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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 331.439, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and 1 4 succeeding fiscal years, the county's mental health, mental 1 5 retardation, and developmental disabilities service 1 6 expenditures for a fiscal year are limited to a fixed budget 1 7 amount. The fixed budget amount shall be the amount 1 8 identified in the county's management plan and budget for the 1 9 fiscal year. The county shall be allowed an inflation factor 1 10 adjustment for services paid from the county's services fund 1 11 under section 331.424A which is in accordance with the 1 12 county's management plan and budget, implemented pursuant to 1 13 this section. 1 14 b. Based upon information contained in county management 1 15 plans and budgets, the state-county management committee shall 1 16 recommend an inflation factor adjustment to the council on 1 17 human services by November 15 for the succeeding fiscal year. 1 18 The inflation factor adjustment shall address costs associated 1 19 with new consumers of service, service cost inflation, and 1 20 investments for economy and efficiency. The council on human 1 21 services shall recommend to the governor the amount of the 1 22 inflation factor adjustment for the succeeding fiscal year. 1 23 The governor shall consider the council's recommendation in 1 24 developing the governor's recommendation for an inflation 1 25 factor adjustment for inclusion in the governor's proposed 1 26 budget for the succeeding fiscal year submitted in accordance 1 27 with chapter 8. 1 28 c. If the general assembly has not revised the amount of 1 29 the inflation factor adjustment for a fiscal year on the date 1 30 county budgets must be approved and levies must be certified 1 31 for that fiscal year, the budgets and levies shall utilize the 1 32 inflation factor adjustment for that fiscal year recommended 1 33 by the governor in the governor's proposed budget. 1 34 Sec. 2. STATE-COUNTY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The state- 1 35 county management committee created in section 331.438 shall 2 1 review the inflation factor adjustment mechanism created in 2 2 this Act with attention to the three cost factors incorporated 2 3 in the mechanism: new consumers of service, service cost 2 4 inflation, and investments for economy and efficiency. The 2 5 committee shall make recommendations regarding equity, 2 6 administrative simplicity, and distribution issues associated 2 7 with implementing the inflation factor adjustment to address, 2 8 in an effective manner, the cost factors comprising the 2 9 mechanism. The committee's review and recommendations shall 2 10 be included in the annual report to be submitted by January 1, 2 11 1997, to the governor, general assembly, and department of 2 12 human services pursuant to section 331.438. 2 13 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. The amendment in this Act to 2 14 section 331.439, subsection 3, relating to an inflation factor 2 15 adjustment, first applies to the budget process for the fiscal 2 16 year beginning July 1, 1997. 2 17 EXPLANATION 2 18 This bill relates to state and county funding for mental 2 19 health and developmental disability services. 2 20 Section 331.439, subsection 3, is amended to provide a 2 21 methodology for establishing an inflation factor adjustment 2 22 for expenditures for the costs of county mental health and 2 23 developmental disability services. The state-county 2 24 management committee is to make an initial recommendation to 2 25 the council on human services which in turn is to make a 2 26 recommendation to the governor. The governor is to consider 2 27 the council's recommendation in developing the governor's 2 28 recommendation for inclusion in the governor's proposed budget 2 29 for the succeeding fiscal year unless revised by action of the 2 30 general assembly, the governor's budget recommendation for the 2 31 inflation factor adjustment is to be used in county budgets 2 32 and levies for the succeeding fiscal year. The bill includes 2 33 an applicability provision specifying the inflation factor 2 34 adjustment first applies to the budget process for the fiscal 2 35 year beginning July 1, 1997. 3 1 The bill directs the state-county management committee to 3 2 review the inflation factor adjustment mechanism established 3 3 in the bill and to make recommendations. The recommendations 3 4 are to be incorporated in the committee's annual report which 3 5 is to be submitted by January 1, 1997. 3 6 LSB 3103XS 76 3 7 jp/sc/14
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