Bill Text: IA SF492 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a disaster case management grant fund and program. (Formerly SF 307 and SF 411.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-04-29 - Sent to Governor. S.J. 0. [SF492 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF492-Introduced.html

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Senate File 492 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON
                                     APPROPRIATIONS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 411)
                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SF 307)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a disaster case management grant fund and
  2    program.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 29C.20B, Code 2015, is amended by
  1  2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    29C.20B  Disaster case management grant fund and program.
  1  5    1.  a.  A disaster case management grant fund is created
  1  6 in the state treasury for the use of the executive council.
  1  7 Moneys in the fund shall be expended if grants are awarded
  1  8 pursuant to section 29C.20A following the governor's
  1  9 proclamation of a state of disaster emergency or the
  1 10 declaration of a major disaster by the president of the United
  1 11 States.
  1 12    b.  The executive council may make financial grants to meet
  1 13 disaster=related case management needs of disaster=affected
  1 14 individuals.  The aggregate total of grants awarded shall
  1 15 not be more than one million dollars during a fiscal year.
  1 16 However, within the same fiscal year, additional funds may
  1 17 be specifically authorized by the executive council to meet
  1 18 additional needs. Each fiscal year, an additional one hundred
  1 19 thousand dollars shall be available for use for contract
  1 20 entity staff support, case management training, and continuing
  1 21 training.
  1 22    c.  The department of human services shall work with the
  1 23 department of homeland security and emergency management
  1 24 and, as selected by the department of human services, a
  1 25 representative of nonprofit, voluntary, and faith=based
  1 26 organizations active in disaster recovery and response to
  1 27 establish a statewide system of disaster case management
  1 28 to be activated following the governor's proclamation of a
  1 29 disaster emergency or the declaration of a major disaster by
  1 30 the president of the United States for individual assistance
  1 31 purposes.
  1 32    2.  The department of human services shall administer
  1 33 disaster case management grants.  The department of human
  1 34 services, in conjunction with the department of homeland
  1 35 security and emergency management, shall establish a disaster
  2  1 case management program and adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
  2  2 necessary to administer the program.  The executive council
  2  3 shall use grant moneys to reimburse the department of human
  2  4 services for actual expenses associated with the administration
  2  5 of the grants.  Under the program, the department of human
  2  6 services shall coordinate case management services locally
  2  7 through one or more contracted entities.  The department of
  2  8 human services shall implement an ongoing contract with a
  2  9 provider of a statewide program with local offices throughout
  2 10 the state to serve as the local administrative entity for the
  2 11 grant program to allow implementation of the program with
  2 12 minimal delay if grants are awarded pursuant to section 29C.20A
  2 13 following a governor's proclamation of a state of disaster
  2 14 emergency or a declaration of a major disaster by the president
  2 15 of the United States.
  2 16    3.  The department of human services, in conjunction with the
  2 17 department of homeland security and emergency management and a
  2 18 representative of the Iowa voluntary organizations active in
  2 19 disaster, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to create
  2 20 coordination mechanisms and standards for the establishment
  2 21 and implementation of a statewide system of disaster case
  2 22 management.  The rules adopted by the department of human
  2 23 services for the program shall include but are not limited to
  2 24 all of the following:
  2 25    a.  If a local administrative entity is under contract with
  2 26 the state to provide other services or is implementing a state
  2 27 or federal program and the contract contains a sufficient
  2 28 surety bond or other adequate financial responsibility
  2 29 provisions, the department shall accept the existing surety
  2 30 bond or financial responsibility provisions in lieu of applying
  2 31 a new or additional surety bond or financial responsibility
  2 32 requirement.
  2 33    b.  Authorization for the local administrative entity to draw
  2 34 down grant funding to pay valid claims on at least a weekly
  2 35 basis.
  3  1    c.  Disaster case management standards.
  3  2    d.  Disaster case management policies.
  3  3    e.  Reporting requirements.
  3  4    f.  Eligibility criteria.
  3  5    g.  Coordination mechanisms necessary to carry out the
  3  6 services provided.
  3  7    h.  Development of formal working relationships with agencies
  3  8 and creation of interagency agreements for those considered to
  3  9 provide disaster case management services.
  3 10    i.  Establishment of nonduplication of benefits policies and
  3 11 mechanisms for the exchange of information between agencies to
  3 12 ensure compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability
  3 13 and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104=191, 110 Stat.
  3 14 1936 (1996).
  3 15    j.  Referral to all known available services for individuals
  3 16 from multiple agencies in coordinated service locations.
  3 17    4.  By January 1 of each year, the department of human
  3 18 services shall submit an annual written report to the
  3 19 legislative fiscal committee and the general assembly's
  3 20 standing committees on government oversight concerning the
  3 21 activities of the grant program during the previous fiscal
  3 22 year.
  3 23                           EXPLANATION
  3 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  3 25 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  3 26    This bill creates a disaster case management grant fund and
  3 27 program.
  3 28    The bill replaces provisions relating to disaster case
  3 29 management with a disaster case management fund.  Moneys in
  3 30 the fund must be expended if individual assistance grants
  3 31 are awarded following the governor's proclamation of a
  3 32 state of disaster emergency or the declaration of a major
  3 33 disaster by the president of the United States.  The bill
  3 34 allows the executive council to make financial grants to meet
  3 35 disaster=related case management needs of disaster=affected
  4  1 individuals.  The aggregate total of grants awarded shall not
  4  2 be more than $1 million during a fiscal year; however, within
  4  3 the same fiscal year, additional funds may be specifically
  4  4 authorized by the executive council to meet additional needs.
  4  5 Each fiscal year an additional $100,000 shall be available
  4  6 for use for contract entity staff support, case management
  4  7 training, and continuing training.
  4  8    The bill requires the department of human services to
  4  9 work with the department of homeland security and emergency
  4 10 management and, as selected by the department of human
  4 11 services, a representative of nonprofit, voluntary, and
  4 12 faith=based organizations active in disaster recovery
  4 13 and response to establish a statewide system of disaster
  4 14 case management to be activated following the governor's
  4 15 proclamation of a disaster emergency or the declaration of
  4 16 a major disaster by the president of the United States for
  4 17 individual assistance purposes.
  4 18    The bill requires the department of human services to
  4 19 administer the disaster case management grants.  The bill
  4 20 requires the department of human services, in conjunction with
  4 21 the department of homeland security and emergency management,
  4 22 to establish an Iowa disaster case management program and adopt
  4 23 rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A necessary to administer
  4 24 the program.  The executive council shall use grant moneys to
  4 25 reimburse the department of human services for actual expenses
  4 26 associated with the administration of the grants.  Under the
  4 27 program, the bill requires the department of human services
  4 28 to coordinate case management services locally through one or
  4 29 more contracted entities.  The department of human services is
  4 30 required to implement an ongoing contract with a provider of a
  4 31 statewide program with local offices throughout the state to
  4 32 serve as the local administrative entity for the grant program
  4 33 to allow implementation of the program with minimal delay if
  4 34 individual assistance grants are awarded following a governor's
  4 35 proclamation of a state of disaster emergency or a declaration
  5  1 of a major disaster by the president of the United States.
  5  2    The bill requires the department of human services, in
  5  3 conjunction with the department of homeland security and
  5  4 emergency management and a representative of the Iowa voluntary
  5  5 organizations active in disaster, to adopt rules pursuant
  5  6 to Code chapter 17A to create coordination mechanisms and
  5  7 standards for the establishment and implementation of a
  5  8 statewide system of disaster case management.
  5  9    The bill includes an annual reporting requirement.
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