House File 562 - Reprinted
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 383)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the council on human services and the state
2 child care advisory council.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 HF 562
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1 1 Section 1. Section 217.2, Code 2009, is amended to read as
1 2 follows:
1 3 217.2 COUNCIL ON HUMAN SERVICES.
1 4 1. a. There is created within the department of human
1 5 services a council on human services which shall act in a
1 6 policy=making policymaking and advisory capacity on matters
1 7 within the jurisdiction of the department. The council shall
1 8 consist of seven voting members appointed by the governor
1 9 subject to confirmation by the senate. Appointments shall be
1 10 made on the basis of interest in public affairs, good
1 11 judgment, and knowledge and ability in the field of human
1 12 services. Appointments shall be made to provide a diversity
1 13 of interest and point of view in the membership and without
1 14 regard to religious opinions or affiliations. Members The
1 15 voting members of the council shall serve for six=year
1 16 staggered terms.
1 17 b. Each term of a voting member shall commence and end as
1 18 provided by section 69.19.
1 19 c. All voting members of the council shall be electors of
1 20 the state of Iowa. No more than four members shall belong to
1 21 the same political party and no more than two members shall,
1 22 at the time of appointment, reside in the same congressional
1 23 district. At least one member of the council shall be a
1 24 member of a county board of supervisors at the time of
1 25 appointment to the council. At least one of the members shall
1 26 also be a member of the state child care advisory council
1 27 selected from nominees submitted by the advisory council.
1 28 Vacancies occurring during a term of office shall be filled in
1 29 the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of
1 30 the unexpired term subject to confirmation by the senate.
1 31 2. In addition to the voting members described in
1 32 subsection 1, the membership of the council shall include four
1 33 legislators as ex officio, nonvoting members. The four
1 34 legislators shall be appointed one each by the majority leader
1 35 of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker
2 1 of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of
2 2 the house of representatives for terms as provided in section
2 3 69.16B.
2 4 Sec. 2. Section 237A.21, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2009,
2 5 are amended to read as follows:
2 6 1. a. A state child care advisory council is established
2 7 consisting of not more than thirty=five voting members from
2 8 urban and rural areas across the state. The membership shall
2 9 include, but is not limited to, all of the following persons
2 10 or representatives with an interest in child care: a licensed
2 11 center provider, a registered child development home provider
2 12 from a county with a population of less than twenty=two
2 13 thousand, an unregistered a family, friend, and neighbor child
2 14 care home provider, a parent of a child in child care, staff
2 15 members of appropriate governmental agencies, and other
2 16 members as deemed necessary by the director governor. The
2 17 voting members are eligible for reimbursement of their actual
2 18 and necessary expenses while engaged in performance of their
2 19 official duties.
2 20 b. For the purposes of this subsection, "family, friend,
2 21 and neighbor child care" means child care, usually provided
2 22 without cost and on a voluntary basis, by a family member, a
2 23 friend, or a neighbor whose reason for providing that care is
2 24 a strong existing personal relationship with a parent,
2 25 guardian, or custodian and the parent's, guardian's, or
2 26 custodian's child or children.
2 27 2. Members Except as otherwise provided, the voting
2 28 members shall be appointed by the director governor from a
2 29 list of names submitted by a nominating committee to consist
2 30 of one member of the state council established pursuant to
2 31 this section, one member of the department's child care staff,
2 32 three consumers of child care, and one member of a
2 33 professional child care organization. Two names shall be
2 34 submitted for each appointment. Members The voting members
2 35 shall be appointed for terms of three years but no member
3 1 shall be appointed to more than two consecutive terms. The
3 2 state council shall develop its own operational policies which
3 3 are subject to departmental approval.
3 4 Sec. 3. Section 237A.21, subsection 3, unnumbered
3 5 paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
3 6 The voting membership of the council shall be appointed in
3 7 a manner so as to provide equitable representation of persons
3 8 with an interest in child care and shall include all of the
3 9 following:
3 10 Sec. 4. Section 237A.21, subsection 3, paragraph m, Code
3 11 2009, is amended by striking the paragraph.
3 12 Sec. 5. Section 237A.21, subsection 3, Code 2009, is
3 13 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
3 14 NEW PARAGRAPH. n. One person who is a business owner or
3 15 executive officer. Notwithstanding subsection 2, the nominees
3 16 under this paragraph shall be submitted by the Iowa chamber of
3 17 commerce executives.
3 18 NEW PARAGRAPH. o. One designee of the community
3 19 empowerment office of the department of management.
3 20 NEW PARAGRAPH. p. One person who is a member of the Iowa
3 21 afterschool alliance.
3 22 NEW PARAGRAPH. q. One person who is part of a local
3 23 program implementing the statewide preschool program for
3 24 four=year=old children under chapter 256C.
3 25 NEW PARAGRAPH. r. One person who represents the early
3 26 childhood Iowa council created in section 135.173.
3 27 Sec. 6. Section 237A.21, Code 2009, is amended by adding
3 28 the following new subsection:
3 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. In addition to the voting members, the
3 30 membership shall include four legislators as ex officio,
3 31 nonvoting members. The four legislators shall be appointed
3 32 one each by the majority leader of the senate, the minority
3 33 leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of
3 34 representatives, and the minority leader of the house of
3 35 representatives for terms as provided in section 69.16B.
4 1 Sec. 7. Section 237A.22, Code 2009, is amended to read as
4 2 follows:
4 3 237A.22 DUTIES OF STATE CHILD CARE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND
4 4 DEPARTMENT.
4 5 1. The state child care advisory council shall advise and
4 6 make recommendations to the department, governor, and general
4 7 assembly concerning child care. In fulfilling this
4 8 responsibility the advisory council shall do all of the
4 9 following:
4 10 1. a. Consult with the department and make
4 11 recommendations to the department concerning policy issues
4 12 relating to child care.
4 13 2. b. Advise the department concerning services relating
4 14 to child care, including but not limited to any of the
4 15 following:
4 16 a. (1) Resource and referral services.
4 17 b. (2) Provider training.
4 18 c. (3) Quality improvement.
4 19 d. (4) Public=private partnerships.
4 20 e. (5) Standards review and development.
4 21 (6) The federal child care and development block grant,
4 22 state funding, grants, and other funding sources for child
4 23 care.
4 24 3. c. Assist the department in developing an
4 25 implementation plan to provide seamless service to recipients
4 26 of public assistance, which includes child care services. For
4 27 the purposes of this subsection, "seamless service" means
4 28 coordination, where possible, of the federal and state
4 29 requirements which apply to child care.
4 30 4. d. Advise and provide technical services to the
4 31 director of the department of education or the director's
4 32 designee, upon request, relating to prekindergarten,
4 33 kindergarten, and before and after school programming and
4 34 facilities.
4 35 e. Make recommendations concerning child care expansion
5 1 programs that meet the needs of children attending a core
5 2 education program by providing child care before and after the
5 3 core program hours and during times when the core program does
5 4 not operate.
5 5 f. Make recommendations for improving collaborations
5 6 between the child care programs involving the department and
5 7 programs supporting the education and development of young
5 8 children including but not limited to the federal head start
5 9 program, the statewide preschool program for four=year=old
5 10 children and the early childhood, at=risk, and other early
5 11 education programs administered by the department of
5 12 education.
5 13 g. Make recommendations for eliminating duplication and
5 14 otherwise improving the eligibility determination processes
5 15 used for the state child care assistance program and other
5 16 programs supporting low=income families, including but not
5 17 limited to the federal head start, early head start, and even
5 18 start programs, the early childhood, at=risk, and preschool
5 19 programs administered by the department of education, the
5 20 family and self=sufficiency grant program, and the family
5 21 investment program.
5 22 h. Make recommendations as to the most effective and
5 23 efficient means of managing the state and federal funding
5 24 available for the state child care assistance program.
5 25 i. Review departmental program data concerning child care
5 26 as deemed to be necessary by the advisory council, although
5 27 the department shall not provide personally identifiable data
5 28 or information.
5 29 j. Advise and assist the early childhood Iowa council in
5 30 developing the strategic plan required pursuant to section
5 31 135.173.
5 32 2. The department shall provide information to the
5 33 advisory council semiannually on all of the following:
5 34 a. Federal, state, local, and private revenues and
5 35 expenditures for child care, including but not limited to
6 1 updates on the current and future status of the revenues and
6 2 expenditures.
6 3 b. Financial information and data relating to regulation
6 4 of child care by the department and the usage of the state
6 5 child care assistance program.
6 6 c. Utilization and availability data relating to child
6 7 care regulation, quantity, and quality from consumer and
6 8 provider perspectives.
6 9 d. Statistical and demographic data regarding child care
6 10 providers and the families utilizing child care.
6 11 e. Statistical data regarding the processing time for
6 12 issuing notices of decision to state child care assistance
6 13 applicants and for issuing payments to child care providers.
6 14 3. The advisory council shall coordinate with the early
6 15 childhood Iowa council in reporting annually to the governor
6 16 and general assembly in December concerning the status of
6 17 child care in the state, providing findings, and making
6 18 recommendations. The annual report may be personally
6 19 presented to the general assembly's standing committees on
6 20 human resources by a representative of the advisory council.
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