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Senate File 2255

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Bill Introduced: S.J. 346
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 222.60, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The expenses described under
  1  4 this section for minors and for children requiring special
  1  5 education, as defined in section 256B.2, admitted or committed
  1  6 to a state hospital-school or to a special unit shall be paid
  1  7 by the state and are not chargeable to a county.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  Section 249A.12, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  1  9 amended to read as follows:
  1 10    4.  a.  Effective July 1, 1995 1998, the state shall be
  1 11 responsible for all of the nonfederal share of the costs of
  1 12 intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation
  1 13 services provided under medical assistance to minors and to
  1 14 children requiring special education, as defined in section
  1 15 256B.2, including but not limited to such minors and children
  1 16 placed at a state hospital-school.  Notwithstanding subsection
  1 17 2 and contrary provisions of section 222.73, effective July 1,
  1 18 1995 1998, a county is not required to reimburse the
  1 19 department and shall not be billed for the nonfederal share of
  1 20 the costs of such services provided to such minors and to such
  1 21 children.
  1 22    b.  Effective July 1, 1995 1998, the state shall be
  1 23 responsible for all of the nonfederal share of medical
  1 24 assistance home and community-based waivers for persons with
  1 25 mental retardation services provided under medical assistance
  1 26 to minors and to children requiring special education, as
  1 27 defined in section 256B.2, and a county is not required to
  1 28 reimburse the department and shall not be billed for the
  1 29 nonfederal share of the costs of the services.
  1 30    Sec. 3.  Section 426B.1, subsection 3, Code Supplement
  1 31 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 32    3.  There is annually appropriated from the property tax
  1 33 relief general fund of the state to the department of human
  1 34 services to supplement the medical assistance appropriation
  1 35 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 1998, and for
  2  1 succeeding fiscal years, six million six hundred thousand
  2  2 dollars to be used for the nonfederal share of the costs of
  2  3 services provided to minors with mental retardation, including
  2  4 but not limited to minors placed at a state hospital-school
  2  5 and to children requiring special education under the medical
  2  6 assistance program to meet the requirements of section
  2  7 249A.12, subsection 4.  The appropriation in this subsection
  2  8 shall be charged to the property tax relief fund prior to the
  2  9 distribution of moneys from the fund under section 426B.2 and
  2 10 the amount of moneys available for distribution shall be
  2 11 reduced accordingly.  However, the The appropriation in this
  2 12 subsection shall be considered to be a property tax relief
  2 13 payment for purposes of calculating the combined amount of
  2 14 state payments required to achieve fifty percent of the
  2 15 counties' base year expenditures as provided in section
  2 16 426B.2, subsection 2.  
  2 17                           EXPLANATION
  2 18    This bill provides for state payment of the nonfederal
  2 19 share of medical assistance costs for intermediate care
  2 20 facility and home and community-based waivers for persons with
  2 21 mental retardation services provided under medical assistance
  2 22 to minors and to children requiring special education,
  2 23 including such minors and children placed at a state hospital-
  2 24 school.  Under Code section 256B.2, "children requiring
  2 25 special education" means persons under age 21 who have a
  2 26 disability in obtaining education because of various types of
  2 27 disabilities.  The bill provides that a county is not to be
  2 28 billed for such costs and the state payment requirement is
  2 29 effective July 1, 1998.
  2 30    Code section 222.60, relating to costs paid by counties and
  2 31 the state for persons placed at a state hospital-school,
  2 32 special mental retardation unit at a state mental health
  2 33 institute, or other facility, is amended.  The amendment
  2 34 provides that the expenses described in this section for
  2 35 minors or children requiring special education admitted or
  3  1 committed to a state hospital-school or to a special unit
  3  2 shall be paid by the state and are not chargeable to a county.
  3  3    The bill amends Code section 426B.1 to make the general
  3  4 fund of the state the source of an appropriation for costs
  3  5 addressed by the bill in lieu of the property tax relief fund.  
  3  6 LSB 3450SS 77
  3  7 jp/sc/14.2

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