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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.143, Code Supplement 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 232.143 REGIONAL GROUP FOSTER CARETARGETBUDGET TARGETS. 1 4 1. A statewide expenditure targetfor the average number1 5offor children in group foster care placementson any day of1 6 in a fiscal year, which placements are a charge upon or are 1 7 paid for by the state, shall be established annually in an 1 8 appropriation bill by the general assembly. The department 1 9 and the judicial department shall jointly develop a formula 1 10 for allocating a portion of the statewide expenditure target 1 11 established by the general assembly to each of the 1 12 department's regions. The formula shall be based upon the 1 13 region's proportion of the state population of children and of 1 14 the statewidenumber ofexpenditures for children placed in 1 15 group foster care in the previous five completed fiscal years. 1 16 Thenumberexpenditure amount determined in accordance with 1 17 the formula shall be the group foster careplacementbudget 1 18 target for that region. A region may exceed its budget target 1 19 for group foster care by not more than ten percent in a fiscal 1 20 year, provided the overall funding allocated by the department 1 21 for all child welfare services in the region is not exceeded. 1 22 2. For each of the department's regions, representatives 1 23 appointed by the department and the juvenile court shall 1 24 establish a plan for containing thenumber ofexpenditures for 1 25 children placed in group foster care ordered by the court 1 26 within the budget target allocated to that region pursuant to 1 27 subsection 1. The plan shall include monthly targets and 1 28 strategies for developing alternatives to group foster care 1 29 placements in order to contain expenditures for child welfare 1 30 servicesprovided to childrenwithin the amount appropriated 1 31 by the general assembly for that purpose. Each regional plan 1 32 shall be established in advance of the fiscal year to which 1 33 the regional plan applies. To the extent possible, the 1 34 department and the juvenile court shall coordinate the 1 35 planning required under this subsection with planning for 2 1 services paid under section 232.141, subsection 4. The 2 2 department's regional administrator shall communicate 2 3 regularly, as specified in the regional plan, with the 2 4 juvenile courts within that region concerning the current 2 5 status of the regional plan's implementation. 2 6 3. State payment for group foster care placements shall be 2 7 limited to those placements which are in accordance with the 2 8 regional plans developed pursuant to subsection 2. 2 9 EXPLANATION 2 10 This bill transforms regional and statewide targets for 2 11 foster care placements into budget targets. Under current law 2 12 the general assembly sets a statewide target for the average 2 13 number of children in group foster care placements on any day 2 14 of the fiscal year and the statewide target is allocated to 2 15 department of human services' regional targets. The bill 2 16 changes the statewide target to an expenditure target which is 2 17 allocated according to formula to regional budget targets. A 2 18 region is authorized to exceed its budget target for group 2 19 foster care placements by not more than 10 percent provided 2 20 the region does not exceed its overall budget for child 2 21 welfare services. 2 22 LSB 3908SS 76 2 23 jp/sc/14
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