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House Journal: Page 2033: Tuesday, April 30, 1996

 report which may include a proposal for revising the state
hospital-schools' manner of billing for medical assistance
reimbursement to be more comparable to other intermediate care
facilities for the mentally retarded.  The report shall be
submitted to the general assembly on or before December 16, 1996.
5.  The superintendent of the state hospital-schools shall work
with the department's administrative staff in developing
methodologies to bill services, consultation, and other
assistance provided by the state hospital-schools in support of
community-based services.  The department may implement the
methodologies in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996.
6.  In addition to existing planning efforts for communitybased
alternatives to placements at a state hospital-school, if the
department's budget planning for fiscal year 1997-1998 includes
a proposal for reduction of capacity at a state hospital-school
or mental health institute, the department shall work with
counties, service providers, advocates, and the department's
contractor for managed mental health care under medical
assistance, in developing a plan for community-based placements
in place of the capacity proposed to be reduced. The plan shall
be submitted for review to the task force on the future of human
services created in this Act and to the statecounty management
committee.  It is the intent of the general assembly that any
authorization for any reduction of capacity at a state
hospital-school or state mental health institute in fiscal year
1997-1998 is contingent upon development of sufficient
community-based placements to replace the reduced capacity.
7.  To the extent possible, the department shall consult with
the applicable workgroups of the task force on the future of the
department of human services created in this Act concerning the
activities required of the department pursuant to this section.
Sec. 29.  STANDARDS FOR CASELOADS.  The department of human
services shall develop a plan for meeting national standards on
caseloads for the department's social workers.
The department shall submit the planning provisions required by
this section to the members of the joint appropriations
subcommittee on human services of the senate and house of
representatives on or before January 8, 1997.
Sec. 30.  REPORTS.  Any reports or information required to be
compiled and submitted under this Act shall be submitted to the
chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
subcommittee on human services, the legislative fiscal bureau,
the legislative service bureau, and to the caucus staffs on or
before the dates specified for submission of the reports or
information.
Sec. 31.  REPORTS BY PROVIDERS OF FOSTER CARE SERVICES - REVIEW
- PROCESS SIMPLIFICATION.  The department of human services
shall consult with providers of rehabilitation treatment
services relating to the medical assistance child services
initiative in reviewing provider requirements relating to
financial and statistical accountability reporting and the
process for submission of the reports relating to these
requirements.  Following this review, and no later than January
1, 1997, the department of human services shall implement a
process which provides, at a minimum, for a simplified means of
documenting compliance with provider accountability requirements
which shall, at a minimum, include consolidation of the reports
required and which may provide a means for submission of the
reports in an electronic format.
Sec. 32.  Section 135H.6, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:

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