Bill Text: IA SF2251 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the state child care assistance program eligibility and application provisions. (Formerly SF 2143.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-01 - Message from Senate. H.J. 613. [SF2251 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2251-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2251
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2251
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2143)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
1
eligibility
and
application
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
7,
paragraphs
a
and
1
c,
Code
2014,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Families
with
an
income
at
or
below
one
hundred
percent
3
of
the
federal
poverty
level
whose
members
are
employed
,
for
4
at
least
twenty-eight
hours
per
week
in
the
aggregate,
are
5
employed
or
are
participating
at
a
satisfactory
level
in
an
6
approved
training
program
or
educational
program
,
and
parents
7
with
a
family
income
at
or
below
one
hundred
percent
of
the
8
federal
poverty
level
who
are
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
years
9
and
are
participating
in
an
educational
program
leading
to
a
10
high
school
diploma
or
the
equivalent.
11
c.
Families
with
an
income
of
more
than
one
hundred
percent
12
but
not
more
than
one
hundred
forty-five
percent
of
the
13
federal
poverty
level
whose
members
are
employed
,
for
at
least
14
twenty-eight
hours
per
week
in
the
aggregate,
are
employed
15
or
are
participating
at
a
satisfactory
level
in
an
approved
16
training
program
or
educational
program
.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
237A.13,
subsection
8,
Code
2014,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
8.
Nothing
in
this
section
shall
be
construed
as
or
is
20
intended
as,
or
shall
imply,
a
grant
of
entitlement
for
21
services
to
persons
who
are
eligible
for
assistance
due
to
22
an
income
level
or
other
eligibility
circumstance
addressed
23
in
this
section
.
Any
state
obligation
to
provide
services
24
pursuant
to
this
section
is
limited
to
the
extent
of
the
funds
25
appropriated
for
the
purposes
of
state
child
care
assistance.
26
The
department
shall
not
redetermine
the
eligibility
of
a
27
program
participant
more
frequently
than
every
twelve
months.
28
Sec.
3.
STATE
CHILD
CARE
ASSISTANCE
APPLICATIONS
——
MOBILE
29
DEVICES.
30
1.
The
department
of
human
services
shall
review
the
31
application
form
and
other
elements
of
the
process
used
32
by
applicants
to
apply
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
33
program.
The
purpose
of
the
review
is
to
simplify
the
process
34
by
eliminating
requirements
to
provide
unneeded
or
redundant
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information
and
improving
the
wording
of
the
application,
and
1
identifying
other
options
for
improvement.
The
department
2
shall
report
the
results
of
the
review
to
the
governor
and
3
general
assembly
on
or
before
December
1,
2014.
4
2.
The
department
shall
implement
an
application
process
5
enhancement
so
that
applicants
for
the
state
child
care
6
assistance
program
may
apply
for
the
program
using
a
mobile
7
information
technology
device.
8
Sec.
4.
IMPLEMENTATION.
The
department
of
human
services
9
shall
adopt
rules
and
take
other
actions
as
necessary
to
10
implement,
as
state
child
care
assistance
program
eligibility
11
provisions,
the
amendments
to
section
237A.13
in
this
Act,
on
12
July
1,
2014.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
relates
to
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
17
eligibility
and
application
provisions.
18
State
child
care
assistance
program
eligibility
requirements
19
in
Code
section
237A.13
are
addressed.
The
program
is
20
administered
by
the
department
of
human
services.
The
21
department
establishes
waiting
list
requirements
for
the
22
program
based
upon
the
availability
of
funding
and
eligibility
23
requirements
for
the
program
generally
match
the
waiting
24
list
requirements.
The
bill
amends
two
of
the
waiting
list
25
requirements
that
are
based
upon
income
and
employment
for
at
26
least
28
hours
per
week
or
participation
in
an
educational
27
program.
28
The
bill
revises
the
28-hour-per-week
employment
requirement
29
to
apply
to
a
combination
of
employment
and
participation
at
a
30
satisfactory
level
in
an
approved
training
or
education
program
31
for
28
hours
per
week
in
the
aggregate.
32
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
shall
not
redetermine
33
the
eligibility
of
a
program
participant
more
frequently
than
34
every
12
months.
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The
department
is
required
to
review
the
application
1
form
and
the
process
used
to
apply
for
the
program
to
make
2
improvements.
The
results
of
the
review
are
to
be
reported
3
to
the
governor
and
general
assembly
on
or
before
December
1,
4
2014.
In
addition,
the
department
is
required
to
implement
an
5
application
process
enhancement
so
that
applicants
may
apply
6
for
the
program
using
a
mobile
information
technology
device.
7
The
department
is
required
to
adopt
rules
for
the
bill’s
8
waiting
list
provisions
to
be
implemented
as
eligibility
9
provisions
for
the
state
child
care
assistance
program
and
take
10
other
actions
as
necessary
for
the
bill
to
be
implemented
by
11
July
1,
2014.
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