Senate
File
2289
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
IOWA
DISASTER
AID
INDIVIDUAL
ASSISTANCE
GRANT
PROGRAM
ADMINISTERED
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
29C.20A,
subsection
2,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
The
grant
funds
shall
be
administered
by
the
department
of
human
services.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
to
create
the
Iowa
disaster
aid
individual
assistance
grant
program.
The
rules
shall
specify
the
eligibility
of
applicants
and
eligible
items
for
grant
funding.
The
executive
council
shall
use
grant
funds
to
reimburse
the
department
of
human
services
for
its
actual
expenses
associated
with
the
administration
of
the
grants.
The
department
of
human
services
may
implement
an
ongoing
contract
with
a
provider
or
providers
of
a
statewide
program
with
local
offices
throughout
the
state
to
serve
as
the
local
administrative
entity
for
the
grant
program
so
that
the
program
can
be
implemented
with
minimal
delay
when
a
disaster
occurs
in
a
local
area.
The
rules
adopted
by
the
department
of
human
services
for
the
program
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
to
all
of
the
following:
a.
If
a
local
administrative
entity
is
under
contract
with
the
state
to
provide
other
services
or
is
implementing
a
state
or
federal
program
and
the
contract
contains
a
sufficient
surety
bond
or
other
adequate
financial
responsibility
provision,
the
department
shall
accept
the
existing
surety
bond
or
financial
responsibility
provision
in
lieu
of
applying
a
new
or
additional
surety
bond
or
financial
responsibility
requirement.
b.
If
the
president
of
the
United
States
has
declared
a
Senate
File
2289,
p.
2
major
disaster
to
exist
in
this
state
and
federal
aid
is
made
available
to
provide
assistance
grants
to
individuals
similar
to
that
provided
by
the
Iowa
disaster
aid
individual
assistance
grant
program,
the
Iowa
program
shall
be
discontinued.
c.
Authorization
for
the
local
administrative
entity
to
draw
grant
funding
to
pay
valid
claims
on
at
least
a
weekly
basis.
______________________________
JOHN
P.
KIBBIE
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
2289,
Eighty-fourth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2012
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor