House File 2465

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
                                           RESOURCES

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 487)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing requirements for persons contracting with the
  2    state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 HF 2465
  5 jp/es/25

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  73.3A  CONTRACT EMPLOYEE
  1  2 SERVICES.
  1  3    A person who contracts with a commission, board, committee,
  1  4 officer, or other governing body of the state to provide
  1  5 administrative, labor, or other services that would otherwise
  1  6 be provided by state employees shall, as a condition of
  1  7 receiving the contract, report all payments received under the
  1  8 contract to the department of management.  The department of
  1  9 management shall annually prepare an analysis of the reports
  1 10 and provide the analysis to the general assembly.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  217.14  CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS.
  1 12    1.  A person contracting with the department of human
  1 13 services to provide services shall be subject to all of the
  1 14 requirements of this section.
  1 15    2.  In addition to the requirements of section 68B.7, a
  1 16 person who has been employed by the department, for a period
  1 17 of two years after the termination of the employment, shall
  1 18 not contract with the department to provide services.
  1 19 However, the prohibition under this subsection is not
  1 20 applicable under any of the following circumstances:
  1 21    a.  The person is a subcontractor or is an employee of
  1 22 another state department or an institution under the control
  1 23 of the state board of regents.
  1 24    b.  If there is no longer a person with expertise in a
  1 25 particular area employed by the department, the department may
  1 26 contract for a limited period of time to secure the expertise.
  1 27    c.  The department has demonstrated a good faith effort to
  1 28 fill a position that is critical to the health and safety of
  1 29 departmental clients from a pool of applicants that does not
  1 30 include former departmental employees, but was unsuccessful in
  1 31 locating qualified candidates from the pool.
  1 32    d.  The person terminated employment with the department
  1 33 due to a layoff or reduction in force.
  1 34    e.  The person terminated employment with the department
  1 35 within twelve months of obtaining an advanced degree from an
  2  1 accredited college or university and the degree qualified the
  2  2 person to provide services that the person was not previously
  2  3 qualified to provide.
  2  4    3.  A contractor shall have adequate liability insurance
  2  5 for the services being performed.
  2  6    4.  A contractor shall be subject to evaluation
  2  7 requirements, with preference given to evaluation performed by
  2  8 an independent evaluator.
  2  9 HF 2465
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