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Senate File 2285 - Enrolled
                                                    Senate File 2285
                                  AN ACT
     RELATING TO THE ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REQUIRED REPORTS BY
        AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES,
        AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY
        PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1. Section 135.16A, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    b. If necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this
 section, the department, in cooperation with the department
 of agriculture and land stewardship, shall submit a request
 to the United States department of agriculture for a waiver
 or other exception from regulations as deemed feasible by the
 department. The department shall regularly report the status
 of such request to the legislative services agency.
    Sec. 2. Section 135.181, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended
 by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 3. Section 139A.26, subsection 5, Code 2024, is amended
 to read as follows:
    5. The department shall adopt rules for administration of
 this section. The department shall review the requirements
 of this section at least every five years, and shall submit
 its recommendations for modification to, or continuation of,
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 this section based upon new information about the disease
 or vaccination against the disease in a report that shall
 be submitted to the general assembly no later than January
 15, 2010, with subsequent reports developed and submitted by
 January 15 at least every fifth year thereafter.
    Sec. 4. Section 217.21, Code 2024, is amended by striking
 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
    217.21 Annual report.
    The department shall annually report no later than October 1
 on the period ending with the June 30 preceding, pursuant to
 section 217.22, itemized departmental expenditures concerning
 each program under the department’s administration and
 adequate and complete statistical reports for the state as
 a whole concerning all payments made under the department’s
 administration.
    Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 217.22 Publicly available reportable
 information.
    The department shall make reportable information and
 data publicly available in the most cost-efficient manner
 including but not limited to through utilization of modernized,
 interactive displays found on the department’s internet
 site. No later than January 1, 2027, any information and data
 publicly available within a modernized, interactive display
 shall be downloadable and contain the date and time of the
 download.
    Sec. 6. Section 225D.2, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code
 2024, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
 lieu thereof the following:
    d. The department shall report on the program and fund
 pursuant to section 217.21.
    Sec. 7. Section 231E.4, subsection 3, paragraph h, Code
 2024, is amended to read as follows:
    h. Maintain statistical data on the local offices including
 various methods of funding, the types of services provided, and
 the demographics of the wards and clients, and report pursuant
 to the general assembly on or before November 1, annually,
 regarding the local offices and recommend any appropriate
 legislative action section 217.22.
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    Sec. 8. Section 235A.23, Code 2024, is amended to read as
 follows:
    235A.23 Reports.
    1. The department may compile statistics, conduct research,
 and issue reports on child abuse, provided identifying details
 of the subject of child abuse reports are deleted from any
 report issued pursuant to section 217.22.
    2. The department shall issue an annual report on its
 administrative operation, including information as to the
 number of requests for child abuse data, the proportion of
 requests attributable to each type of authorized access, the
 frequency and nature of irregularities, and other pertinent
 matters.
    Sec. 9. Section 235B.13, Code 2024, is amended to read as
 follows:
    235B.13 Registry reports.
    1. The registry may compile statistics, conduct research,
 and issue reports on dependent adult abuse, provided
 identifying details of the subjects of dependent adult abuse
 reports are deleted from any report issued, pursuant to section
 217.22.
    2. The registry shall issue an annual report on its
 administrative operation, including information as to the
 number of requests for dependent adult abuse data, the
 proportion of requests attributable to each type of authorized
 access, the frequency and nature of irregularities, and other
 pertinent matters.
    Sec. 10. Section 249A.4, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
 to read as follows:
    1. Determine the greatest amount, duration, and scope
 of assistance which may be provided, and the broadest range
 of eligible individuals to whom assistance may effectively
 be provided, under this chapter within the limitations of
 available funds. In so doing, the director shall at least
 every six months evaluate the scope of the program currently
 being provided under this chapter, project the probable cost
 of continuing a like program, and compare the probable cost
 with the remaining balance of the state appropriation made for
 payment of assistance under this chapter during the current
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 appropriation period. After each evaluation of the scope of
 the program, the director shall report to the general assembly
 through the legislative council or in another manner as the
 general assembly may by resolution direct.
    Sec. 11. Section 249A.24, subsection 4, Code 2024, is
 amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 12. REPEAL. Section 142C.17, Code 2024, is repealed.
    Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
    Sec. 14. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. This Act applies
 retroactively to reports due on or after January 1, 2024.
     ______________________________     ______________________________
     AMY SINCLAIR                       PAT GRASSLEY
     President of the Senate            Speaker of the House
        I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
     is known as Senate File 2285, Ninetieth General Assembly.
                                        ______________________________
                                        W. CHARLES SMITHSON
                                        Secretary of the Senate
     Approved _______________, 2024     ______________________________
                                        KIM REYNOLDS
                                        Governor
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 135.16A, 135.181, 139A.26, 217.21, 217.22, 231E.4, 235A.23, 235B.13, 249A.4, 249A.24, 142C.17
Reprinted: 135.16A, 135.181, 139A.26, 217.21, 217.22, 231E.4, 235A.23, 235B.13, 249A.4, 249A.24, 142C.17
Enrolled: 135.16A, 135.181, 139A.26, 217.21, 217.22, 231E.4, 235A.23, 235B.13, 249A.4, 249A.24, 142C.17