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House Amendment 8403

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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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