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House Journal: Page 911: Wednesday, March 22, 1995

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 1   services for an adjustment factor payment to reimburse
 2   costs paid by the county in that fiscal year for
 3   services to persons with mental illness, mental
 4   retardation, or developmental disabilities in
 5   accordance with the county's management plan approved
 6   pursuant to section 331.439.  Eligible costs shall be
 7   limited to eligible consumers of services who were not
 8   served in the previous fiscal year, unusual cost
 9   increases, service cost inflation, and investments for
10   quality and efficiency improvements.  Reimbursement
11   shall not be provided from the fund for applications
12   received after August 10, 1995.
13     2.  Payment from the fund shall be limited to the
14   amount designated for this purpose and if applications
15   received exceed the available funding, payments shall
16   be prorated.  The department of human services shall
17   notify the director of revenue and finance of the
18   amounts due a county under this section.  The director
19   shall draw warrants on the relief fund payable to the
20   county treasurer in the amount due to each county.
21   The warrants shall be paid in a timely manner to
22   enable the county to accrue the payment in the
23   county's 1995-1996 fiscal year.
24     3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the
25   relief fund allocated for the adjustment payment which
26   remain unobligated or unexpended at the close of the
27   fiscal year ending June 30, 1996, shall not revert to
28   the general fund of the state but shall remain
29   available for adjustment payments in the succeeding
30   fiscal year.
31     Sec. 26.  INTERIM COMMITTEE CREATED.  The
32   legislative council is requested to establish an
33   interim committee comprised of members of the general
34   assembly with the charge of developing a system to
35   regulate and contain county expenditures for mental
36   health, mental retardation, and developmental
37   disabilities services and to develop a formula for
38   distribution of property tax relief moneys to counties
39   under section 331.438A, subsection 2.  In addition,
40   the committee should consider proposals from counties
41   and other interested persons for a distribution
42   formula factor which rewards or provides incentives
43   for economy and efficiency in providing mental health,
44   mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
45   services; and a mechanism for a county to appeal to
46   the state if it is believed the county is unfairly
47   treated under an established funding formula.  The
48   committee should be directed to report to the governor
49   and the general assembly prior to the 1996 legislative
50   session.
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 1     Sec. 27. FUNDING OF SESSION LAW REQUIREMENTS.  If

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