Bill Text: IA HF167 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to emergency food assistance and making appropriations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-01 - Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services. H.J. 215. [HF167 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF167-Introduced.html
House File 167 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 167 BY STAED , STECKMAN , KURTH , CROKEN , JACOBY , GJERDE , KRESSIG , BAGNIEWSKI , LEVIN , BAETH , CAHILL , MADISON , AMOS , BROWN-POWERS , EHLERT , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , GAINES , JAMES , and WILSON A BILL FOR An Act relating to emergency food assistance and making 1 appropriations. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1727YH (2) 90 dg/rh
H.F. 167 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 217.41D Emergency food assistance 1 —— appropriation. 2 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and for 3 each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year beginning 4 July 1, 2027, there is appropriated from the general fund 5 of the state to the department of health and human services 6 one million dollars for the support of an Iowa food bank 7 association selected by the department of health and human 8 services for the purchase of food on behalf of an Iowa 9 emergency feeding organization or for the distribution of 10 moneys to the Iowa emergency feeding organizations for the 11 purchase of food. 12 2. The moneys appropriated in this section shall be 13 allocated only to the extent that such moneys are matched on a 14 dollar-for-dollar basis. 15 3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in 16 this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the 17 close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain 18 available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the 19 close of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2027. 20 4. This section is repealed July 1, 2028. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill creates a standing appropriation of $1 million 25 from the general fund of the state for the fiscal year 26 beginning July 1, 2023, through the fiscal year beginning July 27 1, 2027, to the department of health and human services for 28 support of an Iowa food bank association to buy food on behalf 29 of an Iowa emergency feeding organization or distribute the 30 moneys to such organizations for the purchase of food. 31 The moneys appropriated shall only be allocated if it is 32 matched dollar-for-dollar. Any moneys unused during a fiscal 33 year shall remain available for the same purpose until the end 34 of the following fiscal year. 35 -1- LSB 1727YH (2) 90 dg/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 167 The new Code section created in the bill is repealed July 1, 1 2028. 2 -2- LSB 1727YH (2) 90 dg/rh 2/ 2
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