Bill Text: IA HF152 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing an appropriation for continuation of the program to provide assistance with burial expenses for children of low-income families, and providing an appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-31 - Introduced, referred to Appropriations. H.J. 163. [HF152 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF152-Introduced.html
House File 152 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KRESSIG and BROWN=POWERS A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing an appropriation for continuation of 2 the program to provide assistance with burial expenses 3 for children of low=income families, and providing an 4 appropriation. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2116YH (3) 87 pf/rh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. UNINTENDED DEATH OF A CHILD BURIAL EXPENSES == 1 2 LOW=INCOME FAMILIES == APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated 1 3 from the general fund of the state to the department of public 1 4 health for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending 1 5 June 30, 2018, the following amount, or so much thereof as is 1 6 necessary for the purpose designated: 1 7 For continuation of the program to assist parents, 1 8 guardians, and custodians with costs resulting from the 1 9 unintended death of a child in accordance with 2014 Iowa 1 10 Acts, ch. 1140, section 22, subsection 12. Notwithstanding 1 11 section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this section that remain 1 12 unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year 1 13 shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for 1 14 the purpose designated until expended: 1 15 .................................................. $ 200,000 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 19 This bill appropriates $200,000 from the general fund of 1 20 the state to the department of public health for FY 2017=2018 1 21 to continue the program established in the 2014 Iowa Acts, to 1 22 assist parents, guardians, and custodians, with incomes less 1 23 than 145 percent of the federal poverty level, with funeral, 1 24 burial or cremation, cemetery, or grave marker costs resulting 1 25 from the unintended death of a child. The maximum amount 1 26 of the assistance provided is $2,000. As with the existing 1 27 program, moneys that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 1 28 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 1 29 available for expenditure for the purpose designated until 1 30 expended. LSB 2116YH (3) 87 pf/rh/rj
