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1 1 Section 1. Section 331.424A, Code Supplement 1995, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of
1 4 law to the contrary, a county shall have no obligation to pay
1 5 for or provide mental health, mental retardation, or
1 6 developmental disabilities services for any person that
1 7 applies through the county's single entry point and clinical
1 8 assessment process after the moneys in the county services
1 9 fund are expended.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 331.439, subsection 3, Code Supplement
1 11 1995, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 3. a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
1 13 succeeding fiscal years, the county's mental health, mental
1 14 retardation, and developmental disabilities service
1 15 expenditures for a fiscal year are limited to a fixed budget
1 16 amount. The fixed budget amount shall be the amount
1 17 identified in the county's management plan and budget for the
1 18 fiscal year. The county shall be allowed an inflation factor
1 19 adjustment for services paid from the county's services fund
1 20 under section 331.424A which is in accordance with the
1 21 county's management plan and budget, implemented pursuant to
1 22 this section.
1 23 b. Based upon information contained in county management
1 24 plans and budgets, the state-county management committee shall
1 25 recommend an inflation factor adjustment to the council on
1 26 human services by November 15 for the succeeding fiscal year.
1 27 The inflation factor adjustment shall address costs associated
1 28 with new consumers of service, service cost inflation, and
1 29 investments for economy and efficiency. The council on human
1 30 services shall recommend to the governor the amount of the
1 31 inflation factor adjustment for the succeeding fiscal year.
1 32 The governor shall consider the council's recommendation in
1 33 developing the governor's recommendation for an inflation
1 34 factor adjustment for inclusion in the governor's proposed
1 35 budget for the succeeding fiscal year submitted in accordance
2 1 with chapter 8.
2 2 c. If the general assembly has not revised the amount of
2 3 the inflation factor adjustment for a fiscal year on the date
2 4 county budgets must be approved and levies must be certified
2 5 for that fiscal year, the budgets and levies shall utilize the
2 6 inflation factor adjustment for that fiscal year recommended
2 7 by the governor in the governor's proposed budget.
2 8 Sec. 3. Section 426B.2, subsection 1, Code Supplement
2 9 1995, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
2 10 paragraph:
2 11 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Moneys provided to a county for
2 12 property tax relief in a fiscal year in accordance with this
2 13 subsection shall not be less than the amount provided for
2 14 property tax relief in the previous fiscal year.
2 15 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. The amendment in this Act to
2 16 section 331.439, subsection 3, relating to an inflation factor
2 17 adjustment, first applies to the budget process for the fiscal
2 18 year beginning July 1, 1997.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill relates to state and county mental health and
2 21 developmental disability funding provisions.
2 22 Section 331.424A is amended by adding a new subsection.
2 23 The new subsection provides that a county has no obligation to
2 24 pay for or provide mental health, mental retardation, or
2 25 developmental disability services for any person who applies
2 26 through the county's service entry process after the moneys in
2 27 the county's services fund are expended.
2 28 Section 331.439, subsection 3, is amended to provide a
2 29 methodology for establishing an inflation factor adjustment
2 30 for expenditures for the costs of county mental health and
2 31 developmental disability services. The state-county
2 32 management committee is to make an initial recommendation to
2 33 the council on human services which in turn is to make a
2 34 recommendation to the governor. The governor is to consider
2 35 the council's recommendation in developing the governor's
3 1 recommendation for inclusion in the governor's proposed budget
3 2 for the succeeding fiscal year. Unless revised by action of
3 3 the general assembly, the governor's budget recommendation for
3 4 the inflation factor adjustment is to be used in county
3 5 budgets and levies for the succeeding fiscal year. The bill
3 6 includes an applicability provision specifying the inflation
3 7 factor adjustment first applies to the budget process for the
3 8 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997.
3 9 Section 426B.2, providing for distributions to counties
3 10 from the state property tax relief fund, is amended. The
3 11 amendment provides that moneys provided to a county for
3 12 property tax relief shall not be less than the amount provided
3 13 to the county for this purpose in the previous fiscal year.
3 14 LSB 3458XC 76
3 15 jp/cf/24
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