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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.6 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, 2000, and ending
1 20 June 30, 2006, 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 sections 331.439 and
1 24 426B.5, the state will have assumed one hundred percent of the
1 25 costs of providing qualified services to adults.
1 26 3. Notwithstanding contrary provisions of section 426B.2,
1 27 subsection 2, moneys shall continue to be provided from the
1 28 property tax relief fund until otherwise provided by law. The
1 29 state's proportional share of the sum of state and county
1 30 funding for qualified services to adults shall be as follows:
1 31 a. The rates established for reimbursement of persons
1 32 providing qualified services to adults shall be reasonable and
1 33 adequate to cover the costs of efficiently operated and
1 34 economical services.
1 35 b. The state shall have sole responsibility for funding
2 1 any new mental health, mental retardation, or developmental
2 2 disabilities services which the state requires to be provided
2 3 to adults. In the event that the state requires a new service
2 4 population to be eligible for payment of service costs, the
2 5 state shall have sole responsibility for funding services
2 6 provided to that population.
2 7 4. The state's proportional share of the sum of state and
2 8 county funding for qualified services shall be as follows:
2 9 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, sixty
2 10 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 11 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 12 beginning July 1, 1998.
2 13 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, seventy
2 14 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 15 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 16 beginning July 1, 1999.
2 17 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, eighty
2 18 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 19 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 20 beginning July 1, 2000.
2 21 d. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, ninety
2 22 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 23 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 24 beginning July 1, 2001.
2 25 e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, one hundred
2 26 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 27 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 28 beginning July 1, 2002.
2 29 f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, one hundred
2 30 percent of the sum of net state and county funding for
2 31 qualified services provided to adults during the fiscal year
2 32 beginning July 1, 2004.
2 33 g. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and
2 34 succeeding fiscal years, the state shall provide one hundred
2 35 percent of the funding for qualified services provided to
3 1 adults during a fiscal year.
3 2 Sec. 3. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. Nothing in this Act is
3 3 intended, shall be construed, or shall imply the creation of a
3 4 new county responsibility for funding of services and nothing
3 5 in this Act shall relieve a county from any existing funding
3 6 responsibility, including but not limited to responsibilities
3 7 required under chapter 222.
3 8 EXPLANATION
3 9 This bill establishes a funding formula for increasing
3 10 state participation in county costs for "qualified mental
3 11 health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
3 12 services" provided to adults. The qualified services are
3 13 those identified on forms issued by the county finance
3 14 committee following consultation with the state-county
3 15 management committee, under Code section 331.438.
3 16 The intent of the general assembly as stated is to annually
3 17 increase the proportion of state spending relative to county
3 18 spending for these services over a six-year period until the
3 19 state assumes 100 percent of the costs of the services. The
3 20 period is July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2006. The state is
3 21 to continue with the spending responsibility in subsequent
3 22 years. The increase in state financial responsibility in each
3 23 year is specified. It is specified that service provider
3 24 reimbursement rates must be reasonable and adequate and that
3 25 new responsibilities and newly covered populations are a state
3 26 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 2707XS 78
3 33 jp/jw/5
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