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House Study Bill 749

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 135C.9, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  If a facility subject to licensure
  1  4 under this chapter, a facility exempt from licensure under
  1  5 this chapter pursuant to section 135C.6, or a family home
  1  6 under section 335.25 or 414.22, has been issued a certificate
  1  7 of compliance or a provisional certificate of compliance under
  1  8 subsection 1 or 3, or has otherwise been approved as complying
  1  9 with rules or standards by the state or a deputy fire marshal
  1 10 or a local building department as defined in section 103A.3,
  1 11 the facility or home shall not be subject to additional
  1 12 requirements regarding compliance with the rules and standards
  1 13 for which the certificate, provisional certificate, or
  1 14 approval was issued.
  1 15    Sec. 2.  Section 331.424, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1 16 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  1 17 follows:
  1 18    (1)  The costs of inpatient or outpatient substance abuse
  1 19 admission, commitment, transportation, care, and treatment at
  1 20 any of the following:
  1 21    (a)  Care and treatment of persons at the The alcoholic
  1 22 treatment center at Oakdale.  However, the county may require
  1 23 that an admission to the center shall be reported to the board
  1 24 by the center within five days as a condition of the payment
  1 25 of county funds for that admission.
  1 26    (b)  A state mental health institute, or a community-based
  1 27 public or private facility or service.
  1 28    Sec. 3.  Section 331.424A, subsection 4, Code Supplement
  1 29 1995, as amended by 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2030, section
  1 30 1, is amended to read as follows:
  1 31    4.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and for
  1 32 each subsequent fiscal year, the county shall certify a levy
  1 33 for payment of services.  Unless otherwise provided by state
  1 34 law, for For each fiscal year, county revenues from taxes
  1 35 imposed by the county credited to the services fund shall not
  2  1 exceed an amount equal to the amount of base year expenditures
  2  2 for services as defined in section 331.438, less the amount of
  2  3 property tax relief to be received pursuant to section 426B.2,
  2  4 subsections 1 and 3, in the fiscal year for which the budget
  2  5 is certified.  The county auditor and the board of supervisors
  2  6 shall reduce the amount of the levy certified for the services
  2  7 fund by the amount of property tax relief to be received.  A
  2  8 levy certified under this section is not subject to the appeal
  2  9 provisions of sections 24.48, 331.426, and 444.25B.
  2 10    Sec. 4.  Section 426B.1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  2 11 by adding the following new subsection:
  2 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  There is annually appropriated from
  2 13 the property tax relief fund to the department of human
  2 14 services to supplement the medical assistance appropriation
  2 15 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and for succeeding
  2 16 fiscal years, six million six hundred thousand dollars to be
  2 17 used for the nonfederal share of the costs of services
  2 18 provided to minors with mental retardation under the medical
  2 19 assistance program to meet the requirements of section
  2 20 249A.12, subsection 4.  The appropriation in this subsection
  2 21 shall be charged to the property tax relief fund prior to the
  2 22 distribution of moneys from the fund under section 426B.2 and
  2 23 the amount of moneys available for distribution shall be
  2 24 reduced accordingly.  However, the appropriation in this
  2 25 subsection shall be considered to be a property tax relief
  2 26 payment for purposes of the combined amount of payments
  2 27 required to achieve fifty percent of the counties' base year
  2 28 expenditures as provided in section 426B.2, subsection 3.
  2 29    Sec. 5.  Section 426B.2, subsection 5, Code Supplement
  2 30 1995, is amended to read as follows:
  2 31    5.  The department of human services shall notify the
  2 32 director of revenue and finance of the amounts due a county in
  2 33 accordance with the provisions of this section.  The director
  2 34 of revenue and finance shall draw warrants on the property tax
  2 35 relief fund, payable to the county treasurer in the amount due
  3  1 to a county in accordance with subsections 1 and 3 and mail
  3  2 the warrants to the county auditors in September on July 1 and
  3  3 March January 1 of each year.  Warrants for the state payment
  3  4 in accordance with subsection 2 shall be mailed in January of
  3  5 each year.
  3  6    Sec. 6.  Section 444.25B, subsection 1, unnumbered
  3  7 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  3  8 follows:
  3  9    The maximum amount of property tax dollars which may be
  3 10 certified by a county for taxes payable in the fiscal year
  3 11 beginning July 1, 1997, shall not exceed the amount of
  3 12 property tax dollars certified by the county for taxes payable
  3 13 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, minus the amount by
  3 14 which the property tax relief moneys to be received by the
  3 15 county in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, pursuant to
  3 16 section 426B.2, subsections 1 and 3, exceed the amount of the
  3 17 property tax relief moneys received in the fiscal year
  3 18 beginning July 1, 1996, for each of the levies for the
  3 19 following, except for the levies on the increase in taxable
  3 20 valuation due to new construction, additions or improvements
  3 21 to existing structures, remodeling of existing structures for
  3 22 which a building permit is required, annexation, and phasing
  3 23 out of tax exemptions, and on the increase in valuation of
  3 24 taxable property as a result of a comprehensive revaluation by
  3 25 a private appraiser under a contract entered into prior to
  3 26 January 1, 1992, or as a result of a comprehensive revaluation
  3 27 directed or authorized by the conference board prior to
  3 28 January 1, 1992, with documentation of the contract,
  3 29 authorization, or directive on the revaluation provided to the
  3 30 director of revenue and finance, if the levies are equal to or
  3 31 less than the levies for the previous year, levies on that
  3 32 portion of the taxable property located in an urban renewal
  3 33 project the tax revenues from which are no longer divided as
  3 34 provided in section 403.19, subsection 2, or as otherwise
  3 35 provided in this section:
  4  1    Sec. 7.  Section 444.25B, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  4  2 1995, is amended by adding the following new paragraph after
  4  3 paragraph d and relettering the subsequent paragraph:
  4  4    NEW PARAGRAPH.  dd.  Mental health, mental retardation, and
  4  5 developmental disabilities services fund under section
  4  6 331.424A.
  4  7    Sec. 8.  Section 444.25B, subsection 2, unnumbered
  4  8 paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1995, is amended to read as
  4  9 follows:
  4 10    For purposes of this paragraph, the price index for
  4 11 government purchases by type for state and local governments
  4 12 is defined by the bureau of economic analysis of the United
  4 13 States department of commerce and published in table 7.11 of
  4 14 the national income and products accounts.  For the fiscal
  4 15 year beginning July 1, 1997, the price index used shall be the
  4 16 revision published in the November 1996 edition of the United
  4 17 States department of commerce publication, "survey of current
  4 18 business".  For purposes of this paragraph, tax dollars levied
  4 19 in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, shall not include
  4 20 funds levied for paragraphs "a", "b", and "c", "d", and "dd"
  4 21 of this subsection.
  4 22    Sec. 9.  Section 444.25B, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  4 23 by adding the following new subsection:
  4 24    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  MH/MR/DD LEVY ADJUSTMENT.  A county
  4 25 which did not certify the maximum levy authorized for the
  4 26 county's mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
  4 27 disabilities services fund under section 331.424A, subsection
  4 28 4, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, may certify up
  4 29 to the maximum authorized levy under the services fund for the
  4 30 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997.  However, any amount of
  4 31 increase in the certified services fund levy under this
  4 32 subsection over the amount certified for the services fund in
  4 33 the previous fiscal year shall be offset by an equivalent
  4 34 decrease in the amount certified by the county for general
  4 35 county services.
  5  1    Sec. 10.  Section 444.26, Code Supplement 1995, is amended
  5  2 to read as follows:
  5  3    444.26  PROPERTY TAX LEVY LIMITATIONS NOT AFFECTED.
  5  4    Sections 444.25, and 444.25A, and 444.25B shall not be
  5  5 construed as removing or otherwise affecting the property tax
  5  6 limitations otherwise provided by law for any tax levy of the
  5  7 political subdivision, except that, upon an appeal from the
  5  8 political subdivision, the state appeal board may approve a
  5  9 tax levy consistent with the provisions of section 24.48 or
  5 10 331.426.
  5 11    Sec. 11.  Section 812.4, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  5 12 follows:
  5 13    812.4  CESSATION OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
  5 14    If, upon hearing conducted by the court, the accused is
  5 15 found to be incapacitated in the manner described in section
  5 16 812.3, no further proceedings shall be taken under the
  5 17 complaint or indictment until the accused's capacity is
  5 18 restored, and, if the accused's release will endanger the
  5 19 public peace or safety, the court must order the accused
  5 20 committed for an evaluation and appropriate treatment to the
  5 21 custody of the department of human services or to the custody
  5 22 of the department of corrections for placement at the Iowa
  5 23 medical and classification center.  An evaluation ordered
  5 24 under this section shall be completed as expeditiously as
  5 25 possible.  Unless the accused is also involuntarily committed
  5 26 for treatment under chapter 229, costs associated with a
  5 27 commitment under this chapter shall be paid by the state.
  5 28    Sec. 12.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 2 of this Act, relating
  5 29 to substance abuse treatment costs, being deemed of immediate
  5 30 importance, takes effect upon enactment.  
  5 31                           EXPLANATION
  5 32    Section 135C.9, relating to health care facility
  5 33 inspection, is amended to address requirements applicable to a
  5 34 health care facility licensed under chapter 135C, certain
  5 35 facilities exempt from licensure, and family homes zoned under
  6  1 chapters 335 and 414.  The amendment provides that if the
  6  2 state or deputy fire marshal or local building department has
  6  3 issued a certificate of compliance or otherwise approved of
  6  4 compliance with a regulation, a new requirement cannot be
  6  5 applied to that regulation.
  6  6    Section 331.424 is amended to authorize a county to levy
  6  7 for the costs of substance abuse services under the
  6  8 supplemental levy for county general services.  This provision
  6  9 takes effect upon enactment.
  6 10    Section 331.424A is amended to remove a clause stating that
  6 11 if otherwise provided by state law, the dollar limit for a
  6 12 levy under the county mental health, mental retardation, and
  6 13 developmental disabilities (MH/MR/DD) services fund could be
  6 14 exceeded.  In addition, the bill provides that various
  6 15 statutes allowing a county to levy additional taxes for an
  6 16 unusual need do not apply to the MH/MR/DD services fund levy.
  6 17    Section 426B.1 is amended to provide a standing
  6 18 appropriation of $6.6 million from the property tax relief
  6 19 fund for the nonfederal share under the medical assistance
  6 20 program of the costs of certain services provided to minors.
  6 21 The amount of property tax relief moneys provided to counties
  6 22 is reduced by the amount of the appropriation.
  6 23    Section 426B.2 is amended to provide that warrants for
  6 24 payments to counties from the property tax relief fund are to
  6 25 be mailed to county auditors on July 1 and January 1 instead
  6 26 of in September and March.
  6 27    Section 444.25B, subsection 1, is amended to provide that
  6 28 property tax relief paid to counties from the property tax
  6 29 relief fund is not subtracted from the county general property
  6 30 tax limitation.  Current law in section 331.424A provides that
  6 31 the property tax relief moneys are subtracted from the levy
  6 32 authority for the MH/MR/DD fund.
  6 33    Section 444.25B, subsection 2, is amended to provide that
  6 34 the provision allowing an inflation increase for certain
  6 35 property taxes levied by the county does not apply to the levy
  7  1 for the MH/MR/DD fund.
  7  2    Section 444.25B, new subsection 5, provides that if a
  7  3 county did not levy the maximum amount authorized for the
  7  4 MH/MR/DD services fund in fiscal year 1996-1997 the county may
  7  5 increase the levy to the maximum account in fiscal year 1997-
  7  6 1998 provided the increase is offset by a corresponding
  7  7 decrease in the county's levy for general services.
  7  8    Section 444.25B, relating to the county property tax
  7  9 limitation for fiscal year 1997-1998, is amended with a new
  7 10 paragraph to provide that the county MH/MR/DD levy is not part
  7 11 of the limitation.  A new subsection allows a county which did
  7 12 not levy the maximum authorized for the MH/MR/DD levy in
  7 13 fiscal year 1996-1997 to certify up to the maximum amount for
  7 14 the MH/MR/DD levy in fiscal year 1997-1998 if the increase is
  7 15 offset by an equivalent decrease in the amount certified for
  7 16 county general services under the limitation.
  7 17    Section 444.26 is amended to provide that certain
  7 18 provisions allowing a county to increase property taxes do not
  7 19 apply during the final year.
  7 20    Section 812.4 relates to accused offenders with mental
  7 21 illness.  Current law provides for the commitment of such
  7 22 persons to the department of human services or to the
  7 23 department of corrections for placement.  The bill requires
  7 24 the placement to be for the purposes of evaluation and
  7 25 treatment and that the evaluation be completed expeditiously.
  7 26 In addition, unless the person is also involuntarily committed
  7 27 under chapter 229, the costs of committing the person are to
  7 28 be paid by the state.  
  7 29 LSB 4394HC 76
  7 30 jp/cf/24
     

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