House Journal: Page 962: Wednesday, March 31, 1999

18   legal resident of a pilot project county and meets

19   both of the following conditions:
20     (1)  The person is eighteen years of age or older.
21   However, a person who is more than sixty-four years of
22   age who requires full-time nursing facility care shall
23   not be included in the target population.
24     (2)  The person is eligible for assistance under
25   the pilot project county management plan approved
26   under section 331.439.
27     2.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of the pilot project is
28   to improve outcomes for service consumers by allowing
29   pilot project counties to administer overall projected
30   funding from state and federal sources together with
31   other available funding, and by reducing or
32   eliminating unnecessary barriers associated with
33   funding sources, and thereby to creatively meet the
34   divergent, individual needs of service consumers in
35   the community.
36     3.  PROJECT ESTABLISHED.  The department of human
37   services shall establish a pilot project for
38   decategorizing the public funding for adult mental
39   health, mental retardation, and developmental
40   disabilities services in accordance with this section.
41   The pilot project shall include the three-county
42   single entry point process administrative areas
43   designated for decategorization planning under 1997
44   Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 13.  Under the pilot
45   project, a projected funding amount for a fiscal year
46   shall be developed for each of the three
47   administrative areas, from the funding sources
48   designated in this section.  The projected funding
49   amount for a fiscal year, manner of payment, and other
50   provisions of the pilot project shall be delineated in
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 1   contracts between the department and the counties
 2   involved in the pilot project.
 3     4.  COUNTY MANAGEMENT PLAN.  The counties
 4   participating in the pilot project shall amend their
 5   county management plans approved under section 331.439
 6   to be applicable to the period of the pilot project.
 7   Unless a change in federal or state funding provisions
 8   reduces the availability  of funding, a pilot project
 9   county's management plan eligibility provisions shall
10   not be more restrictive than the provisions in effect
11   as of June 30, 1999.  The amended county management
12   plans shall address the service needs of the
13   populations served under the funding sources included
14   in the pilot project beginning with the applicable
15   phase.
16     For purposes of determining the financial

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