House Journal: Page 1363: Thursday, April 15, 1999

35   three years beginning on July 1, 1999.  The terms of

36   the two members appointed by the community services
37   affiliate of the Iowa state association of counties
38   shall commence July 1, 1999.  This section takes
39   effect June 30, 1999.
40   	DIVISION ___
41     COUNTY MANAGEMENT PLAN PROVISIONS
42     Sec. ___.  Section 331.439, subsection 1, paragraph
43   b, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
44     b.  The county developed and implemented a county
45   management plan for the county's mental health, mental
46   retardation, and developmental disabilities services
47   in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph
48   "b".  The plan shall comply with the administrative
49   rules adopted for this purpose by the council on human
50   services and is subject to the approval of the
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 1   director of human services in consultation with the
 2   state-county management committee created in section
 3   331.438.  The plan shall include a description of the
 4   county's service management provision for mental
 5   health, mental retardation, and developmental
 6   disabilities services.  For mental retardation and
 7   developmental disabilities service management, the
 8   plan shall describe the county's development and
 9   implementation of a managed system of cost-effective
10   individualized services and shall comply with the
11   provisions of paragraph "d".  The goal of this part of
12   the plan shall be to assist the individuals served to
13   be as independent, productive, and integrated into the
14   community as possible.  The service management
15   provisions for mental health shall comply with the
16   provisions of paragraph "c".  A county is subject to
17   all of the following provisions in regard to the
18   county's management plan and planning process:
19      (1)  The county shall have in effect an approved
20   policies and procedures manual for the county's
21   services fund.  The county management plan shall be
22   defined in the manual.  The manual submitted by the
23   county as part of the county's management plan for the
24   fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, as approved by the
25   director of human services, shall remain in effect,
26   subject to amendment.  An amendment to the manual
27   shall be submitted to the department of human services
28   at least forty-five days prior to the date of
29   implementation.  Prior to implementation of any
30   amendment to the manual, the amendment must be
31   approved by the director of human services in
32   consultation with the state-county management
33   committee.

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