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House Journal: Page 1562: Thursday, April 11, 1996

35   following:  "single entry point process".
36     30.  Page 15, by striking lines 6 through 9 and
37   inserting the following:  "revenue and finance.  A
38   county shall not be billed for the cost of a patient
39   unless the patient's admission is authorized through
40   the single entry point process.  The mental health
41   institute and the county shall work together to locate
42   appropriate alternative placements and services, and
43   to educate patients and family members of patients
44   regarding such alternatives."
45     31.  Page 15, line 15, by striking the word "in".
46     32.  Page 15, by striking lines 16 through 20 and
47   inserting the following:  "through the single entry
48   point process.  For the purposes of this chapter,
49   "single entry point process" means the same as defined
50   in section 331.440."

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 1     33.  Page 16, by striking lines 4 through 12 and
 2   inserting the following:
 3     "b.  The per diem costs billed to each county shall
 4   not exceed the per diem costs in effect on July 1,
 5   1988 billed to the county in the fiscal year
beginning
 6   July 1, 1996.  However, the per diem costs billed to
a
 7   county may be adjusted annually to reflect increased
 8   costs to the extent of the adjustment in the
consumer
 9   price index published annually in the federal register
10   by the federal department of labor, bureau of labor
11   statistics percentage increase in the total of
county
12   fixed budgets pursuant to the allowed growth factor
13   adjustment authorized by the general assembly for the
14   fiscal year in accordance with section 331.439.
15     Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 230.20,
16   subsection 2, paragraph "b", Code Supplement 1995, as
17   amended by this division of this Act, takes effect
18   July 1, 1997."
19     34.  Page 16, by striking lines 16 through 30 and
20   inserting the following:
21     "Sec. ___.  Section 230A.13, unnumbered paragraph
22   2, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
23     Release of administrative and diagnostic
24   information which would identify, as defined in
25   section 228.1, subsections 1 and 3, and demographic
26   information necessary for aggregated reporting to meet
27   the data requirements established by the department of
28   human services, division of mental health and
29   developmental disabilities, relating to an individual
30   who is receiving or has received treatment at
receives
31   services from a community mental health center shall
32   not through the applicable single entry point
process,
33   may be made a condition of support of that center by
34   any county under this section.  Section 331.504,

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

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