HOUSE FILE 2009

BY  ISENHART

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to reimbursement of expenses under the disaster aid individual assistance grant fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 29C.20A, subsection 2, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The grant funds shall be administered by the department of human services. The department shall adopt rules to create the Iowa disaster aid individual assistance grant program. The rules shall specify the eligibility of applicants and eligible items for grant funding. The executive council shall use grant funds to reimburse the department of human services for its actual expenses associated with the administration of the grants
 
and for local administrative costs.

Reimbursement of local administrative costs shall be limited to actual expenses for local administration and disbursement of grants and for individual disaster case management in cases where the local administrator designated by the county board of supervisors elects to provide advance distribution of aid to individuals rather than reimbursement to such individuals. The amounts of reimbursement for the expenses of individual case management with the local administrator election and for local administration and disbursement expenses shall each be limited to not more than five percent of the total amount of the grant.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to reimbursement of expenses under the disaster aid individual assistance grant fund.
   Under Code section 29C.20A, the executive council is required to reimburse the department of human services for the department’s actual expenses associated with administration of the individual grants. The bill includes local administrative costs in the requirement. The local administrative costs are limited to actual expenses for local administration and disbursement of grants and for individual disaster case management in cases where the local administrator designated by the county board of supervisors elects to provide advance distribution of aid to individuals rather than reimbursement to those individuals. The amounts of reimbursement for the expenses of individual case management with the local administrator election and for local administration and disbursement expenses are each limited to not more than 5 percent of the total amount of the grant.