HF 2414 (LSB 6062YH (4) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2414

BY  CAHILL, BAETH, WILBURN, JAMES, MATSON, FORBES, CROKEN, BAGNIEWSKI, STAED, AMOS JR., MADISON, BROWN-POWERS, BUCK, KRESSIG, JACOBY, STECKMAN, and EHLERT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the support of police and community response teams, and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  SUPPORT FOR POLICE AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS —— APPROPRIATION.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to support police and community response teams as provided in this section:
   ...................................................................... $    500,000

   1.  The department of health and human services shall distribute the funds appropriated under this section through grants awarded to qualified applicants on a competitive basis. The department shall establish application procedures, requirements, priorities, and minimum and maximum grant award amounts. Qualified applicants shall be nonprofit organizations providing a mobile crisis intervention program that is a collaboration between the local police department and trained human services providers who respond to nonemergent, noncriminal police calls involving mental illness, family conflict, substance use disorder, or behavioral situations.
   2.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this section that remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the support of police and community response teams.
   The bill appropriates $500,000 from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) for fiscal year 2024-2025 to support police and community response teams. The bill directs HHS to distribute the funds through grants awarded to qualified applicants on a competitive basis; and to establish application procedures, requirements, priorities, and minimum and maximum grant award amounts. Qualified applicants shall be nonprofit organizations providing a mobile crisis intervention program that is a collaboration between the local police department and trained human services providers who respond to nonemergent, noncriminal police calls involving mental illness, family conflict, substance use disorder, or behavioral situations. Moneys appropriated that remain unexpended or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.