SF 223 (LSB 2583XS (3) 91)

SENATE FILE 223

BY  TRONE GARRIOTT, BENNETT, STAED, BLAKE, PETERSEN, DONAHUE, TOWNSEND, KNOX, DOTZLER, WEINER, WINCKLER, WAHLS, BISIGNANO, and QUIRMBACH

A BILL FOR

An Act appropriating moneys to the department of health and human services for refugee resettlement assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  APPROPRIATION —— REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE.
   1.  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 be used for the purposes designated:
   For distribution to nonprofit resettlement agencies participating in the reception and placement assistance program under a cooperative agreement with the United States department of state for expenses incurred to provide resettlement assistance to refugees in Iowa.
   ...................................................................... $  2,500,000

   2.  The department of health and human services shall distribute the appropriated moneys proportionally to each nonprofit resettlement agency based on the number of refugees each nonprofit resettlement agency sponsors under the nonprofit resettlement agency’s cooperative agreement with the United States department of state.
   3.  The department of health and human services shall distribute the appropriated moneys no later than seven calendar days after the effective date of this Act.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY 2024-2025 from the general fund of the state to the department of health and human services (HHS) to distribute to nonprofit resettlement agencies (agency) participating in the reception and placement assistance program under the United States department of state to provide resettlement assistance to refugees in Iowa. HHS shall distribute the moneys proportionally to each agency based on the number of refugees the agency sponsors under the cooperative agreement. The bill takes effect upon enactment, and HHS shall distribute the moneys no later than seven calendar days after enactment.