House File 117 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 117 BY HEDDENS , T. OLSON , HALL , LUNDBY , RUNNING-MARQUARDT , WINCKLER , T. TAYLOR , MURPHY , WOOD , HUNTER , MUHLBAUER , OURTH , FORBES , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , GAINES , WOLFE , STAED , KRESSIG , KEARNS , BEARINGER , BERRY , THEDE , ANDERSON , LYKAM , COHOON , M. SMITH , MASCHER , STUTSMAN , OLDSON , and GASKILL A BILL FOR An Act relating to mental health and disability services by 1 making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year 2 beginning July 1, 2012, and related changes, and including 3 effective dates. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1444YH (4) 85 jp/tm

H.F. 117 Section 1. MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES REDESIGN 1 TRANSITION FUND. 2 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 3 state to the department of human services for the fiscal year 4 beginning July 1, 2012, and ending June 30, 2013, the following 5 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the 6 purposes designated: 7 For deposit in the mental health and disability services 8 redesign transition fund created in 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 9 1120, section 23: 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 20,000,000 11 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this 12 subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 13 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 14 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of 15 the succeeding fiscal year. 16 2. a. The moneys credited to the mental health and 17 disability services redesign transition fund pursuant to 18 subsection 1 are appropriated to the department of human 19 services for allocation as provided in this lettered paragraph. 20 The moneys shall be allocated to those counties identified by 21 the department in scenario 1 of the department’s report on the 22 transition fund submitted to the general assembly on December 23 4, 2012, pursuant to 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1120, section 24 23, to be used to continue or restore services as provided 25 in the county applications in the award amounts determined 26 by the department and listed under scenario 1 in the report 27 appendix. In addition, the moneys shall be allocated to the 28 identified counties and to the other counties that applied for 29 the transition fund, in the amounts necessary for the counties 30 to carry forward from the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, 31 to the succeeding fiscal year, an ending balance of not less 32 than 16.87 percent nor more than 25 percent of the amount each 33 of the counties levied for the services fund created in section 34 331.424A for the current fiscal year. 35 -1- LSB 1444YH (4) 85 jp/tm 1/ 3

H.F. 117 b. The allocations under this subsection shall be remitted 1 to counties not later than two calendar weeks following the 2 effective date of this division of this Act. 3 c. A county receiving an allocation under this subsection 4 shall either pay its obligation for outstanding Medicaid 5 billings to the state before the close of the fiscal year 6 beginning July 1, 2012, or have developed a plan with the 7 department for payment of the obligation over a defined period 8 of time. 9 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 10 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill relates to mental health and disability services 13 (MH/DS) by making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 14 year beginning July 1, 2012. 15 An appropriation is made from the general fund of the 16 state to the department of human services to be credited 17 to the MH/DS redesign transition fund created in 2012 Iowa 18 Acts, chapter 1120 (S.F. 2315). The moneys are appropriated 19 from the transition fund to the department for allocation to 20 counties as provided in the bill. The moneys are allocated 21 to those counties that applied for transition fund assistance 22 and were designated for an award amount in scenario 1 of 23 the department’s report to the general assembly submitted on 24 December 4, 2012, pursuant to S.F. 2315, and to those counties 25 that applied for transition fund assistance but were not 26 designated for an award in the department’s report. The amount 27 to be remitted to each county is the award amount determined 28 by the department plus the amount necessary for the county to 29 carry forward from the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, to 30 the succeeding fiscal year, an ending balance of not less than 31 16.87 percent nor more than 25 percent of the amount the county 32 levied for the MH/DS services fund created in Code section 33 331.424A for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. 34 The allocations are required to be remitted to the counties 35 -2- LSB 1444YH (4) 85 jp/tm 2/ 3