House File 662 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 662 BY BAGNIEWSKI , CROKEN , KRESSIG , WILSON , BAETH , AMOS JR. , KURTH , BROWN-POWERS , WILBURN , SRINIVAS , McBURNEY , LEVIN , B. MEYER , MATSON , KONFRST , MADISON , R. JOHNSON , EHLERT , TUREK , GOSA , WICHTENDAHL , GJERDE , JUDGE , OLSON , SCHOLTEN , JACOBY , COOLING , GAINES , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , JAMES , and SCHEETZ A BILL FOR An Act appropriating moneys to the department of health and 1 human services for refugee resettlement assistance, and 2 including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2583YH (5) 91 lh/ko
H.F. 662 Section 1. APPROPRIATION REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT 1 ASSISTANCE. 2 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state 3 to the department of health and human services for the fiscal 4 year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, the 5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be 6 used for the purposes designated: 7 For distribution to nonprofit resettlement agencies 8 participating in the reception and placement assistance program 9 under a cooperative agreement with the United States department 10 of state for expenses incurred to provide resettlement 11 assistance to refugees in Iowa. 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,500,000 13 2. The department of health and human services shall 14 distribute the appropriated moneys proportionally to each 15 nonprofit resettlement agency based on the number of refugees 16 each nonprofit resettlement agency sponsors under the nonprofit 17 resettlement agencys cooperative agreement with the United 18 States department of state. 19 3. The department of health and human services shall 20 distribute the appropriated moneys no later than seven calendar 21 days after the effective date of this Act. 22 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 23 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill appropriates $2.5 million for FY 2024-2025 from 28 the general fund of the state to the department of health and 29 human services (HHS) to distribute to nonprofit resettlement 30 agencies (agency) participating in the reception and placement 31 assistance program under the United States department of state 32 to provide resettlement assistance to refugees in Iowa. HHS 33 shall distribute the moneys proportionally to each agency 34 based on the number of refugees the agency sponsors under the 35 -1- LSB 2583YH (5) 91 lh/ko 1/ 2
H.F. 662 cooperative agreement. The bill takes effect upon enactment, 1 and HHS shall distribute the moneys no later than seven 2 calendar days after enactment. 3 -2- LSB 2583YH (5) 91 lh/ko 2/ 2