Senate File 371 - Introduced SENATE FILE 371 BY ROZENBOOM A BILL FOR An Act relating to the distribution formula used for the 1 juvenile detention home fund. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2596XS (3) 87 hb/rh
S.F. 371 Section 1. Section 232.142, subsection 6, Code 2017, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 6. A juvenile detention home fund is created in the state 3 treasury under the authority of the department. The fund shall 4 consist of moneys deposited in the fund pursuant to sections 5 321.218A and 321A.32A . The moneys in the fund shall be used 6 for the costs of the establishment, improvement, operation, and 7 maintenance of county or multicounty juvenile detention homes 8 in accordance with annual appropriations made by the general 9 assembly from the fund for these purposes. The distribution 10 formula for the moneys in the fund shall be based upon a 11 juvenile detention home’s proportionate share of the statewide 12 bed days utilized during the formula period by all juvenile 13 detention homes eligible to receive moneys from the fund. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill relates to the distribution formula used for the 18 juvenile detention home fund created in Code section 232.142. 19 County and multicounty juvenile detention homes are subject to 20 approval by the department of human services in accordance with 21 rules and standards adopted by the department. Inspections are 22 performed by the department of inspections and appeals. 23 The fund receives civil penalties collected under Code 24 sections 321.218A and 321A.32A, when the department of 25 transportation suspends, revokes, or bars a person’s driver’s 26 license or nonresident operating privilege for a conviction 27 under Code chapter 321, relating to motor vehicle law, or 28 Code chapter 321A, relating to motor vehicle financial 29 responsibility. 30 Current law provides for distribution of the moneys in 31 the fund in accordance with appropriations. For fiscal year 32 2016-2017, under 2015 Iowa Acts, chapter 137, section 140, 33 moneys in the fund are allocated among eligible detention 34 homes, prorated on the basis of an eligible detention home’s 35 -1- LSB 2596XS (3) 87 hb/rh 1/ 2
S.F. 371 proportion of the costs of all eligible detention homes in the 1 previous fiscal year, as determined by the department of human 2 services based on the amount available to distribute. The bill 3 requires the distribution formula for the moneys in the fund to 4 be based upon a juvenile detention home’s proportionate share 5 of the statewide bed days utilized during the formula period by 6 all juvenile detention homes eligible to receive moneys from 7 the fund. 8 -2- LSB 2596XS (3) 87 hb/rh 2/ 2