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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 230.12, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  An action filed or an alternative
  1  4 dispute resolution stipulated to under this section is subject
  1  5 to the applicable provisions of sections 230.13 and 230.14.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 252.16, subsection 6, Code 1995, is
  1  7 amended to read as follows:
  1  8    6.  a.  Subsections 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8 do not apply to a
  1  9 blind person who is receiving assistance under the laws of
  1 10 this state.
  1 11    b.  A blind person receiving assistance who has resided in
  1 12 one county of this state for a period of six months acquires
  1 13 legal settlement for support as provided in this chapter,
  1 14 except as specified in paragraph "c".  However, a
  1 15    c.  A blind person who is an inpatient or resident of, or
  1 16 is supported by, or is receiving treatment or support services
  1 17 from a state hospital-school created under chapter 222, a
  1 18 state mental health institute created under chapter 226, or
  1 19 the Iowa braille and sight saving school administered by the
  1 20 state board of regents, or any community-based provider of
  1 21 treatment or services for mental retardation, developmental
  1 22 disabilities, mental health, or substance abuse, does not
  1 23 acquire legal settlement in the county in which the
  1 24 institution, facility, or provider is located, unless the
  1 25 blind person has resided in the county in which the
  1 26 institution, facility, or provider is located for a period of
  1 27 six months prior to the date of commencement of receipt of
  1 28 assistance under the laws of this state or for a period of six
  1 29 months subsequent to the date of termination of assistance
  1 30 under the laws of this state.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  Section 347.16, subsection 3, Code 1995, is
  1 32 amended to read as follows:
  1 33    3.  Care and treatment may be furnished in a county public
  1 34 hospital to any sick or injured person who has legal
  1 35 settlement outside the county which maintains the hospital,
  2  1 subject to such policies and rules as the board of hospital
  2  2 trustees may adopt.  If care and treatment is provided under
  2  3 this subsection to a person who is indigent, the county in
  2  4 which that person has legal settlement shall pay to the board
  2  5 of hospital trustees the fair and reasonable cost of the care
  2  6 and treatment provided by the county public hospital unless
  2  7 the cost of the indigent person's care and treatment is
  2  8 otherwise provided for.  If care and treatment is provided to
  2  9 an indigent person under this subsection, the county public
  2 10 hospital furnishing the care and treatment shall immediately
  2 11 notify, by regular mail, the auditor of the county of legal
  2 12 settlement of the indigent person of the provision of care and
  2 13 treatment to the indigent person.
  2 14    Sec. 4.  BLIND PERSONS CURRENTLY RECEIVING ASSISTANCE &endash;
  2 15 REDETERMINATION &endash; CONTINUATION OF PAYMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.
  2 16    1.  For purposes of redetermination of legal settlement
  2 17 under subsection 2, section 252.17 shall not apply to a blind
  2 18 person who acquired legal settlement in this state on or after
  2 19 July 1, 1994, and prior to the effective date of this Act.
  2 20    2.  If legal settlement of a blind person receiving
  2 21 assistance under the laws of this state was established in
  2 22 this state under state law in effect on the effective date of
  2 23 this Act, eligibility of the blind person for future
  2 24 assistance may be redetermined.  At the time of the
  2 25 redetermination of the eligibility for assistance, if the
  2 26 blind person had no legal settlement in this state prior to
  2 27 receipt of the assistance, the state shall pay the costs of
  2 28 assistance provided under the laws of this state subsequent to
  2 29 the time of redetermination.
  2 30    Sec. 5.  APPLICABILITY.  With the exception of section 4,
  2 31 this Act shall not be construed to have retroactive
  2 32 applicability or effect and shall not be construed to affect,
  2 33 deny, or negate assistance, service, or treatment provided to
  2 34 individuals prior to the effective date of this Act.
  2 35    Sec. 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  3  1 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
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