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House Journal: Page 2008: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 services provided by health care providers to recipients of
medical assistance.  The report shall include but is not limited
to recommendations regarding the feasibility of implementation
of a pilot program, including the adoption and utilization of an
alternative reimbursement methodology, to determine the effect
of teleconsultive services on health care quality, access, and
cost.
14.  A member of the joint appropriations subcommittee on human
services participating during the 1996 legislative interim in a
planning process for long-term care provided in nursing
facilities and through alternative types of care involving a
national foundation held by the department in the state, is
entitled to per diem and expenses payable as a joint expense
under section 2.12.
Sec. 4.  MEDICAL CONTRACTS.  There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of human services
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary,
to be used for the purpose designated:
For medical contracts:  
	 $	  6,811,400
1.  The department shall continue to contract for drug
utilization review under the medical assistance program.
2.  The department shall negotiate with the department's
contractor for mental health managed care under the medical
assistance program to establish performance standards for
successful outcomes for persons receiving services under the
contract.  The performance standards shall be incorporated into
the contract or shall be made an addendum to the contract which
is in effect as of the effective date of this subsection.  The
contractor's attainment of these performance standards shall be
a factor in the department's decision to extend the contract in
effect for managed mental health care or to initiate a new
procurement process.  Any future contract shall contain
sanctions for failure to attain the performance standards.  The
provisions of section 228.5 as amended in this Act are
applicable to the requirements of this subsection.
3.  Any future contract entered into by the department for
mental health managed care or for other services under the
medical assistance program shall include a provision which
requires the contractor to make public information the amount of
profit realized by the contractor and the amount of funds
expended by the contractor for administrative purposes under the
contract.
Sec. 5.  STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE.  There is appropriated
from the general fund of the state to the department of human
services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending
June 30, 1997, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
For state supplementary assistance, funeral assistance, and the
mental retardation waiver rent subsidy program:  
	 $	 19,190,000
1.  The department shall increase the personal needs allowance
for residents of residential care facilities by the same
percentage and at the same time as federal supplemental security
income and federal social security benefits are increased due to
a recognized increase in the cost of living. The department may
adopt emergency rules to implement this subsection.

Iowa General Assembly

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

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