Bill Text: IA HF565 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to funding for the location of department of human services staff in county office space. (Formerly HSB 214)
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-16 - Subcommittee reassigned, Koester, Carlson, and Staed. H.J. 237. [HF565 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF565-Introduced.html
House File 565 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 214) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to funding for the location of department of 2 human services staff in county office space. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2596HV (3) 86 aw/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 217.32, Code 2015, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 217.32 Office space in county. 1 4 1. Where the department of human services assigns personnel 1 5 to an office located in a county for the purpose of performing 1 6 in that county designated duties and responsibilities assigned 1 7 by law to the department, it shall be the responsibility of the 1 8 county to provide and maintain the necessary office space and 1 9 office supplies and equipment for the personnel so assigned in 1 10 the same manner as if they were employees of the county. 1 11 2. The department shall at least annually, or more 1 12 frequently if the department so elects, reimburse the county 1 13 for a portion, designated by law, of the cost of maintaining 1 14 office space and providing supplies and equipment as required 1 15 by this section, and also for a similar portion of the cost 1 16 of providing the necessary office space if in order to do so 1 17 it is necessary for the county to lease office space outside 1 18 the courthouse or any other building owned by the county. 1 19 The portion of the foregoing costs reimbursed to the county 1 20 under this section shall be equivalent to the proportion of 1 21 those costs which the federal government authorizes to be paid 1 22 from available federal funds, unless the general assembly 1 23 directs otherwise when appropriating funds for support of the 1 24 department. 1 25 3. For the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2016, and ending 1 26 June 30, 2017, the department shall at least annually reimburse 1 27 the county for at least forty percent of the actual cost of 1 28 maintaining office space and providing supplies and equipment 1 29 as required by this section. For each subsequent fiscal year, 1 30 the department shall at least annually reimburse the county for 1 31 at least the prior year's reimbursement rate plus an additional 1 32 five percent of the actual costs above the prior fiscal year's 1 33 reimbursement rate until the department annually reimburses 1 34 the county for at least sixty percent of the actual costs of 1 35 maintaining office space and providing supplies and equipment. 2 1 4. If a board of supervisors adopts a resolution pursuant 2 2 to section 331.301, subsection 17, the department of human 2 3 services shall enter into negotiations with the board of 2 4 supervisors before approval of the department's budget for 2 5 offices in that county. If an impasse in negotiations persists 2 6 thirty days after entering negotiations, either party may 2 7 request that the impasse be resolved through arbitration. An 2 8 impasse over the amounts required to be paid for by the county 2 9 shall be resolved by arbitration before neutral arbitrators 2 10 pursuant to the rules of the American arbitration association. 2 11 The decision of an arbitrator pursuant to this subsection is 2 12 subject to judicial review pursuant to chapter 679A. 2 13 Sec. 2. Section 331.301, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 2 14 following new subsection: 2 15 NEW SUBSECTION. 17. The board of supervisors of a county 2 16 that provides office space to the department of human services 2 17 under section 217.32 may by resolution request that the 2 18 department of human services enter into negotiations with the 2 19 board over the amounts required to be paid by the county in 2 20 order to provide and maintain office space and office supplies 2 21 and equipment for department personnel. 2 22 EXPLANATION 2 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 25 This bill relates to funding for the location of department 2 26 of human services staff in county office space. 2 27 The bill requires that for the fiscal year beginning 2 28 July 1, 2016, the department of human services at least 2 29 annually reimburse a county that provides offices for at 2 30 least 40 percent of the actual cost of maintaining office 2 31 space and providing supplies and equipment. The bill further 2 32 requires that for each subsequent fiscal year, the department 2 33 annually reimburse the county for at least the prior year's 2 34 reimbursement rate plus an additional 5 percent of the actual 2 35 costs above the prior fiscal year's reimbursement rate until 3 1 the department annually reimburses the county for at least 60 3 2 percent of the actual costs. 3 3 The bill also provides that a board of supervisors providing 3 4 office space for the department may adopt a resolution 3 5 requesting that the department of human services enter into 3 6 negotiations with the board over the amounts required to be 3 7 paid by the county in order to provide and maintain office 3 8 space and office supplies and equipment for department 3 9 personnel. The bill requires that the department enter 3 10 negotiations with the board of supervisors upon the adoption of 3 11 such a resolution before approval of the department's budget 3 12 for offices in that county. The bill further provides that 3 13 if an impasse in negotiations persists 30 days after entering 3 14 negotiations that either party may request that the impasse 3 15 be resolved through arbitration before neutral arbitrators 3 16 pursuant to the rules of the American arbitration association. 3 17 The decision of an arbitrator pursuant to this subsection is 3 18 subject to judicial review pursuant to Code chapter 679A. LSB 2596HV (3) 86 aw/sc
