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1 1 Amend House File 2520 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 7, by inserting after line 20 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "c. If approved by the federal government, adult
1 5 residential environments licensed as an intermediate
1 6 care facility for persons with mental retardation
1 7 using a campus or village setting approach in not more
1 8 than three counties may convert to a residential
1 9 program under the provisions of a medical assistance
1 10 home and community-based services waiver for persons
1 11 with mental retardation provided the adult residential
1 12 environments meet all of the following requirements:
1 13 (1) The intermediate care facility for persons
1 14 with mental retardation license is surrendered.
1 15 (2) The environment's bed capacity is reduced by
1 16 at least twenty-five percent to a maximum capacity of
1 17 no more than twelve beds.
1 18 (3) The environment submits a five-year plan for
1 19 further bed capacity reduction to the department of
1 20 human services and the plan is acceptable to the
1 21 department of human services.
1 22 The director of human services may authorize
1 23 reimbursement of the costs of environments converted
1 24 in accordance with this lettered paragraph from moneys
1 25 appropriated for state supplementary assistance at a
1 26 rate which does not exceed the maximum allowed for a
1 27 residential program under the medical assistance home
1 28 and community-based services waiver. The departments
1 29 of human services and inspections and appeals shall
1 30 develop standards and a monitoring process for
1 31 environments converted under this lettered paragraph."
1 32
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1 34
1 35 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo
1 36 HF 2520.301 77
1 37 jp/cf/28
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