House Journal: Page 973: Wednesday, April 2, 1997

decategorization of adult disability services funding, and the
operating requirements of an intermediate care facility for
persons with mental retardation, was taken up for consideration.
Houser of Pottawattamie offered the following amendment H-1521
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-1521

 1     Amend House File 702 as follows:
 2     1.  Page 4, line 1, by striking the words "the
 3   clerk" and inserting the following:  "the clerk".
 4     2.  Page 4, line 22, by striking the figure
 5   "225.7" and inserting the following:  "225C.7".
 6     3.  By striking page 6, line 22 through page 8,
 7   line 4 and inserting the following:
 8     "Sec. ___.  DECATEGORIZATION PLANNING
 9     1.  Upon the request of at least one and not more
10   than three counties, the department of human services
11   and the division of vocational rehabilitation of the
12   department of education shall assign representatives
13   who are knowledgeable of their agency's funding
14   streams, to participate in a planning process
15   conducted by the county.  The purpose of the planning
16   process shall be to determine the feasibility of
17   decategorizing the following county, state, and state-
18   federal funding categories:"
19     4.  By striking page 8, line 23 through page 9,
20   line 29 and inserting the following:
21     "2.  As part of the planning process, the
22   department of human services and the division of
23   vocational rehabilitation shall make available
24   historical expenditure information, budget
25   projections, and other available data relating to
26   persons with disabilities served in a county
27   participating in the planning process."
28     5.  Page 10, by striking lines 15 through 30 and
29   inserting the following:
30     "Sec. ___.  Section 135C.6, subsection 8, Code
31   1997, is amended by adding the following new
32   paragraph:
33     NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  A total of twenty residential
34   care facilities for persons with mental retardation
35   which are licensed to serve no more than five
36   individuals may be authorized by the department of
37   human services to convert to operation as a
38   residential program under the provisions of a medical
39   assistance home and community-based services waiver
40   for persons with mental retardation.  A converted
41   residential program is subject to the conditions
42   stated in paragraph "b" except that the program shall
43   not serve more than five individuals.  The department

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