibility of welfare moneys 1 by welfare program recipients at certain gambling 2 establishments through electronic benefits transfer 3 programs. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1068YH (6) 84 aw/rj

H.F. 152 Section 1. Section 217.24, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 217.24 Payment by electronic funds transfer. 3 The department of human services shall continue expanding 4 the practice of making payments to program participants and 5 vendors by means of electronic funds transfer. The department 6 shall seek the capacity for making payment by such means for 7 all programs administered by the department. 8 The department shall prohibit program participants from 9 accessing state-provided cash benefits from any automated 10 teller machine or point-of-sale terminal located at any of the 11 following locations: 12 1. Gambling boats. 13 2. Gambling structures. 14 3. Bingo halls. 15 Sec. 2. Section 234.6, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 16 following new subsection: 17 NEW SUBSECTION . 9A. Recommend rules for their adoption by 18 the council on human services to ensure that welfare program 19 recipients acknowledge that the intent of the program is to 20 meet the basic subsistence needs of the recipient or the 21 recipient’s family. 22 Sec. 3. Section 234.12A, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 1. The department of human services shall maintain an 25 electronic benefits transfer program utilizing electronic funds 26 transfer systems for the food assistance program. This program 27 shall be administered in accordance with the requirements 28 of section 217.24 and section 234.6, subsection 9A. The 29 electronic benefits transfer program implemented under this 30 section shall not require a retailer to make cash disbursements 31 or to provide, purchase, or upgrade electronic funds transfer 32 system equipment as a condition of participation in the 33 program. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 1068YH (6) 84 aw/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 152 This bill requires the department of human services to 1 ensure that all welfare program recipients acknowledge that the 2 welfare funds received are meant for basic subsistence. 3 The bill requires the department of human services to 4 prohibit electronic benefits transfer recipients from 5 accessing program funds through automated teller machines 6 and point-of-sale terminals at certain types of gambling 7 establishments. 8 -2- LSB 1068YH (6) 84 aw/rj 2/ 2