Senate Study Bill 1207 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the administration of the Iowa finance 1 authority and making appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2770XC (4) 84 tw/tm
S.F. _____ Section 1. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY. 1 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 2 to the Iowa finance authority for the fiscal year beginning 3 July 1, 2011, and ending June 30, 2012, the following amount, 4 or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used to provide 5 reimbursement for rent expenses to eligible persons under the 6 rent subsidy program: 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 658,000 8 2. Participation in the rent subsidy program shall be 9 limited to only those persons who meet the requirements for the 10 nursing facility level of care for home and community-based 11 services waiver services as in effect on July 1, 2011, and 12 to those individuals who are eligible for the federal money 13 follows the person grant program under the medical assistance 14 program. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, not more 15 than $35,000 may be used for administrative costs. 16 Sec. 2. IOWA FINANCE AUTHORITY AUDIT. The auditor of state 17 is requested to review the audit of the Iowa finance authority 18 performed by the auditor hired by the authority. 19 Sec. 3. Section 16.41, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 20 to read as follows: 21 1. A shelter assistance fund is created as a revolving 22 fund in the state treasury under the control of the authority 23 consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly 24 and received under section 428A.8 for purposes of the 25 rehabilitation, expansion, or costs of operations of group 26 home shelters for the homeless and domestic violence shelters , 27 evaluation of services for the homeless, and match moneys for 28 federal funds for the homeless management information system. 29 Each fiscal year, moneys in the fund, in an amount equal to not 30 more than two percent of the total moneys distributed as grants 31 from the fund during the fiscal year, may be used for purposes 32 of administering the fund . 33 EXPLANATION 34 This bill appropriates $658,000 to the Iowa finance 35 -1- LSB 2770XC (4) 84 tw/tm 1/ 2
S.F. _____ authority for purposes of providing reimbursement for rent 1 expenses under the rent subsidy program. 2 The bill requests the auditor of state to review the audit 3 of the Iowa finance authority performed by the auditor hired 4 by the authority. 5 The bill allows the Iowa finance authority to use up to 2 6 percent of the moneys distributed from the shelter assistance 7 fund each fiscal year for purposes of administering the fund. 8 -2- LSB 2770XC (4) 84 tw/tm 2/ 2