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House Journal: Page 2015: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 based on the type of children to be served and the location of
the enhanced residential treatment beds.
d.  (1)  Of the funds appropriated in this section, not more
than $6,538,215 is allocated as the state match funding for
psychiatric medical institutions for children.
(2)  The department may transfer all or a portion of the funds
appropriated in this section for psychiatric medical
institutions for children (PMICs) to the appropriation in this
Act for medical assistance and may amend the managed mental
health care contract to include PMICs.
e.  Of the funds allocated in this subsection, not more than
$1,077,995 is allocated as the state match funding for 50 highly
structured juvenile program beds.
3.  The department shall establish a goal that not more than 15
percent of the children placed in foster care funded under the
federal Social Security Act, Title IV-E, may be placed in foster
care for a period of more than 24 months.
4.  In accordance with the provisions of section 232.188, the
department shall continue the program to decategorize child
welfare services in additional counties or clusters of counties.
5.  Of the funds appropriated in this section, up to $96,512 is
allocated for continued foster care services to a child who is
18 years of age or older in accordance with the provisions of
section 234.35, subsection 3, paragraph "c".  However, if
funding in this appropriation would remain unobligated at the
end of the fiscal year, the allocation in this subsection may be
exceeded to the extent necessary to provide the continued foster
care services.  The department shall distribute the moneys
allocated in this subsection to the department's regions based
on each region's proportion of the total number of children
placed in foster care on March 31 preceding the beginning of the
fiscal year, who, during the fiscal year would no longer be
eligible for foster care due to age.
6.  Notwithstanding section 232.142, subsection 3, the financial
aid paid by the state for the establishment, improvements,
operation, and maintenance of county or multicounty juvenile
detention homes in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, shall
be limited to $872,500.  Funds allocated in this subsection
shall be prorated among eligible detention homes.
7.  The amount of the appropriation made in this section
available for foster care is based upon expansion of the number
of children in foster care who are eligible for federal
supplemental security income (SSI).  The department may use up
to $300,000 of those funds to enter into a performance-based
contract to secure SSI benefits for children placed in foster
care.  The contract shall include provisions for training of
department of human services and juvenile court staff,
completion of applications, tracking of application results, and
representation during the appeals process whenever an appeal is
necessary to secure SSI benefits.  Notwithstanding section
217.30 and section 232.2, subsection 11, and any other provision
of law to the contrary, the director or the director's designee
on behalf of a child in foster care may release medical, mental
health, substance abuse, or any other information necessary only
to determine the child's eligibility for SSI benefits, and may
sign releases for the information. In any release of information
made pursuant to this subsection, confidentiality shall be
maintained to the maximum extent possible.

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

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