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House Amendment 3212

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  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-3030, to Senate File 69, as
  1  2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 20, by inserting after line 41 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "Sec.    .  Section 222.60, Code 1995, is amended
  1  7 to read as follows:
  1  8    222.60  COSTS PAID BY COUNTY OR STATE.
  1  9    All necessary and legal expenses for the cost of
  1 10 admission or commitment or for the treatment,
  1 11 training, instruction, care, habilitation, support and
  1 12 transportation of patients, as provided for in the
  1 13 county management plan provisions implemented pursuant
  1 14 to section 331.439, subsection 1, in a state hospital-
  1 15 school for the mentally retarded persons with mental
  1 16 retardation, or in a special unit, or any public or
  1 17 private facility within or without the state, approved
  1 18 by the director of the department of human services,
  1 19 shall be paid by either:
  1 20    1.  The county in which such person the patient has
  1 21 legal settlement as defined in section 252.16.
  1 22    2.  The state when such person the patient has no
  1 23 legal settlement or when such legal settlement is
  1 24 unknown."
  1 25    #2.  Page 24, line 14, by striking the figure
  1 26 "1995" and inserting the following:  "1996".
  1 27    #3.  Page 24, line 17, by striking the figure
  1 28 "1994" and inserting the following:  "1995".
  1 29    #4.  Page 24, line 20, by inserting after the word
  1 30 "disabilities" the following:  "services".
  1 31    #5.  Page 24, by striking lines 23 and 24, and
  1 32 inserting the following:  "shall be determined by the
  1 33 county auditor, subject to the approval of the
  1 34 department of management.  A county which disagrees
  1 35 with the adjustment and maximum amount proposed for
  1 36 the county by the department of management may appeal
  1 37 the determination to the state appeal board created in
  1 38 section 24.26 which shall make a final determination."
  1 39    #6.  Page 24, line 49, by striking the words "for
  1 40 the county expenditures for" and inserting the
  1 41 following:  "to counties for the costs of".
  1 42    #7.  Page 24, line 50, by striking the word
  1 43 "assistance" and inserting the following:  "services".
  1 44    #8.  Page 25, by inserting after line 4 the
  1 45 following:
  1 46    "Sec. 301.  Section 331.438, subsection 3,
  1 47 paragraph c, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
  1 48 following new subparagraph:
  1 49    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (15)  Consider tort and other
  1 50 liability issues associated with a county managing
  2  1 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
  2  2 disabilities services in accordance with a fixed
  2  3 budget and make recommendations to address the
  2  4 issues."
  2  5    #9.  Page 25, line 14, by striking the word "fund."
  2  6 and inserting the following:  "fund and the amount of
  2  7 allocations from the fund for property tax relief
  2  8 pursuant to subsection 2 and for the adjustment factor
  2  9 pursuant to subsection 5 shall be as specified in law
  2 10 by the general assembly.  There is appropriated to the
  2 11 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
  2 12 disabilities property tax relief fund for the
  2 13 indicated fiscal years from the general fund of the
  2 14 state the following amounts:
  2 15    a.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995,
  2 16 sixteen million dollars of which ten million dollars
  2 17 is allocated to counties for property tax relief in
  2 18 accordance with subsection 2 and six million dollars
  2 19 is allocated to counties as the adjustment factor
  2 20 pursuant to subsection 5.
  2 21    b.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996,
  2 22 thirty million dollars.
  2 23    c.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
  2 24 forty-seven million dollars.
  2 25    d.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
  2 26 sixty-four million dollars.
  2 27    e.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
  2 28 succeeding fiscal years, eighty-one million dollars."
  2 29    #10.  Page 25, by striking lines 15 through 26 and
  2 30 inserting the following:
  2 31    "2.  In each fiscal year, a county shall receive
  2 32 for property tax relief the county's proportion of the
  2 33 moneys in the relief fund allocated for property tax
  2 34 relief.  A county's proportion of the moneys shall be
  2 35 equivalent to the sum of the following three factors:
  2 36    a.  One-third based upon the county's proportion of
  2 37 the state's general population.
  2 38    b.  One-third based upon the county's proportion of
  2 39 the state's total taxable property valuation assessed
  2 40 for taxes payable in the previous fiscal year.
  2 41    c.  One-third based upon the county's proportion of
  2 42 all counties' base year expenditures, as defined in
  2 43 section 331.438."
  2 44    #11.  Page 25, line 27, by striking the word
  2 45 "management" and inserting the following:  "human
  2 46 services".
  2 47    #12.  Page 25, line 30, by inserting after the word
  2 48 "payable" the following:  "quarterly".
  2 49    #13.  Page 25, by striking line 33 and inserting
  2 50 the following:  "county auditors by September 1,
  3  1 December 1, March 1, and June 1 of each year."
  3  2    #14.  Page 25, line 37, by inserting after the word
  3  3 "fund" the following:  "for property tax relief".
  3  4    #15.  Page 25, by striking lines 40 and 41, and
  3  5 inserting the following:  "reduce the amount of the
  3  6 county's certified budget to be raised by property
  3  7 tax, for that fiscal year by an amount".
  3  8    #16.  Page 25, line 42, by inserting after the word
  3  9 "receive" the following:  "from the relief fund for
  3 10 property tax relief pursuant to subsection 2".
  3 11    #17.  Page 25, by striking lines 46 and 47 and
  3 12 inserting the following:  "reduce the amount of the
  3 13 county's certified budget to be raised from property
  3 14 tax for a fiscal year in the amount equal to that
  3 15 amount to be received by the county for property tax
  3 16 relief pursuant to subsection 2 for the fiscal year."
  3 17    #18.  By striking page 25, line 48, through page
  3 18 26, line 12, and inserting the following:
  3 19    "5.  In addition to moneys received by a county for
  3 20 a fiscal year pursuant to subsection 2, the county may
  3 21 be paid an adjustment factor payment for services
  3 22 provided in accordance with the county's management
  3 23 plan implemented pursuant to section 331.439 and paid
  3 24 for from the county's services fund under section
  3 25 331.424A.  The amount of the adjustment factor payment
  3 26 to a county is subject to the amount appropriated for
  3 27 this purpose and shall be paid as provided by the
  3 28 general assembly for that fiscal year."
  3 29    #19.  Page 26, line 13, by striking the words
  3 30 "director of revenue and finance" and inserting the
  3 31 following:  "department of human services, in
  3 32 consultation with the state-county management
  3 33 committee,".
  3 34    #20.  Page 26, lines 34 and 35, by striking the
  3 35 words "and mental retardation" and inserting the
  3 36 following:  ", mental retardation, and developmental
  3 37 disabilities".
  3 38    #21.  Page 27, by striking lines 6 through 16 and
  3 39 inserting the following:
  3 40    "(2)  For mental retardation and developmental
  3 41 disabilities services management, the county must
  3 42 contract with a state-approved managed care contractor
  3 43 or develop and implement a managed system of care
  3 44 which addresses a full array of appropriate services
  3 45 and cost-effective delivery of services.  The managed
  3 46 system of care shall incorporate a single entry point
  3 47 process developed in accordance with the provisions of
  3 48 section 331.440.  The elements of the managed system
  3 49 of care shall be specified in rules developed by the
  3 50 department in consultation with the state-county
  4  1 management committee and adopted by the council on
  4  2 human services.  The county shall implement either the
  4  3 state-approved contract or implement a comparable
  4  4 system of care within six months of the date by which
  4  5 the department approves a managed care contractor.  In
  4  6 fiscal years succeeding the fiscal year of initial
  4  7 implementation this part of the plan shall be
  4  8 submitted to the department of human services by April
  4  9 1 for the succeeding fiscal year."
  4 10    #22.  Page 27, by inserting after line 20 the
  4 11 following:
  4 12    "   .  The county management plan shall address the
  4 13 county's criteria for serving persons with chronic
  4 14 mental illness, including any rationale used for
  4 15 decision making regarding this population."
  4 16    #23.  Page 27, by striking lines 21 through 26 and
  4 17 inserting the following:
  4 18    "   .  If funding is available under the fixed
  4 19 budget, a county that has not provided services to a
  4 20 service population which is not included in the
  4 21 service management provisions required under
  4 22 subsection 1, may provide such services."
  4 23    #24.  Page 27, line 27, by striking the figure
  4 24 "1995" and inserting the following:  "1996".
  4 25    #25.  Page 27, line 33, by inserting after the
  4 26 figure "331.424A." the following:  "The amount of the
  4 27 fixed budget shall be the amount specified for the
  4 28 fiscal year in the county's management plan and
  4 29 budgeted for such services."
  4 30    #26.  Page 27, by inserting after line 33 the
  4 31 following:
  4 32    "   .  A county shall implement the county's
  4 33 management plan in a manner so as to provide adequate
  4 34 funding for the entire fiscal year by budgeting for
  4 35 ninety-nine percent of the funding anticipated to be
  4 36 available for the plan."
  4 37    #27.  Page 27, line 40, by inserting after the word
  4 38 "system" the following:  "for mental health".
  4 39    #28.  Page 27, line 43, by inserting after the word
  4 40 "elements" the following:  "which shall be specified
  4 41 in administrative rules adopted by the department in
  4 42 consultation with the state-county management
  4 43 committee".
  4 44    #29.  Page 28, by inserting after line 6 the
  4 45 following:
  4 46    "Sec. 101.  Section 331.440, subsection 1, Code
  4 47 1995, is amended by adding the following new
  4 48 paragraph:
  4 49    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  The single entry point process
  4 50 shall include provision for the county's participation
  5  1 in a management information system developed in
  5  2 accordance with rules adopted pursuant to subsection
  5  3 3."
  5  4    #30.  Page 28, line 15, by striking the figure
  5  5 "1995" and inserting the following:  "1996".
  5  6    #31.  Page 28, line 25, by striking the figure
  5  7 "1995" and inserting the following:  "1996".
  5  8    #32.  Page 28, by striking lines 28 through 31 and
  5  9 inserting the following:  "to the services fund,
  5 10 including but not limited to moneys received by a
  5 11 county under section 331.438A."
  5 12    #33.  Page 28, line 32, by striking the figure
  5 13 "1995" and inserting the following:  "1996".
  5 14    #34.  Page 28, line 44, by inserting after the word
  5 15 "certified." the following:  "the county auditor and
  5 16 the board of supervisors shall reduce the amount of
  5 17 the levy certified under this section by the amount of
  5 18 property tax relief to be received."
  5 19    #35.  Page 29, by striking lines 15 through 20 and
  5 20 inserting the following:  "beginning July 1, 1995,
  5 21 minus the amount by which the property tax relief
  5 22 payment to be received by the county in the fiscal
  5 23 year beginning July 1, 1996, exceeds the amount of the
  5 24 property tax relief payment received in the fiscal
  5 25 year beginning July 1, 1995, pursuant to section".
  5 26    #36.  By striking page 29, line 48, through page
  5 27 30, line 5.
  5 28    #37.  Page 30, line 11, by striking the figure
  5 29 "1996" and inserting the following:  "1997".
  5 30    #38.  Page 30, by striking lines 14 through 18 and
  5 31 inserting the following:  "amount by which the
  5 32 property tax relief payment to be received by the
  5 33 county in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997,
  5 34 exceeds the amount of the property tax relief payment
  5 35 received by the county in the fiscal year beginning
  5 36 July 1, 1996,".
  5 37    #39.  Page 30, by striking lines 25 through 29 and
  5 38 inserting the following:  "1997, minus the amount by
  5 39 which the property tax relief payment to be received
  5 40 by the county in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  5 41 1998, exceeds the amount of the property tax relief
  5 42 payment received by the county in the fiscal year
  5 43 beginning July 1, 1997,".
  5 44    #40.  Page 33, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
  5 45 inserting the following:  "treatment, and facilities
  5 46 pursuant to".
  5 47    #41.  Page 33, by striking line 33 and inserting
  5 48 the following:  "LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000."
  5 49    #42.  By striking page 33, line 40, through page
  5 50 34, line 6, and inserting the following:  "amount by
  6  1 which the property tax relief payment to be received
  6  2 by the county in the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  6  3 1999, exceeds the amount of the property tax relief
  6  4 payment received by the county in the fiscal year
  6  5 beginning July 1, 1998, pursuant to section 331.438A,
  6  6 subsection 2, for each".
  6  7    #43.  Page 35, by striking lines 10 through 19 and
  6  8 inserting the following:  "calendar year 1997."
  6  9    #44.  Page 35, line 25, by striking the word
  6 10 "years" and inserting the following:  "year".
  6 11    #45.  Page 35, line 26, by striking the words and
  6 12 figures "and July 1, 2000,".
  6 13    #46.  Page 35, by striking line 28 and inserting
  6 14 the following:  "issue of the United".
  6 15    #47.  Page 35, line 31, by striking the word
  6 16 "years" and inserting the following:  "year".
  6 17    #48.  Page 35, line 32, by striking the words and
  6 18 figures "and July 1, 1999,".
  6 19    #49.  Page 35, by striking lines 45 through 48 and
  6 20 inserting the following:  "year beginning July 1,
  6 21 1998, level".
  6 22    #50.  Page 36, line 1, by striking the word "years"
  6 23 and inserting the following:  "year".
  6 24    #51.  Page 36, line 2, by striking the words and
  6 25 figures "and July 1, 2000,".
  6 26    #52.  Page 36, by striking lines 28 and 29 and
  6 27 inserting the following:  "treatment, and facilities
  6 28 pursuant to".
  6 29    #53.  Page 37, by inserting before line 8 the
  6 30 following:
  6 31    "Sec.    .  Section 444.27, Code 1995, is amended
  6 32 to read as follows:
  6 33    444.27  SECTIONS VOID.
  6 34    1.  For purposes of section 444.25, sections 24.48
  6 35 and 331.426 are void for the fiscal years beginning
  6 36 July 1, 1993, and July 1, 1994.  For purposes of
  6 37 section 444.25A, sections 24.48 and 331.426 are void
  6 38 for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1995, and July
  6 39 1, 1996.
  6 40    2.  For purposes of sections 444.25B and 444.25C,
  6 41 sections 24.48 and 331.426 are void for the fiscal
  6 42 years beginning July 1, 1997, July 1, 1998, and July
  6 43 1, 1999."
  6 44    #54. Page 37, by inserting after line 34 the
  6 45 following:
  6 46    "Sec. 201.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES &endash; ICFMR
  6 47 REQUIREMENT.  The department of human services shall
  6 48 consult with the department of inspections and
  6 49 appeals, the Iowa state association of counties, and
  6 50 the Iowa association of rehabilitation and residential
  7  1 facilities in adopting administrative rules
  7  2 identifying optimum staffing ratios for intermediate
  7  3 care facilities for the mentally retarded (ICFMR).
  7  4 The administrative rules shall be implemented on or
  7  5 before January 1, 1996.
  7  6    Sec.    .  COUNTY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR PAYMENT &endash;
  7  7 FISCAL YEAR 1995-1996.
  7  8    1.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, the
  7  9 adjustment factor payment from the mental health,
  7 10 mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
  7 11 property tax relief fund specified in section 331.438A
  7 12 shall be paid as provided in this section.  An
  7 13 eligible county may apply to the department of human
  7 14 services for an adjustment factor payment to reimburse
  7 15 costs paid by the county in that fiscal year for
  7 16 services to persons with mental illness, mental
  7 17 retardation, or developmental disabilities in
  7 18 accordance with the county's management plan approved
  7 19 pursuant to section 331.439.  Eligible costs shall be
  7 20 limited to eligible consumers of services who were not
  7 21 served in the previous fiscal year, unusual cost
  7 22 increases, service cost inflation, and investments for
  7 23 quality and efficiency improvements.  Reimbursement
  7 24 shall not be provided from the fund for applications
  7 25 received after August 10, 1995.
  7 26    2.  Payment from the fund shall be limited to the
  7 27 amount designated for this purpose and if applications
  7 28 received exceed the available funding, payments shall
  7 29 be prorated.  The department of human services shall
  7 30 notify the director of revenue and finance of the
  7 31 amounts due a county under this section.  The director
  7 32 shall draw warrants on the relief fund payable to the
  7 33 county treasurer in the amount due to each county.
  7 34 The warrants shall be paid in a timely manner to
  7 35 enable the county to accrue the payment in the
  7 36 county's 1995-1996 fiscal year.
  7 37    3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the
  7 38 relief fund allocated for the adjustment payment which
  7 39 remain unobligated or unexpended at the close of the
  7 40 fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, shall not revert to
  7 41 the general fund of the state but shall remain
  7 42 available for adjustment payments in the succeeding
  7 43 fiscal year."
  7 44    #55.  Page 37, line 43, by inserting after the
  7 45 figure "2." the following:  "In addition, the
  7 46 committee should consider proposals from counties and
  7 47 other interested persons for a distribution formula
  7 48 factor which rewards or provides incentives for
  7 49 economy and efficiency in providing mental health,
  7 50 mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
  8  1 services; and a mechanism for a county to appeal to
  8  2 the state if it is believed the county is unfairly
  8  3 treated under an established funding formula."
  8  4    #56.  Page 37, by striking lines 46 through 48 and
  8  5 inserting the following:
  8  6    "Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATES.
  8  7    1.  Sections 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, and 51 of
  8  8 this division of this Act take effect July 1, 1996,
  8  9 and the tax-related provisions are applicable to taxes
  8 10 paid in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
  8 11 succeeding fiscal years.
  8 12    2.  Sections 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 101, and 201 of
  8 13 this division of this Act, being deemed of immediate
  8 14 importance, take effect upon enactment."
  8 15    #57.  Page 38, by striking lines 2 and 3 and
  8 16 inserting the following:  "equipment phase-in
  8 17 exemption and reimbursement, mental health, mental
  8 18 retardation, and developmental disabilities levies and
  8 19 expenditures, providing appropriations, and providing
  8 20 effective dates and applicability provisions." 
  8 21 
  8 22 
  8 23                              
  8 24 HOUSER of Pottawattamie
  8 25 
  8 26 
  8 27                              
  8 28 VANDE HOEF of Osceola
  8 29 SF 69.523 76
  8 30 jp/jw
     

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