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1 1 Section 1. PURPOSE. It is the purpose of this Act to
1 2 provide property tax relief to the citizens of this state by
1 3 providing state financial assistance for the funding of
1 4 services provided to persons with mental illness, mental
1 5 retardation, or developmental disabilities. In providing
1 6 property tax relief, it is also the purpose of this Act that
1 7 persons with mental illness, mental retardation, or
1 8 developmental disabilities be provided with the services
1 9 necessary for these persons to be fully included as
1 10 contributing members of their families, neighborhoods, and
1 11 communities.
1 12 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 426B.5 STATE FUNDING FORMULA FOR
1 13 QUALIFIED EXPENDITURES FOR ADULTS.
1 14 1. For the purposes of this section, unless the context
1 15 otherwise requires, "qualified services" means qualified
1 16 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
1 17 disabilities services, as defined in section 331.438.
1 18 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that by the
1 19 end of the fiscal period beginning July 1, 1999, and ending
1 20 June 30, 2005, by means of incremental increases in state
1 21 appropriations to the property tax relief fund and to the
1 22 department of human services for distribution to counties for
1 23 allowed growth payments as provided in section 331.439, the
1 24 state will have assumed one hundred percent of the costs of
1 25 providing qualified services to adults.
1 26 3. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of section 426B.2,
1 27 subsection 2, moneys shall not be transferred from the
1 28 property tax relief fund but shall continue to be provided
1 29 from the property tax relief fund until otherwise provided by
1 30 law. The state's proportional share of the sum of state and
1 31 county funding for qualified services to adults shall be as
1 32 follows:
1 33 a. The rates established for reimbursement of persons
1 34 providing qualified services to adults shall be reasonable and
1 35 adequate to cover the costs of efficiently operated and
2 1 economical services.
2 2 b. The state shall have sole responsibility for funding
2 3 any new mental health, mental retardation, or developmental
2 4 disabilities services which the state requires to be provided
2 5 to adults. In the event that the state requires a new service
2 6 population to be eligible for payment of service costs, the
2 7 state shall have sole responsibility for funding services
2 8 provided to that population.
2 9 4. The state's proportional share of the sum of state and
2 10 county funding for qualified services shall be as follows:
2 11 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, sixty
2 12 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 13 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 14 beginning July 1, 1997.
2 15 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, seventy
2 16 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 17 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 18 beginning July 1, 1998.
2 19 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, eighty
2 20 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 21 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 22 beginning July 1, 1999.
2 23 d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, ninety
2 24 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 25 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 26 beginning July 1, 2000.
2 27 e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, one hundred
2 28 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 29 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 30 beginning July 1, 2001.
2 31 f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, one hundred
2 32 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 33 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 34 beginning July 1, 2003.
2 35 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, and
3 1 succeeding fiscal years, the state shall provide one hundred
3 2 percent of the funding for qualified services provided to
3 3 adults during a fiscal year.
3 4 Sec. 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. Nothing in this Act is
3 5 intended, shall be construed, or shall imply the creation of a
3 6 new county responsibility for funding of services and nothing
3 7 in this Act shall relieve a county from any existing funding
3 8 responsibility, including but not limited to responsibilities
3 9 required under chapter 222.
3 10 EXPLANATION
3 11 This bill establishes a funding formula for increasing
3 12 state participation in county costs for "qualified mental
3 13 health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
3 14 services" provided to adults. The qualified services are
3 15 those identified on forms issued by the county finance
3 16 committee following consultation with the state-county
3 17 management committee, under Code section 331.438.
3 18 The intent of the general assembly as stated is to increase
3 19 the proportion of state spending relative to county spending
3 20 for these services over a six-year period until the state
3 21 assumes 100 percent of the costs of the services. The period
3 22 begins July 1, 1999, and ends June 30, 2005, and the state
3 23 financial responsibility in each year is specified. It is
3 24 specified that service provider reimbursement rates must be
3 25 reasonable and adequate and that new responsibilities and
3 26 newly covered populations are a state responsibility.
3 27 In addition, it is specified that while the bill does not
3 28 create a new county funding responsibility, it also does not
3 29 relieve a county of existing funding responsibilities,
3 30 including a requirement relating to persons with mental
3 31 retardation.
3 32 LSB 2634XS 77
3 33 jp/jw/5
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