HOUSE FILE 528

BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH/REBUILD IOWA

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 183)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to an annual review of certain disaster-related programs, plans, and systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 29C.8, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  h.  Annually review the comprehensive plan and emergency management program prepared pursuant to paragraph “a”. In cooperation with the department of human services, the administrator shall annually review the statewide system of disaster case management. By November 1 of each year, the administrator shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly regarding the annual review and any necessary recommended changes for the comprehensive plan and emergency management program and for the statewide system of disaster case management.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to an annual review of certain disaster-related programs, plans, and systems.
   Currently, the administrator of the homeland security and emergency management division of the department of public defense is required to prepare a comprehensive plan and emergency management program for homeland security, disaster preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, emergency operation, and emergency resource management of the state. Currently, the rebuild Iowa office, the department of human services, and nonprofit, voluntary, and faith-based organizations active in disaster recovery and response, in coordination with the homeland security and emergency management division establish a statewide system of disaster case management to be activated following the governor’s proclamation of a disaster emergency or the declaration of a major disaster by the president of the United States for individual assistance purposes.
   The bill requires the administrator of the homeland security and emergency management division to conduct an annual review of the comprehensive plan and emergency management program. The bill requires the administrator, in cooperation with the department of human services, to conduct an annual review of the statewide system of disaster case management. The bill includes reporting requirements.