Bill Text: IA HF2643 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to state and local finances by making appropriations, providing for legal and regulatory responsibilities, providing for other properly related matters, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 710.) Effective date: 06/30/2020, 07/01/2020. Applicability date: 06/01/2020, 03/18/2020, 06/17/2020, 06/30/2020, 07/01/2019, 07/01/2020, 06/26/2020.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-30 - Item vetoed, signed by Governor H.J. 795. [HF2643 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-HF2643-Enrolled.html

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House File 2643 - Enrolled
House File 2643
AN ACT
RELATING TO STATE AND LOCAL FINANCES BY MAKING APPROPRIATIONS,
PROVIDING FOR LEGAL AND REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES,
PROVIDING FOR OTHER PROPERLY RELATED MATTERS, AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
Section 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021.
1. APPROPRIATIONS DETERMINED FROM FY 2019-2020 LINE ITEM
AND LIMITED STANDING APPROPRIATIONS.
a. For all line item appropriations, standing limited
appropriations, and standing unlimited appropriations otherwise
limited by law, including appropriations from federal and
nonstate funds, the department of management, in consultation
with the legislative services agency, shall determine the
amount of such line item appropriations, standing limited
appropriations, and standing unlimited appropriations otherwise
limited by law, including appropriations from federal and
nonstate funds, made for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2019, and ending June 30, 2020, by taking into consideration
all of the following:
(1) 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate Files 2144 and 2408, and other
2020 Iowa Acts.
(2) 2019 Iowa Acts.
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made pursuant to section 8.39 and other provisions of law.
(4) Other provisions of law.
b. The department of management, in consultation with the
legislative services agency, shall also identify the entities
to which such appropriations were made, or the entities’
successors.
2. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS. There is appropriated
from the appropriate state fund or account to the entities
identified pursuant to subsection 1, for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, amounts, or
so much thereof as is necessary, equal to the amounts of all
line item appropriations, standing limited appropriations, and
standing unlimited appropriations otherwise limited by law,
including federal and nonstate funds, made for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, as determined
pursuant to subsection 1, to be used for the same designated
purposes.
3. DUPLICATIVE STANDING APPROPRIATIONS SUPPLANTED. The
amounts appropriated under subsection 2 shall supplant
any duplicative standing appropriation for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021.
4. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FY 2020–2021.
Any powers, duties, limitations, or requirements, including
reporting requirements, set forth in 2019 Iowa Acts, chapters
85, 89, 131, 135, 136, 154, 155, and 163, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020, are
applicable for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and
ending June 30, 2021, and any specified date contained therein
shall apply one year later than specified in such chapters.
5. ALLOCATION AMOUNTS. For any line item appropriation,
standing limited appropriation, or standing unlimited
appropriation otherwise limited by law identified pursuant
to subsection 1 which is subject to an allocation amount for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30,
2020, the amount appropriated under subsection 2 based on such
appropriation shall be subject to the same allocation amount
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021.
6. NONREVERSION PROVISIONS. For any line item

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appropriation, standing limited appropriation, or standing
unlimited appropriation otherwise limited by law identified
pursuant to subsection 1 that is subject to a specified
nonreversion provision, whether for a limited or unlimited
period, the amount appropriated under subsection 2 based on
such appropriation shall be subject to the same specified
nonreversion provision, and in the case of a specified
nonreversion provision for a limited period, the period shall
be considered to be one fiscal year longer than specified for
the appropriation identified pursuant to subsection 1.
7. FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS. The amounts
appropriated under subsection 2 to an entity identified
pursuant to subsection 1 may be used by the entity for a number
of full-time equivalent positions for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2020, and ending June 20, 2021, equal to the number of
full-time equivalent positions authorized for the entity for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30,
2020.
8. EXCLUSIONS. This section does not apply to any of the
following:
a. Appropriations made from the rebuild Iowa infrastructure
fund and the technology reinvestment fund pursuant to 2019 Iowa
Acts, chapter 137 .
b. Appropriations made to the department of transportation
from the road use tax fund and the primary road fund pursuant
to 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 52 .
c. The appropriation made to the department of
administrative services from the general fund of the state for
establishing a listing of real property owned or leased by
the state pursuant to 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 136, section 1,
subsection 1, paragraph “d” .
d. The appropriation made to the department of cultural
affairs from the general fund of the state for payment of
rent for the state records center pursuant to 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 154, section 1, subsection 1, paragraph “g” .
e. The appropriation made to the Iowa law enforcement
academy from the general fund of the state for costs associated
with temporary relocation of the Iowa law enforcement academy
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1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), as amended in this Act .
f. The appropriation made to the department of homeland
security and emergency management from the general fund of the
state for flood recovery pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate
File 2144, section 3 .
g. The appropriation made to the department of management
for distribution of moneys to other governmental entities for
the payment of rate adjustments established by the office of
the chief information officer pursuant to 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 136, section 16, subsection 2.
h. The appropriation made to the department of revenue from
the general fund of the state for technology upgrades pursuant
to 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 136, section 19, subsection 1,
paragraph “b”.
i. Any line item appropriation, standing limited
appropriation, or standing unlimited appropriation otherwise
limited by law that is otherwise provided for in this Act.
Sec. 2. REPEAL. 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2408, sections
7 and 8, are repealed.
DIVISION II
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sec. 3. GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
1. The appropriations made pursuant to section 2.12 for the
expenses of the general assembly and legislative agencies for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, are reduced by the following amount:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
2. The budgeted amounts for the general assembly and
legislative agencies for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, may be adjusted to reflect the unexpended budgeted
amounts from the previous fiscal year.
DIVISION III
ADMINISTRATION AND REGULATION APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021
Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. There
is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of administrative services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:

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For the payment of utility costs, and for not more than the
following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,882,948
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 1.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any excess moneys appropriated
for utility costs in this section shall not revert to the
general fund of the state at the end of the fiscal year but
shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated during the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 5. SECRETARY OF STATE —— ADMINISTRATION AND
ELECTIONS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the office of the secretary of state for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the
following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
used for the purposes designated:
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,874,870
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 16.00
The state department or agency that provides data processing
services to support voter registration file maintenance and
storage shall provide those services without charge.
DIVISION IV
EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021
Sec. 6. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS. There is appropriated from
the general fund of the state to the state board of regents
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June
30, 2021, the following amounts, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. STATE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,536,171
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 101.84
2. IOWA BRAILLE AND SIGHT SAVING SCHOOL
For salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time

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equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,434,459
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 58.00
Sec. 7. BOARD OF REGENTS —— REDUCTION. The appropriations
made to the state board of regents for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, pursuant to
section 1 of this Act, shall be collectively reduced by the
following amount:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,000,000
The reduction set forth in this section shall be distributed
among the appropriations made to the state board of regents for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, pursuant to section 1 of this Act as determined by the
state board of regents.
Sec. 8. Section 261.20, subsection 2, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The maximum balance of the scholarship and tuition
grant reserve fund is an amount equal to one two percent of
the funds appropriated to the scholarship and tuition grant
programs under section 261.25 during the preceding fiscal year.
The moneys in the fund shall be placed in separate accounts
within the fund, according to the source and purpose of the
original appropriation. Moneys in the various accounts shall
only be used to alleviate a current fiscal year shortfall in
appropriations for scholarship or tuition grant programs that
have the same nature as the programs for which the moneys
were originally appropriated. At the conclusion of a fiscal
year, any surplus appropriations made to the commission for
scholarship or tuition grant programs are appropriated to the
scholarship and grant reserve fund in an amount equal to the
amount of the surplus or the amount necessary to achieve the
maximum balance, whichever amount is less.
DIVISION V
JUDICIAL APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021
Sec. 9. JUDICIAL BRANCH.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the judicial branch for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amounts, or so
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designated:
a. For salaries of supreme court justices, appellate court
judges, district court judges, district associate judges,
associate juvenile judges, associate probate judges, judicial
magistrates and staff, state court administrator, clerk of
the supreme court, district court administrators, clerks of
the district court, juvenile court officers, board of law
examiners, board of examiners of shorthand reporters, and
commission on judicial qualifications; receipt and disbursement
of child support payments; reimbursement of the auditor
of state for expenses incurred in completing audits of the
offices of the clerks of the district court during the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020; and maintenance, equipment, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $181,023,737
b. For deposit in the revolving fund created pursuant to
section 602.1302, subsection 3, for jury and witness fees,
mileage, costs related to summoning jurors, costs and fees for
interpreters and translators, and reimbursement of attorney
fees paid by the state public defender:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,100,000
2. The judicial branch, except for purposes of internal
processing, shall use the current state budget system, the
state payroll system, and the Iowa finance and accounting
system in administration of programs and payments for services,
and shall not duplicate the state payroll, accounting, and
budgeting systems.
3. The judicial branch shall submit monthly financial
statements to the legislative services agency and the
department of management containing all appropriated accounts
in the same manner as provided in the monthly financial status
reports and personal services usage reports of the department
of administrative services. The monthly financial statements
shall include a comparison of the dollars and percentage
spent of budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures on
a cumulative basis for full-time equivalent positions and
dollars.
4. The judicial branch shall focus efforts on the collection
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or similar amounts.
5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the offices
of the clerks of the district court operate in all 99 counties
and be accessible to the public as much as is reasonably
possible in order to address the relative needs of the citizens
of each county. An office of the clerk of the district court
shall be open regular courthouse hours.
6. In addition to the requirements for transfers under
section 8.39, the judicial branch shall not change the
appropriations from the amounts appropriated to the judicial
branch in this Act, unless notice of the revisions is given to
the legislative services agency prior to the effective date.
The notice shall include information on the branch’s rationale
for making the changes and details concerning the workload and
performance measures upon which the changes are based.
7. The judicial branch shall submit a semiannual update
to the legislative services agency specifying the amounts of
fines, surcharges, and court costs collected using the Iowa
court information system since the last report. The judicial
branch shall continue to facilitate the sharing of vital
sentencing and other information with other state departments
and governmental agencies involved in the criminal justice
system through the Iowa court information system.
8. The judicial branch shall provide a report to the general
assembly by January 1, 2021, concerning the amounts received
and expended from the enhanced court collections fund created
in section 602.1304 and the court technology and modernization
fund created in section 602.8108, subsection 9, during the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020,
and the plans for expenditures from each fund during the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021. A copy
of the report shall be provided to the legislative services
agency.
Sec. 10. CIVIL TRIALS —— LOCATION. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary, for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, if all parties in a case
agree, a civil trial including a jury trial may take place in a
county contiguous to the county with proper jurisdiction, even
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district or judicial election district. If the trial is moved
pursuant to this section, court personnel shall treat the case
as if a change of venue occurred.
DIVISION VI
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021
Sec. 11. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES BLOCK
GRANT. There is appropriated from the fund created in section
8.41 to the department of human services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, from moneys
received under the federal temporary assistance for needy
families (TANF) block grant pursuant to the federal Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,
Pub. L. No. 104-193, and successor legislation, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
To be credited to the family investment program account and
used for assistance under the family investment program under
chapter 239B :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,002,006
Sec. 12. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of human services
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purpose designated:
For medical assistance program reimbursement and associated
costs as specifically provided in the reimbursement
methodologies in effect on June 30, 2020, except as otherwise
expressly authorized by law, consistent with options under
federal law and regulations, and contingent upon receipt of
approval from the office of the governor of reimbursement for
each abortion performed under the program:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,459,599,409
The prohibitions, limitations, transfers, authorizations,
requirements applicable to state and private entities, and
requirements applicable to the use of appropriated moneys,
including allocation amounts, set forth in 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 85, section 13, subsections 1 through 20, apply to
the moneys appropriated in this section for the fiscal year
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Sec. 13. STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of human services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purpose designated:
For the state supplementary assistance program:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 7,349,002
2. The department shall increase the personal needs
allowance for residents of residential care facilities by the
same percentage and at the same time as federal supplemental
security income and federal social security benefits are
increased due to a recognized increase in the cost of living.
The department may adopt emergency rules to implement this
subsection.
3. If during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020,
the department projects that state supplementary assistance
expenditures for a calendar year will not meet the federal
pass-through requirement specified in Tit. XVI of the federal
Social Security Act, section 1618, as codified in 42 U.S.C.
§1382g, the department may take actions including but not
limited to increasing the personal needs allowance for
residential care facility residents and making programmatic
adjustments or upward adjustments of the prescribed residential
care facility or in-home health-related care reimbursement
rates to ensure that federal requirements are met. In
addition, the department may make other programmatic and rate
adjustments necessary to remain within the amount appropriated
in this section while ensuring compliance with federal
requirements. The department may adopt emergency rules to
implement the provisions of this subsection.
4. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated
in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated, including for liability amounts associated with the
supplemental nutrition assistance program payment error rate,
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
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1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of human services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purpose designated:
For maintenance of the healthy and well kids in Iowa (hawk-i)
program pursuant to chapter 514I , including supplemental dental
services, for receipt of federal financial participation under
Tit. XXI of the federal Social Security Act, which creates the
children’s health insurance program:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 37,598,984
2. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $146,682 is
allocated for continuation of the contract for outreach with
the department of public health.
3. A portion of the funds appropriated in this section may
be transferred to the appropriations made for field operations
or medical contracts to be used for the integration of hawk-i
program eligibility, payment, and administrative functions
under the purview of the department of human services,
including for the Medicaid management information system
upgrade.
Sec. 15. STATE RESOURCE CENTERS.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of human services for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
a. For the state resource center at Glenwood for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,700,867
b. For the state resource center at Woodward for salaries,
support, maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,913,360
2. The department may continue to bill for state resource
center services utilizing a scope of services approach used for
private providers of intermediate care facilities for persons
with an intellectual disability services, in a manner which
does not shift costs between the medical assistance program,
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centers.
3. The state resource centers may expand the time-limited
assessment and respite services during the fiscal year.
4. If the department’s administration and the department
of management concur with a finding by a state resource
center’s superintendent that projected revenues can reasonably
be expected to pay the salary and support costs for a new
employee position, or that such costs for adding a particular
number of new positions for the fiscal year would be less
than the overtime costs if new positions would not be added,
the superintendent may add the new position or positions. If
the vacant positions available to a resource center do not
include the position classification desired to be filled, the
state resource center’s superintendent may reclassify any
vacant position as necessary to fill the desired position. The
superintendents of the state resource centers may, by mutual
agreement, pool vacant positions and position classifications
during the course of the fiscal year in order to assist one
another in filling necessary positions.
5. If existing capacity limitations are reached in
operating units, a waiting list is in effect for a service or
a special need for which a payment source or other funding
is available for the service or to address the special need,
and facilities for the service or to address the special need
can be provided within the available payment source or other
funding, the superintendent of a state resource center may
authorize opening not more than two units or other facilities
and begin implementing the service or addressing the special
need during fiscal year 2020-2021.
6. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , and notwithstanding
the amount limitation specified in section 222.92 , moneys
appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 16. JUVENILE INSTITUTION. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of human
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
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necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1. a. For operation of the state training school at Eldora
and for salaries, support, maintenance, and miscellaneous
purposes, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 16,029,488
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 207.00
b. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $91,000
shall be used for distribution to licensed classroom teachers
at this and other institutions under the control of the
department of human services based upon the average student
yearly enrollment at each institution as determined by the
department.
2. A portion of the moneys appropriated in this section
shall be used by the state training school at Eldora for
grants for adolescent pregnancy prevention activities at the
institution in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.
3. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $212,000
shall be used by the state training school at Eldora for a
substance use disorder treatment program at the institution for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.
4. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 17. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH —— ADDICTIVE
DISORDERS. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of public health for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. For reducing the prevalence of the use of tobacco,
alcohol, and other drugs, and treating individuals affected by
addictive behaviors, including gambling, and for not more than
the following full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 23,659,379
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 12.00
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shall be used for the tobacco use prevention and control
initiative, including efforts at the state and local levels,
as provided in chapter 142A . The commission on tobacco use
prevention and control established pursuant to section 142A.3
shall advise the director of public health in prioritizing
funding needs and the allocation of moneys appropriated for
the programs and initiatives. Activities of the programs
and initiatives shall be in alignment with the United States
centers for disease control and prevention best practices
for comprehensive tobacco control programs that include
the goals of preventing youth initiation of tobacco usage,
reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, and promotion of
tobacco cessation. To maximize resources, the department
shall determine if third-party sources are available to
instead provide nicotine replacement products to an applicant
prior to provision of such products to an applicant under
the initiative. The department shall track and report to
the individuals specified in this section, any reduction in
the provision of nicotine replacement products realized by
the initiative through implementation of the prerequisite
screening.
b. (1) The department shall collaborate with the
alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce for
enforcement of tobacco laws, regulations, and ordinances and to
engage in tobacco control activities approved by the division
of tobacco use prevention and control of the department of
public health as specified in the memorandum of understanding
entered into between the divisions.
(2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, the terms of the memorandum of understanding,
entered into between the division of tobacco use prevention
and control of the department of public health and the
alcoholic beverages division of the department of commerce,
governing compliance checks conducted to ensure licensed retail
tobacco outlet conformity with tobacco laws, regulations, and
ordinances relating to persons under 18 years of age, shall
continue to restrict the number of such checks to one check per
retail outlet, and one additional check for any retail outlet
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3. a. Of the funds appropriated in this section,
$19,639,000 shall be used for problem gambling and
substance-related disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery
services, including a 24-hour helpline, public information
resources, professional training, youth prevention, and program
evaluation.
b. Of the amount allocated under this subsection, $306,000
shall be utilized by the department of public health, in
collaboration with the department of human services, to support
establishment and maintenance of a single statewide 24-hour
crisis hotline for the Iowa children’s behavioral health system
that incorporates warmline services which may be provided
through expansion of existing capabilities maintained by the
department of public health as required pursuant to 2018 Iowa
Acts, chapter 1056, section 16 .
4. The requirement of section 123.17, subsection 5 , is met
by the appropriations and allocations made in this section
and section 1 of this Act for purposes of substance-related
disorder treatment and addictive disorders for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020.
Sec. 18. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH —— SPORTS WAGERING
RECEIPTS FUND. There is appropriated from the sports wagering
receipts fund created in section 8.57, subsection 6, to the
department of public health for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For problem gambling and substance-related disorder
prevention, treatment, and recovery services, including a
24-hour helpline, public information resources, professional
training, youth prevention, and program evaluation:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,450,000
The appropriation made in this section shall not supplant
the appropriation made to the department of public health from
the sports wagering receipts fund pursuant to section 1 of this
Act, based on the appropriation made in 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter
133.
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PROVISIONS
RURAL PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCIES
Sec. 19. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 3, subsection
4, paragraph j, is amended to read as follows:
j. Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $400,000
shall be used for rural psychiatric residencies to support the
annual creation and training of four psychiatric residents who
will provide mental health services in underserved areas of
the state. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys that remain
unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year
shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for
the purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years.
FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM ACCOUNT
Sec. 20. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 9, is amended
by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 7. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated, and may be transferred to the appropriations made
in this division of this Act for general administration and
field operations for technology needs including the eligibility
integrated applications solutions (ELIAS) project, until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE
Sec. 21. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 15, subsection
4, is amended to read as follows:
4. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , moneys appropriated
in this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but
shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated , including for liability amounts associated with the
supplemental nutrition assistance program payment error rate,
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Sec. 22. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 19, subsection
18, is amended to read as follows:
18. Of the funds appropriated in this section, at least
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welfare provider training academy, a collaboration between the
coalition for family and children’s services in Iowa and the
department. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys allocated
under this subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall
remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 23. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 19, is amended
by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 24. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated, and including services implemented to meet the
requirements of the federal Family First Prevention Services
Act, until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES
Sec. 24. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 24, subsection
2, is amended to read as follows:
2. a. Notwithstanding sections 218.78 and 249A.11 , any
revenue received from the state mental health institute at
Cherokee or the state mental health institute at Independence
pursuant to 42 C.F.R §438.6(e) may be retained and expended by
the mental health institute.
b. Notwithstanding sections 218.78 and 249A.11, any
COVID-19 related funding received through federal funding
sources by the state mental health institute at Cherokee or the
state mental health institute at Independence may be retained
and expended by the mental health institute.
FIELD OPERATIONS
Sec. 25. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 27, is amended
by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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by adding the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 7. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
appropriated in this section that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
designated until the close of the succeeding fiscal year.
DECATEGORIZATION FY 2018 CARRYOVER FUNDING
Sec. 27. DECATEGORIZATION CARRYOVER FUNDING FY 2018 ——
TRANSFER TO MEDICAID PROGRAM. Notwithstanding section 232.188,
subsection 5, paragraph “b”, any state-appropriated moneys in
the funding pool that remained unencumbered or unobligated
at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and
were deemed carryover funding to remain available for the two
succeeding fiscal years that still remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2019, shall not revert but shall be transferred to the medical
assistance program for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.
Sec. 28. PROVISIONS NOT APPLICABLE TO FY 2020-2021. All
of the following amendments to 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, are
not applicable to the associated appropriations made for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021,
notwithstanding section 1 of this Act:
1. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 9, as amended in this
division of this Act.
2. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 19, subsection 18, as
amended in this division of this Act.
3. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 19, subsection 24, if
enacted by this division of this Act.
4. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 27, as amended in
this division of this Act.
5. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 28, as amended in
this division of this Act.
Sec. 29. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FY 2020-2021. All of
the following amendments to 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, are
applicable to the associated appropriations made for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, pursuant
to section 1 of this Act:
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2. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 15, subsection 4.
3. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 24, subsection 2, as
amended in this division of this Act.
Sec. 30. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 31. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2019.
DIVISION VIII
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— FY 2019-2020 PROVISIONS NOT
APPLICABLE FOR FY 2020-2021
Sec. 32. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PROVISIONS NOT
APPLICABLE TO FY 2020-2021. The following provisions of 2019
Iowa Acts, chapter 85, are not applicable to the associated
appropriations made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020,
and ending June 30, 2021, notwithstanding section 1 of this
Act:
1. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 3, subsection 2,
paragraph “a”.
2. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 3, subsection 7,
paragraph “b”.
3. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 3, subsection 9,
paragraph “b”.
4. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 4, subsection 1.
5. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 9, subsection 4.
6. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 13, subsections 21,
22, 23, and 24.
7. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 18, subsection 1,
paragraph “c”.
8. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 22, subsection 2.
9. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 24, subsection 1,
paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2).
10. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 24, subsection 1,
paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2).
11. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 26, subsection 1,
paragraph “b”.
12. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 27, subsection 2.
13. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 32, subsection 1.
14. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 33.
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XII, XIV, XVI, XIX, and XXVII.
DIVISION IX
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES —— NEW PROVISIONS APPLICABLE FOR FY
2020-2021
STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER
Sec. 33. STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER —— USE OF MONEYS. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, a portion of the moneys appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department of public health for
public protection shall be used to support the office of the
state medical examiner and to address the growth in demand
for services. The office of the state medical examiner shall
enter into a memorandum of understanding with the university
of Iowa hospitals and clinics to coordinate the completion of
forensic autopsies to address increased caseloads and prolonged
backlogs, and to promote regional efficiencies.
HOPES —— HFI
Sec. 34. HEALTHY OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO EXPERIENCE
SUCCESS (HOPES) —— HEALTHY FAMILIES IOWA (HFI) PROGRAM. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, of the funds appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of public health for healthy children
and families, not more than $734,000 shall be used for the
healthy opportunities for parents to experience success (HOPES)
—— healthy families Iowa (HFI) program established pursuant to
section 135.106.
SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING
Sec. 35. SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAMMING. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June
30, 2021, of the moneys appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the department of public health for public
protection, up to $243,000 shall be used for sexual violence
prevention programming through a statewide organization
representing programs serving victims of sexual violence
through the department’s sexual violence prevention program,
and for continuation of a training program for sexual assault
response team (SART) members, including representatives of
law enforcement, victim advocates, prosecutors, and certified
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not be used to supplant funding administered for other sexual
violence prevention or victims assistance programs.
TAX PREPARATION ASSISTANCE
Sec. 36. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— TAX PREPARATION
ASSISTANCE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and
ending June 30, 2021, of the moneys appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of human services
to be credited to the family investment program account and
used for family investment assistance under chapter 239B,
$195,000 shall be used for a contract executed in accordance
with 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, section 9, subsection 4,
with an Iowa-based nonprofit organization with a history of
providing tax preparation assistance to low-income Iowans in
order to expand the usage of the earned income tax credit.
The purpose of the contract is to supply this assistance to
underserved areas of the state.
HEALTH PROGRAM OPERATIONS
Sec. 37. HEALTH PROGRAM OPERATIONS. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of human
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, the following amount or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For health program operations:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 17,831,343
1. The department of inspections and appeals shall provide
all state matching moneys for survey and certification
activities performed by the department of inspections
and appeals. The department of human services is solely
responsible for distributing the federal matching moneys for
such activities.
2. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, $50,000 shall
be used for continuation of home and community-based services
waiver quality assurance programs, including the review and
streamlining of processes and policies related to oversight and
quality management to meet state and federal requirements.
3. Of the amount appropriated in this section, up to
$200,000 may be transferred to the appropriation for general
administration to be used for additional full-time equivalent
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as development and oversight of managed care programs and
development of health strategies targeted toward improved
quality and reduced costs in the Medicaid program.
4. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, $1,000,000
shall be used for planning and development, in cooperation with
the department of public health, of a phased-in program to
provide a dental home for children.
5. Of the moneys appropriated in this section, $573,000
shall be credited to the autism support program fund created
in section 225D.2 to be used for the autism support program
created in chapter 225D, with the exception of the following
amount of this allocation which shall be used as follows:
Of the moneys allocated in this subsection, $25,000 shall
be used for the public purpose of continuation of a grant to a
nonprofit provider of child welfare services that has been in
existence for more than 115 years, is located in a county with
a population between 200,000 and 220,000 according to the most
recent federal decennial census, is licensed as a psychiatric
medical institution for children, and provides school-based
programming, to be used for support services for children with
autism spectrum disorder and their families.
Sec. 38. REFERENCES TO MEDICAL CONTRACTS —— REPLACED. For
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30,
2021, all references in 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 85, division V,
to “medical contracts” shall be replaced with the term “health
program operations” and all transfers of funds made to or from
the appropriation for medical contracts shall instead be made
to or from the appropriation for health program operations.
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Sec. 39. CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES —— GROUP FOSTER
CARE. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, of the funds appropriated from the general fund
of the state to the department of human services for child and
family services, $26,025,000 is allocated as the statewide
expenditure target under section 232.143 for group foster care
maintenance and services. If the department projects that such
expenditures for the fiscal year will be less than the target
amount allocated in this paragraph “a”, the department may
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foster care, independent living, family-centered services,
shelter care, or the child welfare emergency services addressed
with the allocation for shelter care.
FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM
Sec. 40. FAMILY SUPPORT SUBSIDY PROGRAM. For the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, of the
moneys appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of human services for the family support subsidy
program, at least $875,195 is transferred to the department
of public health for the family support center component of
the comprehensive family support program under chapter 225C,
subchapter V.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENTS
Sec. 41. PROVIDERS REIMBURSED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES.
1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and
ending June 30, 2021, the following reimbursement rates and
methodologies shall apply:
a. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020,
case-mix, non-case-mix, and special population nursing
facilities shall be reimbursed in accordance with the
methodology in effect on June 30, 2020.
(2) For managed care claims, the department of human
services shall adjust the payment rate floor for nursing
facilities, annually, to maintain a rate floor that is no
lower than the Medicaid fee-for-service case-mix adjusted
rate calculated in accordance with subparagraph (1) and
441 IAC 81.6. The department shall then calculate adjusted
reimbursement rates, including but not limited to add-on
payments, annually, and shall notify Medicaid managed care
organizations of the adjusted reimbursement rates within 30
days of determining the adjusted reimbursement rates. Any
adjustment of reimbursement rates under this subparagraph shall
be budget neutral to the state budget.
(3) Medicaid managed care organizations shall adjust
facility-specific rates based upon payment rate listings issued
by the department. The rate adjustments shall be applied
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b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, reimbursement
rates for outpatient hospital services shall be rebased
effective January 1, 2021, subject to Medicaid program upper
payment limit rules, and adjusted as necessary to maintain
expenditures within the amount appropriated to the department
for this purpose for the fiscal year.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, under
both fee-for-service and managed care administration of
the Medicaid program, critical access hospitals shall be
reimbursed for inpatient and outpatient services based on the
hospital-specific critical access hospital cost adjustment
factor methodology utilizing the most recent and complete cost
reporting period as applied prospectively within the funds
appropriated for such purpose for the fiscal year.
d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, assertive
community treatment per diem rates shall remain at the rates in
effect on June 30, 2020.
e. Notwithstanding section 234.38, for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, the foster family basic daily
maintenance rate and the maximum adoption subsidy rate for
children ages 0 through 5 years shall be $16.78, the rate for
children ages 6 through 11 years shall be $17.45, the rate for
children ages 12 through 15 years shall be $19.10, and the
rate for children and young adults ages 16 and older shall be
$19.35. For youth ages 18 up to 23 who have exited foster
care, the preparation for adult living program maintenance rate
shall be $602.70 per month. The maximum payment for adoption
subsidy nonrecurring expenses shall be limited to $500 and the
disallowance of additional amounts for court costs and other
related legal expenses implemented pursuant to 2010 Iowa Acts,
chapter 1031, section 408, shall be continued.
f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, the
reimbursement rate for family-centered services providers shall
be established by contract.
2. With the exception of the providers and services
specified in subsection 1, all other provider and service
reimbursement rates and methodologies specified in 2019 Iowa
Acts, chapter 85, section 31, shall continue to be applicable
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2021.
EMERGENCY RULES
Sec. 42. EMERGENCY RULES.
1. If necessary to comply with federal requirements
including time frames, or if specifically authorized by a
provision of this division of this Act, the department of
human services or the mental health and disability services
commission may adopt administrative rules under section 17A.4,
subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”,
to implement the provisions of this division of this Act and
the rules shall become effective immediately upon filing or
on a later effective date specified in the rules, unless the
effective date of the rules is delayed or the applicability
of the rules is suspended by the administrative rules review
committee. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
shall not take effect before the rules are reviewed by the
administrative rules review committee. The delay authority
provided to the administrative rules review committee under
section 17A.4, subsection 7, and section 17A.8, subsection 9,
shall be applicable to a delay imposed under this section,
notwithstanding a provision in those sections making them
inapplicable to section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”.
Any rules adopted in accordance with the provisions of this
section shall also be published as a notice of intended action
as provided in section 17A.4.
2. If during a fiscal year, the department of human
services is adopting rules in accordance with this section
or as otherwise directed or authorized by state law, and the
rules will result in an expenditure increase beyond the amount
anticipated in the budget process or if the expenditure was
not addressed in the budget process for the fiscal year, the
department shall notify the persons designated by this division
of this Act for submission of reports, the chairpersons and
ranking members of the committees on appropriations, and
the department of management concerning the rules and the
expenditure increase. The notification shall be provided at
least 30 calendar days prior to the date notice of the rules
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REPORT ON NONREVERSION OF FUNDS
Sec. 43. REPORT ON NONREVERSION OF FUNDS. The department
of human services shall report the expenditure of any moneys
for which nonreversion authorization was provided for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020,
for the family investment program account, state supplementary
assistance, child and family services, the mental health
institutes, field operations, or general administration to the
chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
subcommittee on health and human services, the legislative
services agency, and the four legislative caucus staffs on a
quarterly basis beginning October 1, 2020.
CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
Sec. 44. CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES APPROPRIATION. For the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, a
portion of the funds appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of human services for child and family
services may be used for family-centered services for purposes
of complying with the federal Family First Prevention Services
Act of 2018, Pub. L. No. 115-123, and successor legislation.
DIVISION X
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PROVISIONS
COVID-19 REGULATIONS
Sec. 45. COVID-19 FEDERAL REGULATIONS. For the time
period beginning on the effective date of this division of
this Act, and ending June 30, 2021, notwithstanding state
administrative rules to the contrary, to the extent federal
regulations relating to the COVID-19 pandemic differ from state
administrative rules, including applicable federal waivers, the
federal regulations are controlling during the pendency of the
federally declared state of emergency.
COUNTY HOSPITAL FUNDING
Sec. 46. COUNTY HOSPITAL FUNDING —— SUSTAINING OF HOSPITAL
OPERATIONS. For the time period beginning on the effective
date of this division of this Act, and ending June 30, 2021,
notwithstanding any provision of section 347.14, subsection
4, to the contrary, a board of trustees of a county hospital
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needs to sustain hospital operations.
Sec. 47. COUNTY HOSPITAL FUNDING —— NONCURRENT DEBT
ISSUANCE. For the time period beginning on the effective
date of this division of this Act, and ending June 30, 2021,
notwithstanding any provision of section 331.478, subsections
2 and 3, to the contrary, a board of trustees of a county
hospital may authorize noncurrent debt for the purpose of
providing working capital or for general financing needs to
sustain a county hospital’s operations including in the form of
natural disaster loans from the state or federal government.
Sec. 48. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XI
MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
Sec. 49. Section 331.389, subsection 4, paragraph c, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
c. The department shall work with any county that has not
agreed to be part of a region in accordance with paragraph
“a” and with the regions forming around the county to resolve
issues preventing the county from joining a region. In
addition to the regional governance agreement requirements
in section 331.392, the department may compel the county and
region to engage in mediation for resolution of a dispute.
The costs incurred for mediation shall be paid by the county
and the region in dispute according to their governance
agreement. A county that has not agreed to be part of a
region in accordance with paragraph “a” shall be assigned by
the department to a region, unless exempted prior to July 1,
2014. A county assigned by the department to a region shall
be included in that region’s amended governance agreement
pursuant to this section as of an effective date designated by
the department. The assigned county and region shall operate
according to the region’s existing governance agreement until
the regional governance agreement is amended.
Sec. 50. Section 331.389, subsection 5, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
5. a. If the department determines that a region or an
exempted county is not adequately fulfilling the requirements
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department shall address the region or county in the following
order:
a. (1) Require compliance with a corrective action plan.
b. (2) Reduce the amount of the annual state funding
provided for the regional service system, not to exceed fifteen
percent of the amount.
c. (3) Withdraw approval for the region or for the county
exemption, as applicable.
b. The department shall rely on all information available,
including annual audits submitted under section 331.391,
regional governance agreements submitted under section 331.392,
and annual service and budget plans submitted under section
331.393 in determining whether a region or an exempted county
is adequately fulfilling the requirements for a regional
service system. The department may request and review
financial documents, contracts, and other audits, and may
perform on-site reviews and interviews to gather information.
Sec. 51. Section 331.392, subsection 4, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
4. The financial provisions of the agreement shall include
all of the following:
a. Methods for pooling, management, and expenditure of the
funding under the control of the regional administrator. If
the agreement does not provide for pooling of the participating
county moneys in a single fund, the agreement shall specify how
the participating county moneys will be subject to the control
of the regional administrator.
b. (1) Methods for allocating administrative funding and
resources.
(2) Methods for allocating a region’s cash flow amount in
the event a county leaves the region. A region’s cash flow
amount shall be divided by the percentage of each county’s
population according to the region’s population indicated
in the region’s annual service and budget plan and shall be
allocated to the counties. This subparagraph shall apply to
all agreements in existence or entered into on or after July
1, 2020.
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region for purposes of commencing operations by the regional
administrator.
d. Methods for acquiring or disposing of real property.
e. A process for determining the use of savings for
reinvestment.
f. A process for performance of an annual independent audit
of the regional administrator. The annual independent audit
prepared by the regional administrator shall be submitted to
the department upon completion of the audit.
Sec. 52. Section 331.392, Code 2020, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 6. All agreements shall be submitted to the
department. The department shall approve the agreement if the
agreement complies with the requirements of this section.
Sec. 53. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES ——
REGIONALIZATION AUTHORIZATION.
1. The department of human services shall facilitate the
county social services mental health and disability services
region dividing into two separate regions. All member
counties shall participate in the planning as required by the
department. Counties in the western portion of the region may
form a new region if the counties meet the requirements of
this section. Counties in the eastern portion of the region
shall retain the name county social services if a new region is
formed by the counties in the western portion of the region.
2. County formation of a proposed new mental health and
disability services region pursuant to this section is subject
to all of the following:
a. The aggregate population of all counties forming
the region is at least 50,000 and includes at least one
incorporated city with a population of more than 24,000. For
purposes of this subparagraph, “population” means the same as
defined in section 331.388, subsection 4, Code 2020.
b. Notwithstanding section 331.389, subsection 4, on or
before February 1, 2021, the counties forming the region have
complied with section 331.389, subsection 3, and all of the
following additional requirements:
(1) The board of supervisors of each county forming the
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(2) The duly authorized representatives of all the counties
forming the region have signed a chapter 28E agreement that is
in compliance with section 331.392 and 441 IAC 25.14.
(3) The county board of supervisors’ or supervisors’
designee members and other members of the region’s governing
board are appointed in accordance with section 331.390.
(4) Executive staff for the region’s regional administrator
are identified or engaged.
(5) The regional service management plan is developed in
accordance with section 331.393 and 441 IAC 25.18 and 441 IAC
25.21 and is submitted to the department.
(6) The initial regional service management plan shall
identify the service provider network for the region, identify
the information technology and data management capacity to be
employed to support regional functions, and establish business
functions, accounting procedures, and other administrative
processes.
c. Each county forming the region shall submit the
compliance information required in paragraph “b” to the
director of human services on or before February 1, 2021.
Within forty-five days of receipt of such information, the
director of human services shall determine if the region is in
full compliance and shall approve the region if the region has
met all of the requirements of this section.
d. The director of human services shall work with a county
making a request under this section that has not agreed or
is unable to join the proposed new region to resolve issues
preventing the county from joining the proposed new region.
e. By February 1, 2021, the director of human services
shall assign a county, making a request under this section
that has not reached an agreement to be part of the proposed
new region, to an existing region or to another new proposed
region, consistent with this section.
3. If approved by the department, the region shall commence
full operations no later than July 1, 2021.
Sec. 54. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES —— TRANSFER
OF FUNDS. Notwithstanding section 331.432, a county with a
population of over 300,000 based on the most recent federal
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of the county to the mental health and disability regional
services fund for the purposes of providing mental health and
disability services for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021. The county shall submit a
report to the governor and the general assembly by September
1, 2021, including the source of any funds transferred, the
amount of the funds transferred, and the mental health and
disability services provided with the transferred funds. The
county shall work with the department to maximize the use of
the medical assistance program and other third-party payment
sources, including but not limited to identifying individuals
enrolled with or eligible for Medicaid whose Medicaid-covered
services are being paid by the county or could be converted to
Medicaid-covered services.
Sec. 55. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REGIONS ——
FUNDING.
1. There is appropriated from the grow Iowa values fund
created in section 15G.108, Code 2009, to the department of
human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and
ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so much thereof
as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
For a grant to a single-county mental health and disability
services region with a population of over 350,000 as determined
by the latest federal decennial census, for the provision of
mental health and disability services within the region:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 5,000,000
The department and the region shall enter into a memorandum
of understanding regarding the use of the moneys and detailing
the provisions of the plan prior to the region’s receipt of
moneys under this subsection.
2. The department shall distribute moneys appropriated
in this section within 60 days of the date of signing of the
memorandum of understanding between the department and each
region.
3. Moneys awarded under this section shall be used by the
regions consistent with each region’s service system management
plan as approved by the department.
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Sec. 56. Section 237.13, Code 2020, is amended by striking
the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
237.13 Foster home insurance fund.
1. For the purposes of this section, “foster home” means an
individual, as defined in section 237.1, subsection 7, who is
licensed to provide child foster care and shall also be known
as a “licensed foster home” .
2. The foster home insurance fund shall be administered by
the department of human services. The fund shall consist of
all moneys appropriated by the general assembly for deposit
in the fund. The department shall use moneys in the fund to
reimburse foster parents for the cost of purchasing foster care
liability insurance and to perform the administrative functions
necessary to carry out this section.
3. The department of human services shall adopt rules,
pursuant to chapter 17A, to carry out the provisions of this
section.
DIVISION XIII
VETERANS HOME CARRYFORWARD
Sec. 57. Section 35D.18, subsection 5, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any up to eight hundred
thousand dollars of the balance in the Iowa veterans home
annual appropriation or revenues that remains unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
but shall remain available for expenditure for specified
purposes of the Iowa veterans home until the close of the
succeeding fiscal year.
DIVISION XIV
PROPERTY TAX CREDITS
Sec. 58. PROPERTY TAX CREDITS.
1. In lieu of the standing appropriations in the following
designated sections, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, there is appropriated from
the general fund of the state the following amounts for the
following designated purposes:
a. For reimbursement for the homestead property tax credit
under section 425.1:
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b. For implementing the elderly and disabled tax credit and
reimbursement pursuant to sections 425.16 through 425.40:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,500,000
2. If the director of revenue determines that the amount of
claims for credit for property taxes due pursuant to paragraphs
“a” and “b”, plus the amount of claims for reimbursement for
rent constituting property taxes paid which are to be paid
during a fiscal year may exceed the total amount appropriated
for that fiscal year, the director shall estimate the
percentage of the credits and reimbursements which will be
funded by the appropriation. The county treasurer shall notify
the director of the amount of property tax credits claimed by
June 26, 2020. The director shall estimate the percentage of
the property tax credits and rent reimbursement claims that
will be funded by the appropriation and notify the county
treasurer of the percentage estimate by June 30, 2020. The
estimated percentage shall be used in computing for each claim
the amount of property tax credit and reimbursement for rent
constituting property taxes paid for that fiscal year. If
the director overestimates the percentage of funding, claims
for reimbursement for rent constituting property taxes paid
shall be paid until they can no longer be paid at the estimated
percentage of funding. Rent reimbursement claims filed after
that point in time shall receive priority and shall be paid in
the following fiscal year.
Sec. 59. TAXPAYER RELIEF FUND —— APPROPRIATION. There
is appropriated from the taxpayer relief fund created in
section 8.57E to the department of revenue for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. For reimbursement for the homestead property tax credit
under section 425.1:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,799,690
2. For implementing the elderly and disabled tax credit and
reimbursement pursuant to sections 425.16 through 425.40:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,460,000
Sec. 60. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
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retroactively to June 26, 2020.
DIVISION XV
CORRECTIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 61. Section 100B.41, as enacted by 2020 Iowa Acts,
Senate File 2259, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
100B.41 Donation of fire fighting, emergency medical
response, and law enforcement equipment.
A fire department, emergency medical services provider, or
law enforcement agency may donate used vehicles or equipment
to an organization that provides fire response or emergency
medical services, or to a law enforcement agency. An entity
making a good faith donation of equipment pursuant to this
subsection section shall be immune from civil liability from
any claim arising from the performance, failure to perform,
nature, age, condition, or packaging of any vehicle or
equipment used in fire fighting, emergency medical response,
or law enforcement.
Sec. 62. Section 124E.9, subsection 15, if enacted by 2020
Iowa Acts, House File 2589, section 20, is amended to read as
follows:
15. A medical cannabidiol dispensary may dispense more
than a combined total of four and one-half grams of total
tetrahydrocannabinol to a patient and the patient’s primary
caregiver in a ninety-day period if any of the following apply:
a. The health care practitioner who certified the patient to
receive a medical cannabidiol registration card certifies that
patient’s debilitating medical condition is a terminal illness
with a life expectancy of less than one year. A certification
issued pursuant to this paragraph shall include a total
tetrahydrocannabinol cap deemed appropriate by the patient’s
health care practitioner.
b. The health care practitioner who certified the patient
to receive a medical cannabidiol registration card certifies
that the patient has participated in the medical cannabidiol
program and that the health care practitioner has determined
that four and one-half grams of total tetrahydrocannabinol
in a ninety-day period is insufficient to treat the
patient’s debilitating medical condition. A certification
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tetrahydrocannabinol cap deemed appropriate by the patient’s
health care practitioner.
Sec. 63. Section 218.70, Code 2020, as amended by 2020 Iowa
Acts, House File 2536, section 78, if enacted, is amended to
read as follows:
218.70 Payment to party entitled.
Moneys transmitted to the treasurer or of state under
section 218.68 shall be paid, at any time within ten years
from the death of the intestate, to any person who is shown
to be entitled thereto. Payment shall be made from the state
treasury out of the support fund of such institution in the
manner provided for the payment of other claims from that fund.
Sec. 64. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (2), Code 2020, as enacted by 2020 Iowa Acts,
House File 2454, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
(2) For purposes of subparagraph (1), subparagraph
divisions (b) and (c), if the instructor is a licensed
practitioner who holds a career and technical endorsement under
chapter 272 , relevant work experience in the occupational area
includes but is not limited to classroom instruction in a
career and technical education subject area offered by a school
district or accredited nonpublic school.
Sec. 65. Section 321.279, subsection 2, paragraph b, as
enacted by 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2275, section 1, is
amended to read as follows:
b. The driver of a motor vehicle who commits a violation
under this section subsection and who has previously committed
a violation under this section subsection or subsection 3 is,
upon conviction, guilty of a class “D” felony.
Sec. 66. Section 514C.35, subsection 4, paragraph d,
subparagraph (1), if enacted by 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File
2261, section 5, is amended to read as follows:
(1) A any Any school, other than a public school, that is
accredited pursuant to section 256.11 for any and all levels
for grades one through twelve.
Sec. 67. Section 709.23, subsection 2, if enacted by 2020
Iowa Acts, House File 2554, section 4, is amended to read as
follows:
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child is, upon conviction, guilty of a class “B” felony.
Notwithstanding section 902.9, subsection 1, paragraph “b” ,
a person convicted of a violation of this subsection section
involving any combination of three or more acts of sexual abuse
that includes a violation of section 709.3 or 709.4 shall be
confined for no more than fifty years.
Sec. 68. 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2357, section 9,
subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (1), subparagraph
division (a), is amended to read as follows:
(a) Review of requirements. The supervising physician and
the physician assistant shall review all of the requirements
of physician assistant licensure, practice, supervision, and
delegation of medical services as set forth in section 148.13
and chapter 148C, the Iowa administrative code chapter chapters
under 653 IAC , and 645 IAC chapters 326 to 329.
Sec. 69. 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2357, section 10,
subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, is amended to read as
follows:
The Notwithstanding section 148C.5, the board of physician
assistants shall rescind all of the following:
Sec. 70. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 71. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following apply
retroactively to March 18, 2020:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending 2020
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2357, section 9.
2. The section of this division of this Act amending 2020
Iowa Acts, Senate File 2357, section 10.
DIVISION XVI
IOWA STATE FAIR BOARD —— BOND AUTHORIZATION
Sec. 72. IOWA STATE FAIR BOARD —— BOND AUTHORIZATION. If
the Iowa state fair board decides not to hold the Iowa state
fair for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, the Iowa state fair board is authorized to
issue and sell negotiable revenue bonds of the Iowa state fair
authority pursuant to section 173.14B during the fiscal year
for purposes of providing sufficient funds for the advancement
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DIVISION XVII
IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY —— RELOCATION
Sec. 73. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 163, section 10, subsection
1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), is amended to read as
follows:
(2) For the costs associated with temporary relocation of
the Iowa law enforcement academy:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,015,442
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subparagraph that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020.
Sec. 74. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 75. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020,
applies retroactively to June 30, 2020.
DIVISION XVIII
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT
Sec. 76. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 135, section 5, subsection
27, is amended to read as follows:
27. NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PAYMENTS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
For payments to community colleges for the concurrent
enrollment of accredited nonpublic students under section
261E.8, subsection 2 , paragraph “b”, if enacted by 2019 Iowa
Acts, Senate File 603 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020.
Sec. 77. NONREVERSION NOT APPLICABLE TO FY 2020-2021. The
specified nonreversion provision set forth in 2019 Iowa Acts,
chapter 135, section 5, subsection 27, as amended in this
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and ending June 30, 2021, notwithstanding section 1 of this
Act.
Sec. 78. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 79. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020,
applies retroactively to June 30, 2020.
DIVISION XIX
RESOURCE ENHANCEMENT AND PROTECTION
Sec. 80. Section 455A.18, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
July 1, 1997, and ending June 30, 2021 2023 , there is
appropriated from the general fund, to the Iowa resources
enhancement and protection fund, the amount of twenty million
dollars, to be used as provided in this chapter . However,
in any fiscal year of the fiscal period, if moneys from the
lottery are appropriated by the state to the fund, the amount
appropriated under this subsection shall be reduced by the
amount appropriated from the lottery.
DIVISION XX
CLERKS OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Sec. 81. Section 602.1215, subsection 1, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
1. Subject to the provisions of section 602.1209,
subsection 3 , the district judges of each judicial election
district shall by majority vote appoint persons to serve as
clerks of the district court within the judicial election
district. The district judges of a judicial election district
may appoint a person to serve as clerk of the district court
for more than one but not more than four contiguous counties
county in the same judicial district. A person does not
qualify for appointment to the office of clerk of the district
court unless the person is at the time of application a
resident of the state. A clerk of the district court may
be removed from office for cause by the chief judge of the
judicial district, after consultation with the district judges
of the judicial election district. Prior to removal, the
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removal.
DIVISION XXI
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY APPROPRIATION —— FY 2019-2020
Sec. 82. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of public
safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending
June 30, 2020, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For overtime expenses, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,400,000
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of
the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of the
fiscal year that begins July 1, 2020.
Sec. 83. APPROPRIATION NOT APPLICABLE TO FY 2020-2021. The
appropriation set forth in this division of this Act shall not
be made for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, notwithstanding section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 84. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 85. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act, if approved by the governor on or after July 1, 2020,
applies retroactively to June 30, 2020.
DIVISION XXII
ALARM SYSTEM CONTRACTORS —— FEES AND FINES
Sec. 86. Section 100C.1, Code 2020, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 8A. “False alarm” means the activation of
an alarm system when a situation requiring emergency response
does not actually exist. For purposes of this chapter, “false
alarm” does not include the activation of an alarm system as a
result of weather conditions.
Sec. 87. Section 100C.6, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Relieve any person from payment of any local permit or
building fee , except as provided in section 100C.11 .
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fines —— limitations.
A political subdivision shall not adopt or enforce an
ordinance, resolution, rule, or other measure requiring an
alarm system contractor to pay a fee or fine associated with
any of the following:
1. False alarms.
2. Emergency response to false alarms.
3. Permits associated with placing or keeping an alarm
system in service, not including any installation permits
required by the political subdivision’s building code.
Sec. 89. NEW SECTION . 100C.12 Collection of fees.
1. If, prior to the effective date of this division of this
Act, an alarm system contractor charged its customers an amount
equal to the costs the political subdivision of the state
imposed on the alarm system contractor for permits associated
with placing or keeping an alarm in service, as shown on a
separate line item on the customer’s invoice, the alarm system
contractor may continue to collect from its customers such fees
until December 31, 2020. The alarm system contractor shall
pay to the political subdivision of the state or its designee
the fees collected under this section in accordance with the
instructions of the political subdivision or the political
subdivision’s designee.
2. Fees collected by an alarm system contractor under
this section shall not be subject to audit by a political
subdivision or the political subdivision’s designee.
Sec. 90. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XXIII
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Sec. 91. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 154, section 3, subsection
1, paragraph b, is amended by adding the following new
subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (7) For technical assistance to
communications service providers in completing applications for
federal funds, or any other funds from any public or private
sources, related to improving broadband infrastructure.
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paragraph “b”, as amended in this division of this Act, are
applicable to the associated appropriation made for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, pursuant
to section 1 of this Act.
Sec. 93. INSURANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. From the
moneys collected by the insurance division in excess of the
anticipated gross revenues under section 505.7, subsection
3, during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, $100,000
shall be transferred to the economic development authority for
insurance economic development and international insurance
economic development.
Sec. 94. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
PROGRAM. Notwithstanding section 96.9, subsection 4, paragraph
“a”, moneys credited to the state by the secretary of the
treasury of the United States pursuant to section 903 of the
Social Security Act are appropriated to the department of
workforce development and shall be used by the department for
the administration of the unemployment compensation program
only. This appropriation shall not apply to any fiscal year
beginning after December 31, 2020.
Sec. 95. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 96. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
retroactively to July 1, 2019:
The section of this division of this Act enacting 2019 Iowa
Acts, chapter 154, section 3, subsection 1, paragraph “b”,
subparagraph (7).
DIVISION XXIV
CONTINGENT APPROPRIATIONS —— FY 2020-2021
Sec. 97. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For implementation of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2629,
if enacted, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
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Sec. 98. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the college
student aid commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For implementation of 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2398,
if enacted, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 300,000
Sec. 99. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of public
safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending
June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
For implementation of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2581, as
amended in this Act, if enacted, including salaries, support,
maintenance, and miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 411,000
Sec. 100. IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY. There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the Iowa
law enforcement academy for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or
so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For implementation of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2647,
if enacted, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 140,000
Sec. 101. CONTINGENT REPEAL. The section of this division
of this Act appropriating moneys to the college student aid
commission for implementation of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File
2629, is repealed if 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2629, is not
enacted.
Sec. 102. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes
effect on the effective date of 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File
2398, if enacted:
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of 2020 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2398.
Sec. 103. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes
effect on the effective date of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File
2581, as amended in this Act, if enacted:
The section of this division of this Act appropriating
moneys to the department of public safety.
Sec. 104. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. The following takes
effect on the effective date of 2020 Iowa Acts, House File
2647, if enacted:
The section of this division of this Act appropriating
moneys to the Iowa law enforcement academy.
DIVISION XXV
ADJUSTMENT TO SCHOOL FOUNDATION AID
Sec. 105. ADJUSTMENT TO STATE FOUNDATION AID FOR SCHOOL
BUDGET YEAR 2020-2021.
1. If a school district was required to repay property
taxes paid or had a reduction in property taxes due for school
taxes levied for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2019,
on a property that received an assessed value reduction for
the assessment year beginning January 1, 2018, by action of
the board of review or property assessment appeal board, or
by judicial action, and the amount of the reduction for the
property exceeded $47,000,000, the school district is eligible
for an adjustment in state foundation aid for the budget year
beginning July 1, 2020.
2. To receive the adjustment in state foundation aid, the
school district shall apply to the department of management
within thirty days following the effective date of this
division of this Act and section 257.12, subsection 3, shall
not apply. The department of management shall determine the
amount of adjustment in state foundation aid pursuant to
subsection 3.
3. The department of management shall determine the amount
of state foundation aid which the school district would
have received under section 257.1 for the school budget year
beginning July 1, 2019, in the manner provided in section
257.12, subsection 2. The adjustment in state foundation aid
under this section shall be paid as provided in section 257.16.
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deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XXVI
HEMP REGULATION
Sec. 107. REPEAL. 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2581, section
19, if enacted, is repealed.
Sec. 108. 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2581, if enacted, is
amended by adding the following new section:
NEW SECTION . 19A. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed
of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 109. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies
retroactively to the effective date of 2020 Iowa Acts, House
File 2581, as amended in this division of this Act, if enacted:
The section of this division of this Act repealing 2020 Iowa
Acts, House File 2581, section 19.
DIVISION XXVII
GRAIN REGULATION
Sec. 110. APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of agriculture
and land stewardship for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the following amount, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For the administration and enforcement of chapters 203
and 203C, including salaries, support, maintenance, and
miscellaneous purposes:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 350,000
Sec. 111. SUSPENSION. Notwithstanding section 203D.5,
the fees described in that section shall not be assessable or
owing.
Sec. 112. REPEAL. The section of this division of this Act
suspending fees under section 203D.5 is repealed on March 1,
2021.
Sec. 113. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION XXVIII
RETURNS ON SEARCH WARRANTS
Sec. 114. Section 808.8, subsection 2, Code 2020, is amended
to read as follows:
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complete inventory of the property taken, and state under oath
including a sworn statement that it is accurate to the best of
the officer’s knowledge. The magistrate must, if requested,
deliver a copy of the inventory of seized property to the
person from whose possession it was taken and to the applicant
for the warrant.
Sec. 115. CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this
Act takes effect on the effective date of rules prescribed by
the supreme court and submitted to the legislative council
pursuant to section 602.4202, that establish processes and
procedures for the application and issuance of a search warrant
by electronic means to implement 2017 Iowa Acts, chapter 37.
DIVISION XXIX
COUNTY ZONING
Sec. 116. Section 335.8, subsection 1, Code 2020, as amended
by 2020 Iowa Acts, House File 2512, section 3, is amended to
read as follows:
1. In order to avail itself of the powers conferred by this
chapter , the board of supervisors shall appoint a commission
consisting of eligible electors, as defined in section 39.3,
who reside within the area regulated by the county zoning
ordinance county, but outside the corporate limits of any city ,
to be known as the county zoning commission. The commission
may recommend the boundaries of the various districts and
appropriate regulations and restrictions to be enforced in
the districts. The commission shall, with due diligence,
prepare a preliminary report and hold public hearings on the
preliminary report before submitting the commission’s final
report. The board of supervisors shall not hold its public
hearings or take action until it has received the final report
of the commission. After the adoption of the regulations,
restrictions, and boundaries of districts, the zoning
commission may, from time to time, recommend to the board of
supervisors amendments, supplements, changes, or modifications.
The commission’s report and any recommendations may include a
proposed ordinance or amendments to an ordinance.
Sec. 117. Section 335.11, Code 2020, as amended by 2020
Iowa Acts, House File 2512, section 4, is amended to read as
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335.11 Membership of board.
The board of adjustment shall consist of five members who
are eligible electors, as defined in section 39.3, and who
reside within the area regulated by the county zoning ordinance
county, but outside the corporate limits of any city , each to
be appointed for a term of five years, excepting that when the
board shall first be created one member shall be appointed for
a term of five years, one for a term of four years, one for a
term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for
a term of one year. Members shall be removable for cause by
the appointing authority upon written charges and after public
hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of
any member whose term becomes vacant.
Sec. 118. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 119. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to June 1, 2020, to members of county
zoning commissions and county boards of adjustment holding
office on or after that date.
DIVISION XXX
COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
Sec. 120. 2019 Iowa Acts, chapter 154, section 17,
subsection 1, paragraph d, is amended to read as follows:
d. COLLEGE STUDENT AID COMMISSION
For deposit in the future ready Iowa skilled workforce grant
fund established pursuant to section 261.132 , as enacted by
2018 Iowa Acts, chapter 1067, section 13 :
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
Of the moneys appropriated in this lettered paragraph,
$600,000 shall be transferred to the future ready Iowa skilled
workforce last-dollar scholarship fund created in section
261.131.
Sec. 121. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 122. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This division of this
Act applies retroactively to July 1, 2019.
DIVISION XXXI
VOTING
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unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2020, is amended to read as
follows:
Each application shall contain the following information To
request an absentee ballot, a registered voter shall provide :
Sec. 124. Section 53.2, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
b. If insufficient information has been provided, including
the absence of a voter verification number, either on the
prescribed form or on an application created by the applicant,
the commissioner shall, by the best means available, obtain
the additional necessary information within twenty-four hours
after the receipt of the absentee ballot request, contact the
applicant by telephone and electronic mail, if such information
has been provided by the applicant. If the commissioner is
unable to contact the applicant by telephone or electronic
mail, the commissioner shall send a notice to the applicant
at the address where the applicant is registered to vote, or
to the applicant’s mailing address if it is different from
the residential address. If the applicant has requested the
ballot to be sent to an address that is not the applicant’s
residential or mailing address, the commissioner shall send an
additional notice to the address where the applicant requested
the ballot to be sent. A commissioner shall not use the voter
registration system to obtain additional necessary information .
A voter requesting or casting a ballot pursuant to section
53.22 shall not be required to provide a voter verification
number.
Sec. 125. Section 53.2, subsection 4, Code 2020, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . d. If an applicant does not have current
access to the applicant’s voter verification number, the
commissioner shall verify the applicant’s identity prior to
supplying the voter verification number by asking the applicant
to provide at least two of the following facts about the
applicant:
(1) Date of birth.
(2) The last four digits of the applicant’s social security
number, if applicable.
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(4) Mailing address.
(5) Middle name.
(6) Voter verification number as defined in paragraph “c” .
Sec. 126. Section 53.10, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2020, is amended to read as follows:
a. Each person who wishes to vote by absentee ballot at
the commissioner’s office shall first sign an application
for a ballot including the following information: name,
current address, voter verification number, and the election
for which the ballot is requested. The person may report a
change of address or other information on the person’s voter
registration record at that time. Prior to furnishing a
ballot, the commissioner shall verify the person’s identity
as provided in section 49.78. The registered voter shall
immediately mark the ballot; enclose the ballot in a secrecy
envelope, if necessary, and seal it in the envelope marked
with the affidavit; subscribe to the affidavit on the reverse
side of the envelope; and return the absentee ballot to the
commissioner. The commissioner shall record the numbers
appearing on the application and affidavit envelope along with
the name of the registered voter.
DIVISION XXXII
BOARD OF REGENTS —— ATTORNEYS
Sec. 127. Section 262.9, subsection 16, Code 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
16. In its discretion , employ or retain attorneys or
counselors when acting as a public employer for the purpose of
carrying out collective bargaining and related responsibilities
provided for under chapter 20 . This subsection shall supersede
the provisions of section 13.7 to provide legal counsel or
legal advice, notwithstanding section 13.7, provided that
the provisions of section 13.7 shall govern the retention of
attorneys in any action or proceeding that is brought in any
court or tribunal .
DIVISION XXXIII
ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINES
Sec. 128. NEW SECTION . 478.16 Electric transmission lines
—— federally registered planning authority transmission plans.
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requires:
a. “Electric transmission line” means a high-voltage
electric transmission line with a capacity of one hundred
kilovolts or more and any associated electric transmission
facility, including any substation or other equipment.
b. “Electric transmission owner” means an individual or
entity who, as of the effective date of this Act, owns and
maintains an electric transmission line that is required
for rate-regulated electric utilities, municipal electric
utilities, and rural electric cooperatives in this state to
provide electric service to the public for compensation.
c. “Incumbent electric transmission owner” means any of the
following:
(1) A public utility or a municipally owned utility that
owns, operates, and maintains an electric transmission line in
this state.
(2) An electric cooperative corporation or association or
municipally owned utility that owns an electric transmission
facility in this state and has turned over the functional
control of such facility to a federally approved authority.
(3) An “electric transmission owner” as defined in paragraph
“b” .
d. “Landowner” means the same as defined in section 478.2.
e. “Municipally owned utility” means a “city utility” as
defined in section 362.2, or an “electric power agency” as
defined in section 390.9 which is comprised solely of cities or
solely of cities and other political subdivisions.
2. An incumbent electric transmission owner has the right to
construct, own, and maintain an electric transmission line that
has been approved for construction in a federally registered
planning authority transmission plan and which connects to an
electric transmission facility owned by the incumbent electric
transmission owner. Where a proposed electric transmission
line would connect to electric transmission facilities owned
by two or more incumbent electric transmission owners, each
incumbent electric transmission owner whose facility connects
to the electric transmission line has the right to construct,
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declines to construct, own, and maintain its portion of an
electric transmission line that would connect to electric
transmission facilities owned by two or more incumbent
electric transmission owners, then the other incumbent electric
transmission owner or owners that own an electric transmission
facility to which the electric transmission line connects
has the right to construct, own, and maintain the electric
transmission line individually.
3. If an electric transmission line has been approved for
construction in a federally registered planning authority
transmission plan, and the electric transmission line is
not subject to a right of first refusal in accordance with
the tariff of a federally registered planning authority,
then within ninety days of approval for construction, an
incumbent electric transmission owner, or owners if there
is more than one owner, that owns a connecting electric
transmission facility shall give written notice to the board
regarding whether the incumbent electric transmission owner
or owners intend to construct, own, and maintain the electric
transmission line. If the incumbent electric transmission
owner or owners give notice of intent to construct the electric
transmission line, the incumbent electric transmission owner
or owners shall follow the applicable franchise requirements
pursuant to this chapter. If the incumbent electric
transmission owner or owners give notice declining to construct
the electric transmission line, the board may determine whether
another person may construct the electric transmission line.
4. For projects where an election to construct an electric
transmission line has been made under this section, all of the
following cost accountability measures shall apply:
a. Within thirty days after the issuance of a franchise
pursuant to this chapter for the electric transmission line,
the incumbent electric transmission owner or owners shall
provide to the board an estimate of the cost to construct the
electric transmission line.
b. Until construction of the electric transmission line
is complete, the incumbent electric transmission owner or
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electric transmission line and an explanation of changes in the
cost estimate from the prior cost estimate.
5. This section shall not modify the authority of the
board under this chapter, the rights of landowners under this
chapter, or the requirements, rights, and obligations relating
to the construction, maintenance, and operation of electric
transmission lines pursuant to this chapter.
6. This section shall not apply to an electric transmission
line to be placed underground that has not been approved for
construction in a federally registered planning authority
transmission plan.
7. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
administer this section.
DIVISION XXXIV
CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
Sec. 129. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. Unless otherwise
provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2020, takes effect upon enactment.
Sec. 130. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. Unless otherwise
provided, this Act, if approved by the governor on or after
July 1, 2020, applies retroactively to July 1, 2020.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY CHARLES SCHNEIDER
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House andis
known as House File 2643, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor