Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-4.1

Current through Regsiter Vol. 46, No. 26, June 12, 2024

Rule 441-4.1 - [Effective until 7/3/2024] Petition for rule making

Any person or state agency may file a petition for rule making with the department at the Bureau of Policy Analysis, Department of Human Services, Hoover State Office Building, Fifth Floor, 1305 East Walnut, Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0114, or at appeals@dhs.state.ia.us. The date of receipt of a petition is the day it reaches the department's rules administrator. The department shall provide the petitioner with a file-stamped copy of the petition if the petitioner provides the department an extra copy for this purpose. The petition shall be typewritten or legibly handwritten in ink and shall substantially conform to the following form:

BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

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The petition shall provide the following information:

1. A statement of the specific rule-making action sought by the petitioner including the text or a summary of the contents of the proposed rule or amendment to a rule and, if it is a petition to amend or repeal a rule, a citation and the relevant language to the particular portion or portions of the rule proposed to be amended or repealed.

2. A citation to any law deemed relevant to the department's authority to take the action urged or to the desirability of that action.

3. A brief summary of petitioner's arguments in support of the action urged in the petition.

4. A brief summary of any data supporting the action urged in the petition.

5. The names and addresses of other persons, or a description of any class of persons, known by petitioner to be affected by, or interested in, the proposed action which is the subject of the petition.

6. Any request by petitioner for a meeting provided for by subrule 4.4(1).

(1) The petition shall be dated and signed by the petitioner or the petitioner's representative. It shall also include the name, mailing address, and telephone number of the petitioner and petitioner's representative, and a statement indicating the person to whom communications concerning the petition should be directed.

(2) The department may deny a petition because it does not substantially conform to the required form.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-4.1

Amended by IAB June 15, 2022/Volume XLIV, Number 25, effective 8/1/2022