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House Study Bill 190

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  225C.51  BILLINGS TO COUNTIES FOR
  1  2 DISABILITIES SERVICES.
  1  3    1.  Unless a billing is delayed due to a disagreement
  1  4 between the department and a county concerning the legal
  1  5 settlement of a person who received a service listed in
  1  6 subsection 2, a county shall not be required to reimburse the
  1  7 department for a service listed in subsection 2 which was
  1  8 provided more than one hundred twenty days prior to the date
  1  9 the department's claim for reimbursement was submitted to the
  1 10 county.
  1 11    2.  The provisions of this section apply to any claim from
  1 12 the department for the cost of a service which is payable from
  1 13 a county's mental health, mental retardation, and
  1 14 developmental disabilities services fund created under section
  1 15 331.424A, including but not limited to the following:
  1 16    a.  Billings for state hospital-school patient charges
  1 17 under chapter 222.
  1 18    b.  Billings for state mental health institute patient
  1 19 charges under chapter 230.
  1 20    c.  Medical assistance claims under sections 249A.12 and
  1 21 249A.26.  
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill relates to department of human services' billings
  1 24 to counties for the cost of certain mental health, mental
  1 25 retardation, and developmental disability (MH/MR/DD) services.
  1 26    New Code section 225C.51 provides that a county is not
  1 27 liable for a claim submitted to the county by the department
  1 28 more than 120 days after the date the MH/MR/DD service was
  1 29 provided.  An exception is provided in the event there is a
  1 30 dispute between the department and the county concerning legal
  1 31 settlement in the county.  The provision applies to services
  1 32 payable from a county's mental health, mental retardation, and
  1 33 developmental disabilities services fund.  
  1 34 LSB 2445HC 77
  1 35 jp/jw/5
     

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