Bill Text: IA SF411 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating a disaster case management grant fund and program. (Formerly SF 307; see SF 492.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-26 - Passed subcommittee. [SF411 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF411-Introduced.html
Senate File 411 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO SF 307) A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a disaster case management grant fund and 2 program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2329SV (1) 86 tm/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 29C.20B, Code 2015, is amended by 1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 3 following: 1 4 29C.20B Disaster case management grant fund and program. 1 5 1. a. A disaster case management grant fund is created 1 6 in the state treasury for the use of the executive council. 1 7 Moneys in the fund shall be expended if grants are awarded 1 8 pursuant to section 29C.20A following the governor's 1 9 proclamation of a state of disaster emergency or the 1 10 declaration of a major disaster by the president of the United 1 11 States. 1 12 b. The executive council may make financial grants to meet 1 13 disaster=related case management needs of disaster=affected 1 14 individuals. The aggregate total of grants awarded shall 1 15 not be more than one million dollars during a fiscal year. 1 16 However, within the same fiscal year, additional funds may 1 17 be specifically authorized by the executive council to meet 1 18 additional needs. Of the one million dollar aggregate total, 1 19 fifty thousand dollars may be expended for contract entity 1 20 staff support, and fifty thousand dollars may be expended for 1 21 case management training and continuing training. 1 22 c. The department of human services shall work with the 1 23 department of homeland security and emergency management 1 24 and, as selected by the department of human services, a 1 25 representative of nonprofit, voluntary, and faith=based 1 26 organizations active in disaster recovery and response to 1 27 establish a statewide system of disaster case management 1 28 to be activated following the governor's proclamation of a 1 29 disaster emergency or the declaration of a major disaster by 1 30 the president of the United States for individual assistance 1 31 purposes. 1 32 2. The department of human services shall administer 1 33 disaster case management grants. The department of human 1 34 services, in conjunction with the department of homeland 1 35 security and emergency management, shall establish a disaster 2 1 case management program and adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 2 2 necessary to administer the program. The executive council 2 3 shall use grant moneys to reimburse the department of human 2 4 services for actual expenses associated with the administration 2 5 of the grants. Under the program, the department of human 2 6 services shall coordinate case management services locally 2 7 through one or more contracted entities. The department of 2 8 human services shall implement an ongoing contract with a 2 9 provider of a statewide program with local offices throughout 2 10 the state to serve as the local administrative entity for the 2 11 grant program to allow implementation of the program with 2 12 minimal delay if grants are awarded pursuant to section 29C.20A 2 13 following a governor's proclamation of a state of disaster 2 14 emergency or a declaration of a major disaster by the president 2 15 of the United States. 2 16 3. The department of human services, in conjunction with the 2 17 department of homeland security and emergency management and a 2 18 representative of the Iowa voluntary organizations active in 2 19 disaster, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to create 2 20 coordination mechanisms and standards for the establishment 2 21 and implementation of a statewide system of disaster case 2 22 management. The rules adopted by the department of human 2 23 services for the program shall include but are not limited to 2 24 all of the following: 2 25 a. If a local administrative entity is under contract with 2 26 the state to provide other services or is implementing a state 2 27 or federal program and the contract contains a sufficient 2 28 surety bond or other adequate financial responsibility 2 29 provisions, the department shall accept the existing surety 2 30 bond or financial responsibility provisions in lieu of applying 2 31 a new or additional surety bond or financial responsibility 2 32 requirement. 2 33 b. Authorization for the local administrative entity to draw 2 34 down grant funding to pay valid claims on at least a weekly 2 35 basis. 3 1 c. Disaster case management standards. 3 2 d. Disaster case management policies. 3 3 e. Reporting requirements. 3 4 f. Eligibility criteria. 3 5 g. Coordination mechanisms necessary to carry out the 3 6 services provided. 3 7 h. Development of formal working relationships with agencies 3 8 and creation of interagency agreements for those considered to 3 9 provide disaster case management services. 3 10 i. Establishment of nonduplication of benefits policies and 3 11 mechanisms for the exchange of information between agencies to 3 12 ensure compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability 3 13 and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104=191, 110 Stat. 3 14 1936 (1996). 3 15 j. Referral to all known available services for individuals 3 16 from multiple agencies in coordinated service locations. 3 17 4. By January 1 of each year, the department of human 3 18 services shall submit an annual written report to the 3 19 legislative fiscal committee and the general assembly's 3 20 standing committees on government oversight concerning the 3 21 activities of the grant program during the previous fiscal 3 22 year. 3 23 EXPLANATION 3 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 25 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 26 This bill creates a disaster case management grant fund and 3 27 program. 3 28 The bill replaces provisions relating to disaster case 3 29 management with a disaster case management fund. Moneys in 3 30 the fund must be expended if individual assistance grants 3 31 are awarded following the governor's proclamation of a 3 32 state of disaster emergency or the declaration of a major 3 33 disaster by the president of the United States. The bill 3 34 allows the executive council to make financial grants to meet 3 35 disaster=related case management needs of disaster=affected 4 1 individuals. The aggregate total of grants awarded shall not 4 2 be more than $1 million during a fiscal year; however, within 4 3 the same fiscal year, additional funds may be specifically 4 4 authorized by the executive council to meet additional needs. 4 5 Of the $1 million aggregate total, $50,000 may be expended for 4 6 contract entity staff support, and $50,000 may be expended for 4 7 case management training and continuing training. 4 8 The bill requires the department of human services to 4 9 work with the department of homeland security and emergency 4 10 management and, as selected by the department of human 4 11 services, a representative of nonprofit, voluntary, and 4 12 faith=based organizations active in disaster recovery 4 13 and response to establish a statewide system of disaster 4 14 case management to be activated following the governor's 4 15 proclamation of a disaster emergency or the declaration of 4 16 a major disaster by the president of the United States for 4 17 individual assistance purposes. 4 18 The bill requires the department of human services to 4 19 administer the disaster case management grants. The bill 4 20 requires the department of human services, in conjunction with 4 21 the department of homeland security and emergency management, 4 22 to establish an Iowa disaster case management program and adopt 4 23 rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A necessary to administer 4 24 the program. The executive council shall use grant moneys to 4 25 reimburse the department of human services for actual expenses 4 26 associated with the administration of the grants. Under the 4 27 program, the bill requires the department of human services 4 28 to coordinate case management services locally through one or 4 29 more contracted entities. The department of human services is 4 30 required to implement an ongoing contract with a provider of a 4 31 statewide program with local offices throughout the state to 4 32 serve as the local administrative entity for the grant program 4 33 to allow implementation of the program with minimal delay if 4 34 individual assistance grants are awarded following a governor's 4 35 proclamation of a state of disaster emergency or a declaration 5 1 of a major disaster by the president of the United States. 5 2 The bill requires the department of human services, in 5 3 conjunction with the department of homeland security and 5 4 emergency management and a representative of the Iowa voluntary 5 5 organizations active in disaster, to adopt rules pursuant 5 6 to Code chapter 17A to create coordination mechanisms and 5 7 standards for the establishment and implementation of a 5 8 statewide system of disaster case management. 5 9 The bill includes an annual reporting requirement. 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