Senate File 2180 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2180 BY DANIELSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to the Iowa disaster aid individual assistance 1 grant program administered by the department of human 2 services. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5849XS (2) 84 jp/sc

S.F. 2180 Section 1. Section 29C.20A, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 2. The grant funds shall be administered by the department 3 of human services. The department shall adopt rules to create 4 the Iowa disaster aid individual assistance grant program. The 5 rules shall specify the eligibility of applicants and eligible 6 items for grant funding. The executive council shall use 7 grant funds to reimburse the department of human services for 8 its actual expenses associated with the administration of the 9 grants. The department of human services may implement an 10 ongoing contract with a provider or providers of a statewide 11 program with local offices throughout the state to serve as the 12 local administrative entity for the grant program so that the 13 program can be implemented with minimal delay when a disaster 14 occurs in a local area. The rules adopted by the department 15 of human services for the program shall include but are not 16 limited to all of the following: 17 a. If a local administrative entity is under contract with 18 the state to provide other services or is implementing a state 19 or federal program and the contract contains a sufficient 20 surety bond or other adequate financial responsibility 21 provision, the department shall accept the existing surety 22 bond or financial responsibility provision in lieu of applying 23 a new or additional surety bond or financial responsibility 24 requirement. 25 b. If the president of the United States has declared a 26 major disaster to exist in this state and federal aid is made 27 available to provide assistance grants to individuals similar 28 to that provided by the Iowa disaster aid individual assistance 29 grant program, the Iowa program shall be continued in a manner 30 that complements and augments the federal aid provisions. 31 c. Authorization for the local administrative entity to draw 32 grant funding to pay valid claims on at least a weekly basis. 33 d. If the local administrative entity operates another 34 program and, in accordance with the federal office of 35 -1- LSB 5849XS (2) 84 jp/sc 1/ 2

S.F. 2180 management and budget cost principles for nonprofit 1 organizations, receives a federally approved indirect cost 2 rate or has a state-recognized cost plan, the administrative 3 entity’s administrative costs for the grant program shall 4 be paid in accordance with the cost rate provisions or cost 5 plan, as applicable. Otherwise, the administrative entity’s 6 administrative costs shall be limited to ten percent of the 7 amount of the grant funds administered by the entity. 8 e. The grant program shall be administered in a manner 9 that is integrated with the disaster case management system 10 implemented pursuant to section 29C.20B. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill relates to the Iowa disaster aid individual 13 assistance grant program administered by the department of 14 human services. 15 The department is authorized by the bill to implement an 16 ongoing contract with a provider or providers of a statewide 17 program with local offices throughout the state to serve as the 18 local administrative entity for the grant program so that the 19 program can be implemented with minimal delay when a disaster 20 occurs in a local area. 21 The rules adopted by the department of human services 22 are required by the bill to include the following: require 23 acceptance of an administrative entity’s existing surety 24 bond or other financial responsibility provisions from 25 another contract with the state; provide for adaptation 26 and continuation of the state grant program if federal aid 27 provisions are implemented; provide for the administrative 28 entity to draw grant funding on at least a weekly basis; 29 provide certain methods for calculating the administrative 30 entity’s administrative costs; and require the grant program 31 to be integrated with the disaster case management program 32 administered by the homeland security and emergency management 33 division under Code section 29C.20B. 34 -2- LSB 5849XS (2) 84 jp/sc 2/ 2