Bill Text: IA HF2042 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to programs that address food insecurity, making appropriations, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-29 - Sponsor added, Wilson. H.J. 151. [HF2042 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2042-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
ISENHART
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
programs
that
address
food
insecurity,
1
making
appropriations,
and
including
effective
date
and
2
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
PARTICIPATION
IN
SUMMER
ELECTRONIC
BENEFITS
1
TRANSFER
(EBT)
FOR
CHILDREN
PROGRAM
——
APPROPRIATION.
The
2
department
of
health
and
human
services,
in
coordination
with
3
the
department
of
education,
shall
do
all
of
the
following:
4
1.
Immediately
upon
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
submit
a
5
letter
of
intent
to
the
United
States
secretary
of
agriculture
6
to
apply
for
and
participate
in
the
summer
EBT
for
children
7
program
established
as
a
permanent
program
under
the
federal
8
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act,
2023,
42
U.S.C.
§1762,
during
9
summer
2024.
10
2.
Coordinate
with
the
United
States
department
of
11
agriculture
food
and
nutrition
service
to
develop
a
successful
12
management
and
administration
plan
for
the
summer
EBT
for
13
children
program,
and
submit
the
plan
to
the
United
States
14
secretary
of
agriculture
by
February
15,
2024.
15
Sec.
2.
SUMMER
ELECTRONIC
BENEFITS
TRANSFER
(EBT)
FOR
16
CHILDREN
PROGRAM
——
HEALTHIEST
STATE
INITIATIVE
COORDINATION
17
——
APPROPRIATIONS.
18
1.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
19
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
fiscal
20
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
21
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
be
used
for
administration
of
the
22
summer
EBT
for
children
program
as
provided
under
the
federal
23
Consolidated
Appropriations
Act,
2023,
during
summer
2024:
24
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$
2,900,000
25
a.
Of
the
amount
appropriated
in
this
subsection,
at
least
26
$700,000
shall
be
used
by
the
department
of
health
and
human
27
services
to
contract
with
the
Iowa
institute
of
public
health
28
research
and
policy
at
the
university
of
Iowa
college
of
public
29
health
to
evaluate
the
nutritional
and
other
health
impacts
of
30
the
summer
EBT
for
children
program.
31
b.
Any
moneys
appropriated
in
this
subsection
that
remain
32
unexpended
or
unobligated
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
year
33
beginning
July
1,
2023,
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
34
available
for
use
in
the
succeeding
fiscal
year
for
the
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purposes
authorized
in
this
subsection.
1
2.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
2
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
for
the
fiscal
3
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
the
following
amount,
or
so
much
4
thereof
as
is
necessary,
to
support
the
double
up
food
bucks
5
program
administered
by
the
Iowa
healthiest
state
initiative
6
to
coordinate
the
double
up
food
bucks
program
with
the
summer
7
EBT
for
children
program:
8
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$
2,800,000
9
a.
Of
the
amount
appropriated
in
this
subsection,
up
to
10
10
percent
may
be
used
for
promotion
of
the
programs
and
for
11
public
education.
12
b.
Any
moneys
appropriated
under
this
subsection
that
13
remain
unexpended
or
unobligated
at
the
end
of
the
fiscal
14
year
beginning
July
1,
2023,
shall
not
revert
but
shall
15
remain
available
for
use
in
the
succeeding
fiscal
year
for
the
16
purposes
authorized
in
this
subsection.
17
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
18
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
19
Sec.
4.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
20
retroactively
to
July
1,
2023.
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
relates
to
programs
that
address
food
insecurity.
25
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
health
and
human
26
services
(HHS),
in
coordination
with
the
department
of
27
education,
to
immediately
upon
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
28
submit
a
letter
of
intent
to
apply
for
and
participate
in
the
29
summer
electronic
benefits
transfer
(EBT)
for
children
program
30
made
permanent
by
the
federal
Consolidated
Appropriations
31
Act,
2023,
administered
by
the
United
States
department
of
32
agriculture
food
and
nutrition
service
(USDA)
during
summer
33
2024,
to
coordinate
with
the
USDA
to
develop
a
successful
34
management
and
administration
plan
for
the
summer
EBT
program
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for
children,
and
to
submit
the
plan
to
the
USDA
by
February
1
15,
2024.
2
The
bill
appropriates
moneys
from
the
general
fund
of
3
the
state
to
HHS
for
fiscal
year
2023-2024
to
be
used
for
4
administration
of
the
summer
EBT
for
children
program
during
5
summer
2024.
The
bill
authorizes
the
use
of
a
portion
of
the
6
funds
appropriated
for
HHS
to
contract
with
the
Iowa
institute
7
of
public
health
research
and
policy
at
the
university
of
Iowa
8
college
of
public
health
to
evaluate
the
nutritional
and
other
9
health
impacts
of
the
summer
EBT
for
children
program.
10
The
bill
also
appropriates
moneys
from
the
general
fund
11
of
the
state
to
HHS
for
fiscal
year
2023-2024
to
support
12
the
double
up
food
bucks
program
administered
by
the
Iowa
13
healthiest
state
initiative
to
coordinate
the
double
up
food
14
bucks
program
with
the
summer
EBT
for
children
program.
The
15
bill
authorizes
the
use
of
up
to
10
percent
of
the
amount
16
appropriated
for
promotion
of
the
programs
and
public
17
education.
18
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
retroactively
19
applicable
to
July
1,
2023.
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