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1 1 Section 1. PLAN FOR FUNDING OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
1 2 – CREATION OF RESTRUCTURING ADVISORY COMMITTEE – DEVELOPMENT
1 3 OF PLAN.
1 4 1. If funds received from the federal government for
1 5 funding of services provided under the medical assistance
1 6 program are reduced relative to the prior federal fiscal year
1 7 or are converted to block grant form, a medical assistance
1 8 restructuring advisory committee shall be created.
1 9 2. The committee shall be composed of not more than
1 10 twenty-five members, to be appointed by the governor. The
1 11 members appointed shall be representative of the state
1 12 population and shall include service consumers and providers.
1 13 A minimum of sixty percent of the committee membership shall
1 14 be service consumers and citizen representatives.
1 15 3. Additionally, the committee shall include the following
1 16 nonvoting members:
1 17 a. Two members of the senate appointed by the majority
1 18 leader of the senate after consultation with the president of
1 19 the senate and the minority leader of the senate.
1 20 b. Two members of the house of representatives appointed
1 21 by the speaker of the house after consultation with the
1 22 majority leader and the minority leader of the house.
1 23 c. The director of human services, or the director's
1 24 designee.
1 25 d. The director of public health, or the director's
1 26 designee.
1 27 4. Appointments shall comply with sections 69.16 and
1 28 69.16A. Vacancies shall be filled by the original appointing
1 29 authority and in the manner of the original appointments.
1 30 5. Nonlegislative members of the committee shall receive
1 31 actual expenses incurred while serving in their official
1 32 capacity and may also be eligible to receive compensation as
1 33 provided in section 7E.6. Legislative members shall receive
1 34 compensation pursuant to section 2.10.
1 35 6. The committee shall develop a plan for the provision of
2 1 services provided under the medical assistance program based
2 2 upon the federal funding received. A plan proposal shall be
2 3 submitted to the general assembly for action prior to
2 4 implementation of the plan.
2 5 7. The department of human services shall provide
2 6 administrative support to the advisory committee.
2 7 Sec. 2. STATE TAXATION REFORM – CONTINGENCY. It is the
2 8 intent of the general assembly that implementation of any
2 9 state taxation reform or reduction in any year shall be
2 10 contingent upon the enactment of federal legislation which
2 11 provides for medical assistance funding for that year and
2 12 shall reflect the impact of any reduction in federal funding
2 13 to the state for the medical assistance program.
2 14 EXPLANATION
2 15 This bill provides for the creation of a medical assistance
2 16 restructuring advisory committee upon enactment of federal
2 17 legislation which reduces federal funding for medical
2 18 assistance based upon the prior federal fiscal year or which
2 19 provides for federal funding in the form of a block grant.
2 20 The committee is composed of consumers and providers of
2 21 services under the medical assistance program. Additionally,
2 22 members of the general assembly and the directors of human
2 23 services and public health serve as nonvoting members. The
2 24 bill provides for compensation of the members and requires
2 25 that a plan proposal be submitted to the general assembly
2 26 prior to implementation of the plan.
2 27 The bill declares that it is the intent of the general
2 28 assembly that implementation of any state taxation reform or
2 29 reduction is contingent upon the enactment of federal
2 30 legislation which provides for medical assistance funding, in
2 31 any year, and is to reflect the impact of any reduction in
2 32 federal funding to the state for the medical assistance
2 33 program.
2 34 LSB 1100SS 77
2 35 pf/cf/24.1
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