Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Governor Culver Takes Action On Legislation
DES MOINES – Today, Governor Chet Culver signed the following legislation:
House File 2165:
House File 2165 amends the "Iowa Business Corporation Act" which governs for-profit corporations and is based on the model Act promulgated by the American bar association. The bill's provisions reflect the language of the model Act.
House File 2166:
House File 2166 would authorize the use of qualified pharmacy technicians to check the work of other pharmacy technicians pursuant to rules adopted by the Board of Pharmacy. Authorized programs would be limited to pharmacy dispensing activities for patients in an institutional setting. Pharmacy technicians must attain and maintain national certification.
House File 2194:
House File 2194 is a Code cleanup bill. Iowa passed a state minimum wage higher than the national minimum during the 1989 session, the language referred to several exemptions from the national minimum wage in the U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act. Congress repealed these exemptions in November 1989 so that Iowa’s language now refers to federal exemptions which no longer exist. IWD changed Iowa's minimum wage criteria to be consistent with the revised national criteria through the rulemaking process and therefore, this bill does not make any change in current practice in Iowa, but rather makes federal minimum wage exemptions consistent with Iowa code.
House File 2213:
House File 2213 was proposed by the Department of Transportation and contains technical provisions relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the Department.
House File 2309:
House File 2309 makes changes to the child support recovery statute to comply with federal requirements. These changes include provisions that only child support that becomes due while the family is receiving Family Investment Program benefits is assignable to the state; specifies information provided to consumer reporting agencies; requires the provision of cellular phone numbers to the child support recovery unit and makes other changes related to implementation and collection of medical support.
Senate File 249:
Senate File 249 provides clarifying changes for eligibility in the Medicaid, IowaCare or hawk-i program by explaining that a premium payment for Medicaid, IowaCare or hawk-i does not automatically confer eligibility for the respective program on an individual. The bill also requires persons eligible for Medicaid to assign their rights for payment from a third party to DHS.
.