House Journal: Page 1596: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
26 services paid by a county from the county's services
27 fund created in section 331.424A under a state
28 purchase of service or county contract.
29 d. "Risk pool board" means the same as used in
30 section 426B.5, subsection 3.
31 e. "Services fund" means the same as defined in
32 section 331.424A.
33 2. a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000,
34 the counties receiving state payments from the
35 property tax relief fund shall provide a reimbursement
36 rate increase for the fiscal year to eligible POS
37 providers. The purpose of the reimbursement rate
38 increase is to assist POS providers that have
39 increased the compensation of their service staff.
40 The reimbursement rate increase shall apply to POS
41 services provided during the entire fiscal year
42 beginning July 1, 2000.
43 b. In order to be eligible, a POS provider's
44 adjusted actual cost of providing a service must be in
45 excess of the reimbursement rate paid to the provider
46 by the county as of June 30, 2000, and the excess cost
47 must be attributable, at least in part, to service
48 staff compensation. The documentation used in
49 determining whether actual costs have increased for a
50 POS provider shall be the applicable amounts submitted
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1 to the host county in the provider's annual financial
2 and statistical reports, completed in accordance with
3 department of human services' rules for purchase of
4 services. The determination shall be made by
5 comparing the applicable amounts in the report for the
6 POS provider's fiscal year which ended during state
7 fiscal year 1998-1999, with the applicable amounts in
8 the report for the POS provider's fiscal year which
9 ended during state fiscal year 1999-2000.
10 c. The host county shall increase the POS
11 provider's reimbursement rate to the POS provider's
12 adjusted actual cost, subject to a maximum of 5
13 percent over the reimbursement rates paid by the host
14 county to that POS provider as of June 30, 2000. The
15 reimbursement rate increase approved by the host
16 county shall be accepted by all other counties that
17 have an arrangement with the POS provider for
18 provision of the program or service.
19 3. a. If a county projects that payment of the
20 reimbursement rate increase required pursuant to this
21 section will cause the county to expend from the
22 services fund during the fiscal year beginning July 1,
23 2000, an amount in excess of the sum of 100 percent of
24 the county's budgeted expenses for that fiscal year
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