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House Journal: Page 1558: Thursday, April 11, 1996

35     "Sec. ___.  Section 222.28, Code 1995, is amended
36   to read as follows:
37     222.28  COMMISSION TO EXAMINE.
38     The court may, at or prior to the final hearing,
39   appoint a commission of one qualified physician and
40   one qualified psychologist, designated through the
41   single entry point process, who shall make a personal
42   examination of the person alleged to be mentally
43   retarded for the purpose of determining the mental
44   condition of the person."
45     10.  Page 4, line 31, by striking the words
46   "county of legal settlement" and inserting the
47   following:  "single entry point process".
48     11.  Page 4, lines 33 and 34, by striking the
49   words ", which are authorized in accordance with the
50   county's management plan,".

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 1     12.  Page 5, by striking lines 10 through 12 and
 2   inserting the following:
 3     "NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  A county shall not be billed
 4   for the cost of a patient unless the patient's
 5   admission is authorized through the applicable single
 6   entry point process.  The state hospital-school and
 7   the county shall work together to locate appropriate
 8   alternative placements and services, and to educate
 9   patients and the family members of patients regarding
10   such alternatives."
11     13.  Page 5, by striking lines 13 through 23 and
12   inserting the following:
13     "Sec. ___.  Section 222.73, subsection 2,
14   unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement 1995, is
15   amended to read as follows:
16     The per diem costs billed to each county shall not
17   exceed the per diem costs in effect on July 1, 1988
18   billed to the county in the fiscal year beginning July
19   1, 1996.  However, the per diem costs billed to a
20   county may be adjusted annually in a fiscal year
to
21   reflect increased costs to the extent of the
22   adjustment in the consumer price index published
23   annually in the federal register by the federal
24   department of labor, bureau of labor statistics
25   percentage increase in the total of county fixed
26   budgets pursuant to the allowed growth factor
27   adjustment authorized by the general assembly for that
28   fiscal year in accordance with section 331.439.
29     Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 222.73,
30   subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code Supplement
31   1995, as amended by this division of this Act, takes
32   effect July 1, 1997."
33     14.  Page 6, line 3, by striking the words "An
34   order".

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (76th General Assembly: Session 2)

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