Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

1. The director and the director’s staff, assistants, and employees shall, in addition to salary, receive their necessary traveling expenses by the nearest traveled and practicable route, when engaged in the performance of official business. 2. The department of administrative se…

There is established a department of health and human services to administer programs designed to protect and improve the health, well-being, and productivity of the people of the state of Iowa. The department shall concern itself with the problems of human behavior, adjustment, …

1. a. There is created within the department a council on health and human services which shall act in an advisory capacity on matters within the jurisdiction of the department. The council shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by …

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 report…

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 informat…

1. The director or the director’s designee, shall employ personnel as necessary for the performance of the duties and responsibilities assigned to the department. All employees shall be selected on a basis of fitness for the work to be performed with due regard to training and ex…

The department shall continue expanding the practice of making payments to program participants and vendors by means of electronic funds transfer. The department shall seek the capacity for making payment by such means for all programs administered by the department. 2010 Acts, c…

1. An information technology fund is created in the state treasury under the control of the department of health and human services. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated or transferred to, or deposited in, the fund as provided by law. All moneys deposited or paid into th…

The council shall: 1. Organize annually and select a chairperson and vice chairperson. 2. Advise the department on conduct of the department and the implementation of all services and programs administered by the department. 3. Report immediately to the governor any failure by th…

1. For purposes of this section unless the context otherwise requires, “person” means the same as defined in section 4.1 . 2. The following information relative to an individual receiving services or assistance from the department shall be held confidential except as otherwise pr…

1. Any person may institute a civil action for damages under chapter 669 or to restrain the dissemination of confidential records set out in section 217.30, subsection 2 , paragraph “b” , “c” , or “d” , in violation of that section, and any person, agency or governmental body pro…

1. An internal audit or examination conducted by or on behalf of the department shall be conducted in accordance with the most recent global internal audit standards published by the institute of internal auditors. 2. Information created or received by the department in the cours…

When the department assigns personnel to an office located in a county for the purpose of performing in that county designated eligibility for economic and medical assistance programs and protective services duties and responsibilities assigned by law to the department, it shall …

The director pursuant to a state plan funded in part by the federal government may provide services for eligible persons by contract with nonprofit legal aid organizations. [C77, 79, 81, §217.33 ] 83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §339

The investigations division of the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing and the department shall provide assistance to set off against a person’s or provider’s income tax refund or rebate any debt which has accrued through written contract, nonpayment of premiums pur…

Notwithstanding the requirement for deposit of recovered moneys under section 239B.14 , recovered moneys generated through fraud and recoupment activities are appropriated to the department to be used for additional fraud and recoupment activities performed by the department or t…

1. The department shall ensure that educational materials relating to the federal and state earned income tax credits are provided in accordance with this section to each household receiving assistance or benefits under: a. The Hawki program under chapter 514I . b. The family inv…

1. For purposes of this section , “assistance” means all of the following: a. A payment by the state for services rendered through the behavioral health service system established under section 225A.3 . b. A payment by the state for aging and disability services rendered in accor…

Notwithstanding any other law of this state, payments paid to an eligible individual of Japanese ancestry under section 105 of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Pub. L. No. 100-383, Tit. I, shall not be considered as income or an asset for determining the eligibility for state or …

Notwithstanding any other law of this state, payments paid to and income from lost property of a victim of persecution for racial, ethnic, or religious reasons by Nazi Germany or any other Axis regime or as an heir of such victim which is described in section 422.7, subsection 35…

The council may establish and utilize other ad hoc advisory committees as determined necessary to advise the council related to the subject matter under the purview of the department, including but not limited to child and family services, behavioral health, public health, and th…

Meetings shall be called by the chairperson or upon written request of any three council members as necessary to carry out the duties of the council. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings or in the absence of the chairperson the vice chairperson shall preside. The members…

The department, or a person designated by the director, shall establish training programs designed to assist all duly appointed guardians and conservators in understanding their fiduciary duties and liabilities, the special needs of the protected person, and how to best serve the…

1. The department shall cause a refugee services foundation to be created for the sole purpose of engaging in refugee resettlement activities to promote the welfare and self-sufficiency of refugees who live in Iowa and who are not citizens of the United States. The foundation may…

1. The department shall discontinue the Medicaid family planning network waiver effective July 1, 2017, and shall instead establish a state family planning services program. The state program shall replicate the eligibility requirements and other provisions included in the Medica…

1. a. The department shall create the more options for maternal support program, a statewide program to promote healthy pregnancies and childbirth through nonprofit organizations that provide pregnancy support services. b. The more options for maternal support program is designed…

1. The department shall maintain an office in each county. Based on the annual appropriations for field operations, the department shall strive to maintain a full-time presence in each county. If it is not possible to maintain a full-time presence in each county, the department s…

1. a. The department shall establish one or more advisory boards. Each of the county boards of supervisors shall appoint two advisory board members. All of the following requirements apply to the appointments made by a county board of supervisors: (1) The membership shall be appo…

1. The record check evaluation system of the department shall conduct criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of persons who are potential employees, employees, potential volunteers, and volunteers in department offices in a position having direct contact with …

1. A background investigation may be conducted by the department on all of the following individuals: a. An applicant for employment with the department. b. A contractor, vendor, or employee performing work for the department with access to federal tax information used for purpos…

The chief administrative officer for the department is the director. The director shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall fill a vacancy in this office in the same manner as the o…

Notwithstanding section 13.7 , the department may employ or retain attorneys to provide legal counsel and advice. However, section 13.7 shall govern the employment or retention of attorneys by the department to represent the department in any action or proceeding brought in any c…

1. The director may submit to the council for review and recommendation, rules necessary to administer the duties, functions, and programs of the department. The director may consider such recommendations in adopting rules for the department. 2. The rules adopted for the public b…

The director shall have the general and full authority given under statute to control, manage, direct, and operate the following institutions under the director’s jurisdiction, and may at the director’s discretion assign the powers and authorities given the director by statute to…

The director shall determine the number of subordinate officers and employees for the institution. Subject to this chapter , the officers and employees shall be appointed and discharged by the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee pursuant to chapter 8A, subchapter IV .…

The department shall establish a fund for maintaining and operating a central warehouse as a supply depot and distribution facility for surplus government products, carload canned goods, paper products, other staples, and such other items as determined by the department. The fund…

Each officer and employee of an institution charged with the custody or control of any money or property belonging to the state shall provide an official bond, properly conditioned, and signed by sufficient sureties in a sum to be fixed by the director, which bond shall be approv…

1. If a person is being considered for employment involving direct responsibility for a resident or with access to a resident when the resident is alone, or if a person will reside in a facility utilized by an institution, and if the person has been convicted of a crime or has a …

1. The director may furnish the superintendent of the institution, in addition to salary, with a dwelling or with appropriate quarters in lieu of the dwelling, or may compensate the superintendent of the institution in lieu of furnishing a dwelling or quarters. If the superintend…

The salaries and wages shall be included in the semimonthly payrolls and paid in the same manner as other expenses of the institutions. [S13, §2727-a38; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3298; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §218.15 ] 2023 Acts, ch 19, §366

Vacations and sick leave with pay as authorized in section 70A.1 shall only be taken at such times as the superintendent or the superintendent’s designee in charge of an officer or employee, as the case may be, may direct, and only after written authorization by the superintenden…

1. Nothing contained in section 218.1 shall limit the general supervisory or examining powers vested in the governor by the laws or Constitution of the State of Iowa, or legally vested by the governor in any committee appointed by the governor. 2. The superintendent to whom prima…

The director shall, as to every person committed to any of the institutions, keep the following record: 1. Name. 2. Residence. 3. Sex. 4. Age. 5. Nativity. 6. Occupation. 7. Civil condition. 8. Date of entrance or commitment. 9. Date of discharge. 10. Whether a discharge was fina…

Except with the consent of the director, or on an order of a court of record, the record provided in section 218.21 shall be accessible only to the director and to assistants and proper clerks authorized by the director. The director may permit the department of administrative se…

The superintendent of an institution shall, within ten days after the commitment or entrance of a person to the institution, cause a true copy of the person’s entrance record to be made and forwarded to the director or the director’s designee. When a resident leaves, or is discha…

The superintendent shall immediately notify the director if there is any question as to the propriety of the commitment or detention of any person received at an institution, and the director, upon notification, shall inquire into the matter presented, and take proper action. [S1…