Bill Text: IA HF307 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the authorized uses of moneys under the decategorization of child welfare and juvenile justice funding initiative and including effective and retroactive applicability date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [HF307 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF307-Introduced.html
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BY
DE
BOEF
and
PETTENGILL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
authorized
uses
of
moneys
under
the
1
decategorization
of
child
welfare
and
juvenile
justice
2
funding
initiative
and
including
effective
and
retroactive
3
applicability
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
232.188,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
The
governance
board
for
a
decategorization
project
has
3
authority
over
the
project’s
decategorization
services
funding
4
pool
and
shall
manage
the
pool
to
provide
more
flexible,
5
individualized,
family-centered,
preventive,
community-based,
6
comprehensive,
and
coordinated
service
systems
for
children
and
7
families
served
in
that
project
area.
A
funding
pool
shall
8
also
be
used
for
child
welfare
and
juvenile
justice
systems
9
enhancements
and
other
support
for
those
systems.
Such
support
10
may
include
paying
the
cost
of
insurance
coverage
associated
11
with
a
governance
board
and
the
programs
and
services
provided
12
in
connection
with
a
decategorization
project
.
13
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT
AND
RETROACTIVE
14
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
15
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
retroactively
to
June
16
1,
2010.
17
EXPLANATION
18
This
bill
relates
to
the
authorized
uses
of
moneys
under
the
19
decategorization
of
child
welfare
and
juvenile
justice
funding
20
initiative
in
Code
section
232.188.
21
Decategorization
projects
are
formed
by
county
or
22
multicounty
groups
and
administered
by
a
governance
board
of
23
local
stakeholders.
Current
law
provides
for
the
moneys
in
a
24
decategorization
project
funding
pool
to
be
used
to
provide
25
more
flexible,
individualized,
family-centered,
preventive,
26
community-based,
comprehensive,
and
coordinated
service
systems
27
for
children
and
families
served
in
that
project
area.
A
28
funding
pool
is
also
used
for
child
welfare
and
juvenile
29
justice
systems
enhancements.
The
bill
allows
the
funding
pool
30
to
be
used
to
pay
the
cost
of
insurance
coverage
associated
31
with
a
governance
board
and
the
programs
and
services
provided
32
in
connection
with
a
decategorization
project.
33
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
34
retroactively
to
June
1,
2010.
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