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House Journal: Page 899: Wednesday, March 22, 1995

37   plan implemented pursuant to section 331.439 and paid
38   for from the county's services fund under section
39   331.424A.  The amount of the adjustment factor payment
40   to a county is subject to the amount appropriated for
41   this purpose and shall be paid as provided by the
42   general assembly for that fiscal year.
43     6.  The department of human services, in
44   consultation with the state-county management
45   committee, shall prescribe forms and adopt rules
46   pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
47     Sec. 14.  Section 331.439, Code 1995, is amended by
48   striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the
49   following:
50     331.439  ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE PAYMENT.
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 1     1.  The state payment to eligible counties under
 2   this section shall be made as provided in section
 3   331.438A.  A county is eligible for the state payment,
 4   as defined in section 331.438, for the fiscal year
 5   beginning July 1, 1995, and for subsequent fiscal
 6   years if the director of human services determines for
 7   a specific fiscal year that all of the following
 8   conditions are met:
 9     a.  The county accurately reported by October 15
10   the county's expenditures for mental health, mental
11   retardation, and developmental disabilities services
12   for the previous fiscal year on forms prescribed by
13   the department of human services.
14     b.  The county developed and implemented a county
15   management plan for the county's mental health, mental
16   retardation, and developmental disabilities services
17   in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.
18   The plan shall comply with the administrative rules
19   adopted for this purpose by the council on human
20   services and is subject to the approval of the
21   director of human services in consultation with the
22   state-county management committee created in section
23   331.438.  The plan shall include a description of the
24   county's service management provision for mental
25   health, mental retardation, and developmental
26   disabilities services.  The plan shall have the
27   following two parts:
28     (1)  For mental health service management, the
29   county must contract with a state-approved managed
30   mental health care contractor or provide a comparable
31   system of managed care.  For the fiscal year beginning
32   July 1, 1995, this part of the plan shall be submitted
33   by October 15, 1995, and the county shall implement
34   the approved plan by January 1, 1996.  For subsequent
35   fiscal years, this part of the plan shall be submitted
36   to the department by April 1 for the succeeding fiscal
37   year.

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