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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.12, subsection 4, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. a. Effective July 1,19951997, the state shall be 1 4 responsible for all of the nonfederal share of the costs of 1 5 intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation 1 6 services provided under medical assistance to minors and to 1 7 children requiring special education, as defined in section 1 8 256B.2. Notwithstanding subsection 2 and contrary provisions 1 9 of section 222.73, effective July 1,19951997, a county is 1 10 not required to reimburse the department and shall not be 1 11 billed for the nonfederal share of the costs of such services 1 12 provided to minors and to children requiring special 1 13 education, as defined in section 256B.2. 1 14 b. Effective July 1,19951997, the state shall be 1 15 responsible for all of the nonfederal share of medical 1 16 assistance home and community-based waivers for persons with 1 17 mental retardation services provided under medical assistance 1 18 to minors and to children requiring special education, as 1 19 defined in section 256B.2, and a county is not required to 1 20 reimburse the department and shall not be billed for the 1 21 nonfederal share of the costs of the services. 1 22 Sec. 2. Section 426B.1, subsection 3, Code 1997, is 1 23 amended to read as follows: 1 24 3. There is annually appropriated from the property tax 1 25 relief fund to the department of human services to supplement 1 26 the medical assistance appropriation for the fiscal year 1 27 beginning July 1, 1997, and for succeeding fiscal years, six 1 28 million six hundred thousand dollars to be used for the 1 29 nonfederal share of the costs of services provided to minors 1 30 with mental retardation and to children requiring special 1 31 education under the medical assistance program to meet the 1 32 requirements of section 249A.12, subsection 4. The 1 33 appropriation in this subsection shall be charged to the 1 34 property tax relief fund prior to the distribution of moneys 1 35 from the fund under section 426B.2 and the amount of moneys 2 1 available for distribution shall be reduced accordingly. 2 2 However, the appropriation in this subsection shall be 2 3 considered to be a property tax relief payment for purposes of 2 4 the combined amount of payments required to achieve fifty 2 5 percent of the counties' base year expenditures as provided in 2 6 section 426B.2, subsection 3. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill provides for state payment of the nonfederal 2 9 share of medical assistance costs for intermediate care 2 10 facility and home and community-based waivers for persons with 2 11 mental retardation services provided under medical assistance 2 12 to minors and to children requiring special education. Under 2 13 Code section 256B.2, "children requiring special education" 2 14 means persons under age 21 who have a disability in obtaining 2 15 education because of various types of disabilities. The bill 2 16 provides that a county is not to be billed for such costs and 2 17 the state payment requirement is effective July 1, 1997. 2 18 The bill includes a conforming amendment to Code section 2 19 426B.1 which provides an appropriation from the property tax 2 20 relief fund for costs addressed by the bill. 2 21 LSB 2358SS 77 2 22 jp/sc/14
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