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ing general provisions for service administration.  Services
eligible for payment with funds allocated in this subsection are
limited to any of the following which are provided in accordance
with the department's administrative rules for the services: 
adult support, adult day care, administrative support for
volunteers, community supervised apartment living arrangements,
residential services for adults, sheltered work, supported
employment, supported work training, transportation, and work
activity.
c.  In purchasing services with funds allocated in this
subsection, a county shall designate a person to provide for
eligibility determination and development of a case plan for
individuals for whom the services are purchased.  The designated
person shall be a medical assistance case manager serving the
person's county of residence.  If an individual does not have a
case manager, the individual's eligibility shall be determined
by a social services caseworker of the department serving the
individual's county of residence.  The case plan shall be
developed in accordance with the department's rules outlining
general provisions for service administration.
d.  Services purchased with funds allocated in this subsection
must be the result of a referral by the person who identified
the services in developing the individual's case plan.
e.  Services purchased with funds allocated in this subsection
must be under a purchase of service contract established in
accordance with the department's administrative rules for
purchase of service.
f.  The funds provided by this subsection shall be allocated to
each county as follows:
(1)  Fifty percent based upon the county's proportion of the
state's population of persons with an annual income which is
equal to or less than the poverty guideline established by the
federal office of management and budget.
(2)  Fifty percent based upon the amount provided to the county
for local purchase of services in the preceding fiscal year.
g.  Each county shall submit to the department a plan for
funding of the services eligible for payment under this
subsection.  The plan may provide for allocation of the funds
for one or more of the eligible services.  The plan shall
identify the funding amount the county allocates for each
service and the time period for which the funding will be
available.  Only those services which have funding allocated in
the plan are eligible for payment with funds provided in this
subsection.
h.  A county shall provide advance notice to the individual
receiving services, the service provider, and the person
responsible for developing the case plan of the date the county
determines that funding will no longer be available for a
service.
i.  The moneys provided under this subsection do not establish
an entitlement to the services funded under this subsection.
7.  If a county has a county management plan which is approved
by the director of human services pursuant to section 331.439,
the county shall be considered to have met the requirements of
subsection 2, and subsection 6, paragraphs "b", "c", "d", "e",
and "g".  The department shall adopt rules to implement the
provisions of this subsection.
Sec. 20.  PERSONAL ASSISTANCE - FAMILY SUPPORT.  There is
appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of human services for the

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