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House Journal: Page 2019: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

section, $115,000 shall be transferred to the Iowa department of
public health for the Iowa healthy family program under section
135.106, to be expended in accordance with the provisions
relating to this program in 1996 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2448.
Sec. 12.  COURT-ORDERED SERVICES PROVIDED TO JUVENILES. 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:
Payment of the expenses of court-ordered services provided to
juveniles which are a charge upon the state pursuant to section
232.141, subsection 4:  
	 $	  3,090,000
1.  Notwithstanding section 232.141 or any other provision of
law, the funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated
to the judicial districts as determined by the state court
administrator.  The state court administrator shall make the
determination on the allocations on or before June 15.
2.  a.  Each judicial district shall continue the planning group
for the court-ordered services for juveniles provided in that
district which was established pursuant to 1991 Iowa Acts,
chapter 267, section 119.  A planning group shall continue to
perform its duties as specified in that law.  Reimbursement
rates for providers of court-ordered evaluation and treatment
services paid under section 232.141, subsection 4, shall be
negotiated with providers by each judicial district's planning
group.
b.  Each district planning group shall submit an annual report
in January to the state court administrator and the department
of human services.  The report shall cover the preceding fiscal
year and shall include a preliminary report on the current
fiscal year.  The administrator and the department shall compile
these reports and submit the reports to the chairpersons and
ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on
human services and the legislative fiscal bureau.
3.  The department of human services shall develop policies and
procedures to ensure that the funds appropriated in this section
are spent only after all other reasonable actions have been
taken to utilize other funding sources and community-based
services.  The policies and procedures shall be designed to
achieve the following objectives relating to services provided
under chapter 232:
a.  Maximize the utilization of funds which may be available
from the medical assistance program including usage of the early
and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment (EPSDT) program.
b.  Recover payments from any third-party insurance carrier
which is liable for coverage of the services, including health
insurance coverage.
c.  Pursue development of agreements with regularly utilized
out-of-state service providers which are intended to reduce per
diem costs paid to those providers.
4.  The department of human services, in consultation with the
state court administrator and the judicial district planning
groups, shall compile a monthly report describing spending in
the districts for court-ordered services for juveniles,
including the utilization of the medical assistance program. 
The reports shall be 

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