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House Journal: Page 2007: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 shall include but not be limited to service provider standards,
service reimbursement, and funding mechanisms.  Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection 4, paragraph "a", of this section
and section 249A.26, requiring counties to pay all or part of
the nonfederal share of certain services provided to persons
with disabilities under the medical assistance program, the
state shall pay 100 percent of the nonfederal share of any
services included in the plan implemented pursuant to this
subsection.
6.  The department shall utilize not more than $60,000 of the
funds appropriated in this section to continue the AIDS/HIV
health insurance premium payment program as established in 1992
Iowa Acts, Second Extraordinary Session, Chapter 1001, section
409, subsection 6.  Of the funds allocated in this subsection,
not more than $5,000 may be expended for administrative purposes.
7.  Of the funds appropriated to the Iowa department of health
for substance abuse grants, $950,000 for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1996, shall be transferred to the department
of human services for an integrated substance abuse managed care
system.
8.  The department shall implement a new medical assistance home
and community-based waiver for persons with physical
disabilities as a means to further develop the personal
assistance services program under section 225C.46.  The waiver
shall not be implemented in a manner which would require
additional county or state funding for assistance provided to an
individual served under the waiver.
9.  The department may expand the drug prior authorization
program to include the therapeutic class of gastrointestinal
drugs known as proton pump inhibitors.  The department shall not
expand the requirement of drug prior authorization without prior
approval of the general assembly except to require prior
authorization of an equivalent of a prescription drug which is
subject to prior authorization as of June 30, 1996.  The
department shall adopt administrative rules to implement this
provision.
10.  The department of human services shall expand the program
to administratively pursue reimbursements for pharmacy services
to include all pharmacy claims for which a recipient of medical
assistance also has third-party coverage.
11.  The department of human services, in consultation with the
Iowa department of public health and the department of
education, shall develop and implement a proposal to utilize the
early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT)
funding under medical assistance, to the extent possible, to
implement the screening component of the EPSDT program through
the school system.  The department may enter into contracts to
utilize maternal and child health centers, the public health
nursing program, or school nurses in implementing this provision.
12.  The department shall implement the case study for
outcome-based performance standards for programs serving persons
with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities
proposed pursuant to 1994 Iowa Acts, chapter 1170, section 56. 
The department shall adopt rules applicable to the programs
included in the case study, request a waiver of applicable
federal requirements, and take other actions deemed necessary by
the department to implement the case study.
13.  The department of human services shall submit a report to
the general assembly on or before January 1, 1997, regarding
reimbursement for teleconsultive

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

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