HF 2315 (LSB 5335YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2315

BY  JENEARY

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 232.142, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  (1)  Moneys deposited in the juvenile detention home fund during a fiscal year are appropriated to the department for the same fiscal year for distribution of an amount equal to a percentage of the costs of the establishment, improvement, operation, and maintenance of county or multicounty juvenile detention homes in the prior immediately preceding fiscal year. Such percentage shall be determined by the department based on the amount available for distribution from the fund.
   (2)  Moneys appropriated for distribution in accordance with this subsection shall be allocated among eligible detention homes, as follows: 
   (a)  One hundred fifty thousand dollars shall be distributed to each eligible county or multicounty juvenile detention home.
   (b)  Appropriated moneys remaining after the distribution in subparagraph division (a) shall be prorated and distributed on the basis of an eligible county or multicounty juvenile detention home’s proportion of the costs of all eligible county or multicounty juvenile detention homes in the prior immediately preceding fiscal year.
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 allocations of moneys from the juvenile detention home fund (fund).
   The fund is in the state treasury under the authority of the department of health and human services for the purposes of establishing, improving, operating, and maintaining juvenile detention homes (homes). Under current law, moneys in the fund are distributed to a home based on the home’s proportion of the costs of all homes in the immediately preceding fiscal year. The bill instead requires $150,000 to be distributed to each home. Moneys in the fund remaining after the initial $150,000 distribution to each home are distributed based on each home’s proportion of the total costs of all homes for the immediately preceding fiscal year.