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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 intermediate or
1 6 residential care facilities for persons with mental
1 7 retardation using a campus or village setting approach
1 8 in not more than three counties may convert to a
1 9 residential program under the provisions of a medical
1 10 assistance home and community-based services waiver
1 11 for persons with mental retardation provided the adult
1 12 residential environments meet all of the following
1 13 requirements:
1 14 (1) The intermediate or residential care facility
1 15 for persons with mental retardation license is
1 16 surrendered.
1 17 (2) The environment's bed capacity is reduced by
1 18 at least twenty-five percent to a maximum capacity of
1 19 no more than twelve beds.
1 20 (3) The environment submits a five-year plan for
1 21 further bed capacity reduction to the department of
1 22 human services and the plan is acceptable to the
1 23 department of human services.
1 24 The director of human services may authorize
1 25 reimbursement of the costs of environments converted
1 26 in accordance with this lettered paragraph from moneys
1 27 appropriated for state supplementary assistance at a
1 28 rate which does not exceed the maximum allowed for a
1 29 residential program under the medical assistance home
1 30 and community-based services waiver. The departments
1 31 of human services and inspections and appeals shall
1 32 develop standards and a monitoring process for
1 33 environments converted under this lettered paragraph."
1 34
1 35
1 36
1 37 BLODGETT of Cerro Gordo
1 38 HF 2520.502 77
1 39 jp/jw/28
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