Bill Text: IA HF2194 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a licensed social worker loan repayment program and a revolving fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-02 - Subcommittee, Iverson, Schulte, and M. Smith. H.J. 198. [HF2194 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2194-Introduced.html
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BY
M.
SMITH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
a
licensed
social
worker
loan
repayment
program
1
and
a
revolving
fund.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
261.113
Licensed
social
worker
loan
1
repayment
program.
2
1.
A
licensed
social
worker
loan
repayment
program
is
3
established,
to
be
administered
by
the
college
student
aid
4
commission
for
the
purpose
of
increasing
the
number
of
social
5
workers
serving
in
critical
human
service
areas.
For
purposes
6
of
this
section,
“critical
human
service
area”
includes
but
7
is
not
limited
to
an
area
of
the
state
with
a
shortage
of
8
social
workers
providing
health,
mental
health,
substance
9
abuse,
aging,
HIV/AIDS,
victim,
or
child
welfare
services,
10
or
communities
with
multilingual
needs.
These
areas
shall
11
be
designated
by
the
college
student
aid
commission,
in
12
consultation
with
a
committee
comprised
of
one
representative
13
each
from
the
commission,
the
department
of
public
health,
and
14
the
department
of
human
services.
15
2.
The
contract
for
the
loan
repayment
shall
stipulate
the
16
time
period
the
licensed
social
worker
shall
practice
in
a
17
critical
human
service
area.
In
addition,
the
contract
shall
18
stipulate
that
the
licensed
social
worker
repay
any
funds
paid
19
on
the
person’s
loan
by
the
commission
if
the
person
fails
to
20
practice
in
a
critical
human
service
area
for
the
required
21
period
of
time.
22
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
261.114
Licensed
social
worker
loan
23
repayment
revolving
fund.
24
1.
A
licensed
social
worker
loan
repayment
revolving
fund
25
is
created
in
the
state
treasury
as
a
separate
fund
under
26
the
control
of
the
commission.
The
commission
shall
deposit
27
payments
made
by
program
participants
under
section
261.113,
28
subsection
2,
moneys
appropriated
for
purposes
of
the
licensed
29
social
worker
loan
repayment
program,
and
any
other
available
30
funds
into
the
loan
repayment
revolving
fund.
Moneys
in
the
31
fund
shall
be
used
for
purposes
of
the
licensed
social
worker
32
loan
repayment
program.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
33
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
not
revert
to
any
fund
of
the
state
34
at
the
end
of
any
fiscal
year
but
shall
remain
in
the
fund
and
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be
continuously
available
for
the
program.
1
2.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
2
or
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
3
to
the
fund.
4
3.
a.
The
annual
amount
of
loan
repayment
is
six
thousand
5
five
hundred
dollars
for
individuals
who
have
provided
6
full-time
social
work
services
in
a
critical
human
service
7
area
in
the
year
prior
to
such
application,
provided
that
8
no
recipient
shall
receive
loan
repayment
that
exceeds
the
9
total
remaining
balance
of
the
student
loan
debt
and
that
10
no
recipient
shall
receive
cumulative
awards
in
excess
of
11
twenty-five
thousand
dollars.
12
b.
Awards
shall
be
within
the
amounts
appropriated
for
such
13
purpose
and
based
on
availability
of
funds.
14
4.
Loan
repayment
awards
shall
be
made
annually
to
15
applicants
in
the
following
order
of
priority:
16
a.
First
priority
is
given
to
applicants
who
have
received
17
payment
of
an
award
pursuant
to
this
section
in
a
prior
year
18
and
who
have
provided
social
work
services
in
a
critical
human
19
service
area
in
the
year
prior
to
such
application.
20
b.
Second
priority
is
given
to
applicants
who
have
not
21
received
payment
of
an
award
pursuant
to
this
section
in
22
a
prior
year
and
who
have
provided
social
work
services
23
in
a
critical
human
service
area
in
the
year
prior
to
such
24
application.
25
c.
Third
priority
is
given
to
applicants
who
are
26
economically
disadvantaged,
as
defined
by
the
commission.
27
5.
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
28
to
administer
this
section.
29
EXPLANATION
30
This
bill
creates
a
licensed
social
worker
loan
repayment
31
program
administered
by
the
college
student
aid
commission.
32
Applicants
for
the
program
must
enter
into
an
agreement
with
33
the
commission,
agreeing
to
work
for
a
specific
period
of
time
34
in
a
“critical
human
service
area”,
defined
as
a
geographic
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area
in
Iowa
with
a
shortage
of
social
workers
in
health,
1
mental
health,
substance
abuse,
aging,
HIV/AIDS,
victim,
or
2
child
welfare
concerns,
or
communities
with
multilingual
needs.
3
The
program
provides
a
specific
annual
benefit,
up
to
4
$6,500,
for
licensed
social
workers
who
have
worked
in
a
5
critical
human
service
area
in
the
previous
year.
No
recipient
6
shall
receive
loan
repayment
that
exceeds
the
total
remaining
7
balance
of
the
student
loan
debt
and
no
recipient
shall
receive
8
cumulative
awards
in
excess
of
$25,000.
9
The
program
is
funded
by
a
special
revolving
fund
in
10
the
state
treasury,
controlled
by
the
college
student
aid
11
commission.
The
fund
consists
of
moneys
appropriated
for
12
purposes
of
the
program,
repayments
by
participants
who
fail
13
to
meet
the
service
area
requirements,
and
any
other
available
14
moneys.
Moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
do
not
revert
to
the
15
state
at
the
end
of
any
fiscal
year
but
shall
remain
in
the
fund
16
and
be
continuously
available
for
the
program.
Interest
or
17
earnings
on
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
shall
also
be
credited
18
to
the
fund.
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