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Senate Study Bill 1271

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  1  1    Section 1.  HEALTHY IOWANS TOBACCO TRUST – APPROPRIATIONS
  1  2 TO DEPARTMENTS.  There is appropriated from the healthy Iowans
  1  3 tobacco trust created in section 12.65 to the following
  1  4 departments for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
  1  5 ending June 30, 2002, the following amounts, or so much
  1  6 thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
  1  7 designated:
  1  8    1.  To the department of human services:
  1  9    a.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for all
  1 10 noninstitutional medical assistance providers, with the
  1 11 exception of anesthesia and dental services, at the rate
  1 12 provided under the federal Medicare program for such providers
  1 13 during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June
  1 14 30, 2001, as specified in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221,
  1 15 section 1, subsection 1, paragraph "a", for the fiscal year
  1 16 July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, and to continue the
  1 17 resource-based relative value system of reimbursement under
  1 18 the medical assistance program:  
  1 19 .................................................. $ 11,595,718
  1 20    b.  To maintain the reimbursement rate at the usual and
  1 21 customary rate as established in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221,
  1 22 section 1, subsection 1, paragraph "b", for the fiscal year
  1 23 July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2002, for dental services under
  1 24 the medical assistance program:  
  1 25 .................................................. $  3,814,973
  1 26    c.  To maintain the cost-of-living adjustment as
  1 27 established in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1,
  1 28 subsection 1, paragraph "c", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001,
  1 29 through June 30, 2002, for rehabilitative treatment and
  1 30 support services providers under the medical assistance
  1 31 program:  
  1 32 .................................................. $  3,243,026
  1 33    d.  To maintain the cost-of-living adjustment as
  1 34 established in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1,
  1 35 subsection 1, paragraph "d", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001,
  2  1 through June 30, 2002, for adoption, independent living,
  2  2 shelter care, and home studies services providers:  
  2  3 .................................................. $    468,967
  2  4    e.  To maintain the reimbursement rate as established in
  2  5 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1, subsection 1,
  2  6 paragraph "e", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, through June
  2  7 30, 2002, for hospitals under the medical assistance program:  
  2  8 .................................................. $  3,035,278
  2  9    f.  To maintain the reimbursement rate as established in
  2 10 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1, subsection 1,
  2 11 paragraph "f", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, through June
  2 12 30, 2002, for home health care services under the medical
  2 13 assistance program:  
  2 14 .................................................. $  2,108,279
  2 15    g.  To maintain the reimbursement rate as established in
  2 16 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1, subsection 1,
  2 17 paragraph "g", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, through June
  2 18 30, 2002, for critical access hospitals under the medical
  2 19 assistance program:  
  2 20 .................................................. $    250,000
  2 21    h.  To maintain the expansion of home health care services
  2 22 and habilitative day care as established in 2000 Iowa Acts,
  2 23 chapter 1221, section 1, subsection 1, paragraph "h", under
  2 24 the medical assistance program for children with special
  2 25 needs:  
  2 26 .................................................. $  1,975,496
  2 27    i.  To maintain the expansion of respite care services
  2 28 provided through home and community-based waivers as
  2 29 established in 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1,
  2 30 subsection 1, paragraph "i", under the medical assistance
  2 31 program:  
  2 32 .................................................. $  1,137,309
  2 33    j.  To maintain the reimbursement rate as established in
  2 34 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 1, subsection 1,
  2 35 paragraph "j", for the fiscal year July 1, 2001, through June
  3  1 30, 2002, to service providers under the purview of the
  3  2 department of human services:  
  3  3 .................................................. $    545,630
  3  4    2.  To the department of human services to continue the
  3  5 supplementation of the children's health insurance program
  3  6 appropriation:  
  3  7 .................................................. $    200,000
  3  8    3.  To the department of human services to continue the
  3  9 supplementation of the medical assistance appropriation:  
  3 10 .................................................. $  4,000,000
  3 11    4.  To the department of human services to provide coverage
  3 12 under the medical assistance program to women who require
  3 13 treatment for breast or cervical cancer as provided in section
  3 14 249A.3, subsection 2, paragraph aa:  
  3 15 .................................................. $    250,000
  3 16    5.  To the Iowa department of public health:
  3 17    a.  For the tobacco use prevention and control initiative,
  3 18 including efforts at the state and local levels, as provided
  3 19 in chapter 142A:  
  3 20 .................................................. $  9,345,394
  3 21    (1)  The director of public health shall dedicate
  3 22 sufficient resources to promote and ensure retailer compliance
  3 23 with tobacco laws and ordinances relating to persons under 18
  3 24 years of age, and shall prioritize the state's compliance in
  3 25 the allocation of available funds to comply with 42 U.S.C.
  3 26 300X-26.
  3 27    (2)  Of the full-time equivalent positions funded under
  3 28 this section, two full-time equivalent positions shall be
  3 29 utilized to provide for enforcement of tobacco laws,
  3 30 regulations, and ordinances under a chapter 28D agreement
  3 31 entered into between the Iowa department of public health and
  3 32 the alcoholic beverages division of the department of
  3 33 commerce.
  3 34    (3)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "a", not
  3 35 more than $525,759 shall be expended on administration and
  4  1 management of the program.
  4  2    b.  For additional substance abuse treatment under the
  4  3 substance abuse treatment program:  
  4  4 .................................................. $ 11,900,000
  4  5    (1)  The department shall use funds appropriated in this
  4  6 paragraph "b" to enhance the quality of and to expand the
  4  7 capacity to provide 24-hour substance abuse treatment
  4  8 programs.
  4  9    (2)  The department shall use funds appropriated in this
  4 10 paragraph to expand the length of individual client substance
  4 11 abuse treatment plans, as necessary to reduce program
  4 12 recidivism.
  4 13    (3)  The department shall use funds appropriated in this
  4 14 paragraph to share research-based best practices for treatment
  4 15 with substance abuse treatment facilities.
  4 16    (4)  The department shall use funds appropriated in this
  4 17 paragraph to develop a results-based funding approach for
  4 18 substance abuse treatment services.
  4 19    (5)  The department shall use funds appropriated in this
  4 20 paragraph to develop a program to encourage individuals who
  4 21 are successfully managing their substance abuse problems to
  4 22 serve as role models.
  4 23    c.  For the healthy Iowans 2010 plan within the Iowa
  4 24 department of public health:  
  4 25 .................................................. $  2,550,000
  4 26    (1)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  4 27 more than $1,250,000 shall be used for core public health
  4 28 functions, including home health care and public health
  4 29 nursing services, contracted through a formula by local boards
  4 30 of health, to enhance disease and injury prevention services.
  4 31    (2)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  4 32 more than $400,000 shall be used for the continuation and
  4 33 support of a coordinated system of delivery of trauma and
  4 34 emergency medical services.
  4 35    (3)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  5  1 more than $437,000 shall be used for the state poison control
  5  2 center.
  5  3    (4)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  5  4 more than $300,000 shall be used for the development of
  5  5 scientific and medical expertise in environmental
  5  6 epidemiology.
  5  7    (5)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  5  8 more than $81,500 shall be used to implement prevention
  5  9 strategies of healthy Iowans 2010 to address the leading
  5 10 causes of death in Iowa.
  5 11    (6)  Of the funds appropriated in this paragraph "c", not
  5 12 more than $81,500 shall be used for the childhood lead
  5 13 poisoning prevention program.
  5 14    6.  To the department of corrections:  
  5 15 .................................................. $    610,000
  5 16    a.  Of the fund appropriated in this subsection, $127,217
  5 17 is allocated to the second judicial district department of
  5 18 correctional services to replace expired federal funding for
  5 19 day programming.
  5 20    b.  Of the funds appropriated in this subsection $35,359 is
  5 21 allocated to the third judicial district department of
  5 22 correctional services to replace expired federal funding for
  5 23 the drug court program.
  5 24    c.  Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $191,731
  5 25 is allocated to the fourth judicial district department of
  5 26 correctional services for a drug court program.
  5 27    d.  Of the funds appropriated in this subsection, $255,692
  5 28 is allocated to the fifth judicial district department of
  5 29 correctional services to replace expired funding for the drug
  5 30 court program.
  5 31    Sec. 2.  PURCHASE OF SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS –
  5 32 REIMBURSEMENT INCREASE.  There is appropriated from the
  5 33 healthy Iowans tobacco trust created in section 12.65 to the
  5 34 property tax relief fund created in section 426B.1 for the
  5 35 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
  6  1 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  6  2 be used for the purposes designated:
  6  3    For assistance to the counties with limited county mental
  6  4 health, mental retardation, and developmental disabilities
  6  5 services fund balances which were selected in accordance with
  6  6 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 3 to receive such
  6  7 assistance in the same amount provided during the fiscal year
  6  8 beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, to pay
  6  9 reimbursement increases in accordance with 2000 Iowa Acts,
  6 10 chapter 1221, section 3:  
  6 11 .................................................. $    146,750
  6 12    Sec. 3.  SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR HEALTHY IOWANS –
  6 13 APPROPRIATIONS.  There is appropriated from the savings
  6 14 account for healthy Iowans created within the tobacco
  6 15 settlement endowment fund created in section 12.65, Code 2001,
  6 16 to the following funds and entities for the fiscal year
  6 17 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, the
  6 18 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  6 19 used for the purposes designated:
  6 20    1.  To the Iowa empowerment fund created in section 28.9
  6 21 for deposit in the school ready children grants account and
  6 22 for distribution as provided in this subsection:  
  6 23 .................................................. $  1,153,250
  6 24    The moneys appropriated in this subsection shall be used
  6 25 along with other appropriations made to the Iowa empowerment
  6 26 fund and shall be distributed for the fiscal year beginning
  6 27 July 1, 2001, in the same proportion that the annualized grant
  6 28 amount for each designated community empowerment area in the
  6 29 previous fiscal year bears to the adjusted total amount
  6 30 distributed for school ready children grants in the previous
  6 31 fiscal year.  The adjusted total amount distributed shall be
  6 32 calculated by reflecting an annualized grant amount for each
  6 33 community empowerment area that received a grant in that
  6 34 fiscal year.
  6 35    2.  To the Iowa department of public health to be used for
  7  1 the purpose designated and for not more than the following
  7  2 full-time equivalent positions:
  7  3    For establishing and operating the substance abuse
  7  4 treatment facility for persons on probation as created in
  7  5 section 135.130 and providing staffing for the facility to be
  7  6 used exclusively to provide substance abuse treatment for
  7  7 persons on probation and under the supervision of the judicial
  7  8 district department of correctional services:  
  7  9 .................................................. $  2,000,000
  7 10 ............................................... FTEs      60.00
  7 11    3.  Any moneys remaining in the savings account for healthy
  7 12 Iowans created within the tobacco settlement endowment fund
  7 13 created in section 12.65, Code 2001, on June 30, 2001, shall
  7 14 be transferred to the healthy Iowans tobacco trust created in
  7 15 section 12.65, as amended in this Act, to be used for the
  7 16 purposes specified in that section.
  7 17    Sec. 4.  PRIOR YEAR NONREVERSION.  Notwithstanding 2000
  7 18 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 5, moneys appropriated under
  7 19 2000 Iowa Acts, chapter 1221, section 3, for purchase of
  7 20 service contract providers which is unexpended or unencumbered
  7 21 at the end of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
  7 22 ending June 30, 2001, shall be deposited in the healthy Iowans
  7 23 tobacco trust created in section 12.65, as amended in this
  7 24 Act, to be used for the purposes specified in that section.
  7 25    Sec. 5.  Section 12.65, Code 2001, is amended to read as
  7 26 follows:
  7 27    12.65  HEALTHY IOWANS TOBACCO SETTLEMENT ENDOWMENT FUND
  7 28 TRUST.
  7 29    1.  A healthy Iowans tobacco settlement endowment fund
  7 30 trust is created in the office of the treasurer of state.
  7 31 After payment of litigation costs, all moneys paid to the
  7 32 state pursuant to the master settlement agreement, as defined
  7 33 in section 453C.1, Moneys appropriated to the healthy Iowans
  7 34 tobacco trust from the endowment for Iowa's health account of
  7 35 the tobacco settlement trust fund established in section
  8  1 12E.12 and from any other source shall be deposited in the
  8  2 fund healthy Iowans tobacco trust.
  8  3    2.  Any moneys paid to the state by the tobacco settlement
  8  4 authority pursuant to chapter 12E shall be deposited in the
  8  5 fund.  Additionally, the state's share of the moneys which are
  8  6 not sold to the tobacco settlement authority pursuant to
  8  7 chapter 12E shall be deposited in the fund.
  8  8    3. 2.  Moneys deposited in the fund healthy Iowans tobacco
  8  9 trust shall be used only in accordance with appropriations
  8 10 from the fund healthy Iowans tobacco trust for purposes
  8 11 related to health care, substance abuse treatment and
  8 12 enforcement, tobacco use prevention and control, and other
  8 13 purposes related to the needs of children, adults, and
  8 14 families in the state.
  8 15    4.  A savings account for healthy Iowans is created within
  8 16 the tobacco settlement endowment fund.  Moneys, appropriated
  8 17 annually, shall be deposited in the account and shall be
  8 18 invested to provide an ongoing source of investment earnings.
  8 19    5. 3.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, any unexpended balance
  8 20 in the fund healthy Iowans tobacco trust at the end of the
  8 21 fiscal year shall be retained in the fund trust.
  8 22 Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or
  8 23 earnings on investments or time deposits of the moneys in the
  8 24 healthy Iowans tobacco settlement endowment fund, in the
  8 25 savings account for healthy Iowans, and in any other account
  8 26 established within the fund trust shall be credited to the
  8 27 healthy Iowans tobacco settlement endowment fund, to the
  8 28 savings account for healthy Iowans, or to any other account
  8 29 established, respectively trust.
  8 30    6.  For the purposes of this section, "litigation costs"
  8 31 are those costs itemized by the attorney general and submitted
  8 32 to and approved by the attorney general.
  8 33    7. 4.  Moneys in the fund healthy Iowans tobacco trust
  8 34 shall be considered part of the general fund of the state for
  8 35 cash flow purposes only, provided any moneys used for cash
  9  1 flow purposes are returned to the fund trust by the close of
  9  2 each fiscal year.
  9  3    Sec. 6.  Section 135.11, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  9  4 the following new subsection:
  9  5    NEW SUBSECTION.  26.  Establish and administer a substance
  9  6 abuse treatment facility pursuant to section 135.130.  
  9  7                          DIVISION XIII
  9  8    Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  135.130  SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
  9  9 FACILITY FOR PERSONS ON PROBATION.
  9 10    1.  The director shall establish and operate a facility for
  9 11 the purpose of providing a structured treatment program for
  9 12 persons with a substance abuse problem who are on probation
  9 13 and under the supervision of a judicial district department of
  9 14 correctional services.  The department shall enter into an
  9 15 agreement pursuant to chapter 28E with the department of
  9 16 corrections for assistance in establishing security for the
  9 17 facility.  The department, in consultation with the department
  9 18 of corrections, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
  9 19 administer this section.  The rules adopted shall include
  9 20 rules related to the treatment requirements of the program.
  9 21    2.  A substance abuse treatment facility advisory council
  9 22 is established within the department to advise and make
  9 23 recommendations to the director regarding the establishment
  9 24 and operation of a facility for persons with a substance abuse
  9 25 problem who are on probation and to assist with the
  9 26 implementation of treatment programs that are proven to be
  9 27 effective for offenders.  The substance abuse treatment
  9 28 facility advisory council shall consist of the directors of
  9 29 the eight judicial district departments of correctional
  9 30 services and one representative each from the judicial branch,
  9 31 the Iowa department of public health, the department of
  9 32 corrections, and the governor's office of drug control policy.
  9 33    3.  The department, in consultation with the department of
  9 34 corrections and the advisory council, shall adopt rules
  9 35 pursuant to chapter 17A to establish and operate the facility.
 10  1    Sec. 8.  Section 136.3, subsection 7, Code 2001, is amended
 10  2 to read as follows:
 10  3    7.  Adopt, promulgate, amend, and repeal rules and
 10  4 regulations consistent with law for the protection of the
 10  5 public health and prevention of substance abuse, and for the
 10  6 guidance of the department.  All rules which have been or are
 10  7 hereafter adopted by the department shall be subject to
 10  8 approval by the board.  However, rules adopted by the
 10  9 commission on substance abuse for section 125.7, subsections 1
 10 10 and 7, and rules adopted by the department pursuant to section
 10 11 135.130 are not subject to approval by the board of health.
 10 12    Sec. 9.  Section 249A.3, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
 10 13 amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph
 10 14 a, and renumbering the subsequent paragraph:
 10 15    NEW PARAGRAPH.  aa.  As provided under the federal Breast
 10 16 and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Pub.
 10 17 L. No. 106-354, women who meet all of the following criteria:
 10 18    (1)  Are not described in 42 U.S.C. } 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i).
 10 19    (2)  Have not attained age sixty-five.
 10 20    (3)  Have been screened for breast and cervical cancer
 10 21 under the United States centers for disease control and
 10 22 prevention breast and cervical cancer early detection program
 10 23 established under 42 U.S.C. } 300k et seq., in accordance with
 10 24 the requirements of 42 U.S.C. } 300n, and need treatment for
 10 25 breast or cervical cancer.  A woman is considered screened for
 10 26 breast and cervical cancer under this subparagraph if the
 10 27 woman is screened by any provider or entity, and the state
 10 28 grantee of the United States centers for disease control and
 10 29 prevention funds under Title XV of the federal Public Health
 10 30 Services Act has elected to include screening activities by
 10 31 that provider or entity as screening activities pursuant to
 10 32 Title XV of the federal Public Health Services Act.  This
 10 33 screening includes breast or cervical cancer screenings or
 10 34 diagnostic services provided by family planning or community
 10 35 health centers.
 11  1    (4)  Are not otherwise covered under creditable coverage as
 11  2 defined in 42 U.S.C. } 300gg(c).
 11  3    A woman who meets the criteria of this paragraph shall be
 11  4 presumptively eligible for medical assistance.
 11  5    Sec. 10.  Section 901B.1, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
 11  6 2001, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
 11  7    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (5)  A substance abuse treatment
 11  8 facility as established and operated by the Iowa department of
 11  9 public health.
 11 10    Sec. 11.  Section 901B.1, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
 11 11 2001, is amended to read as follows:
 11 12    a.  The district department of correctional services shall
 11 13 place an individual committed to it under section 907.3 to the
 11 14 sanction and level of supervision which is appropriate to the
 11 15 individual based upon a current risk assessment evaluation.
 11 16 Placements may be to levels two and three of the corrections
 11 17 continuum.  The district department may, with the approval of
 11 18 the Iowa department of public health and the department of
 11 19 corrections, place an individual in a level three substance
 11 20 abuse treatment facility established pursuant to section
 11 21 135.130, to assist the individual in complying with a
 11 22 condition of probation.  The district department may, with the
 11 23 approval of the department of corrections, place an individual
 11 24 in a level four violator facility established pursuant to
 11 25 section 904.207 only as a penalty for a violation of a
 11 26 condition imposed under this section.
 11 27    Sec. 12.  REVERSION.  Any moneys appropriated under this
 11 28 Act that are unexpended or unencumbered at the end of the
 11 29 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002,
 11 30 shall revert to the healthy Iowans tobacco trust.
 11 31    Sec. 13.  REFERENCES.  References in this Act to the
 11 32 tobacco settlement endowment fund and to the savings account
 11 33 for healthy Iowans of the tobacco settlement endowment fund
 11 34 are references to the fund and the account pursuant to section
 11 35 12.65, Code 2001, and, unless otherwise provided,
 12  1 appropriations from the fund and the account are references to
 12  2 appropriations of moneys in the fund and the account on or
 12  3 before June 30, 2001, and such moneys shall remain available
 12  4 for appropriation for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
 12  5 and ending June 30, 2002, as provided in this Act.
 12  6    Sec. 14.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 4 of this Act, relating
 12  7 to nonreversion of funds remaining unencumbered or unobligated
 12  8 which were appropriated for the purchase of service contract
 12  9 providers, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
 12 10 upon enactment.
 12 11    Sec. 15.  CONTINGENT EFFECTIVE DATE.  The section in this
 12 12 Act amending section 12.65 shall take effect only if 2001 Iowa
 12 13 Acts, Senate File 532 is enacted.  If 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate
 12 14 File 532 is not enacted, the section in this Act amending
 12 15 section 12.65 shall not take effect and references in this Act
 12 16 to the healthy Iowans tobacco trust are references to the
 12 17 tobacco settlement endowment fund created in section 12.65,
 12 18 Code 2001.  If 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532 is not enacted,
 12 19 all moneys paid to the state pursuant to the master settlement
 12 20 agreement as defined in section 453C.1 shall be deposited in
 12 21 the tobacco settlement endowment fund created in section
 12 22 12.65, Code 2001.  
 12 23                           EXPLANATION
 12 24    This bill relates to and makes appropriations from the
 12 25 tobacco settlement endowment fund.
 12 26    The bill makes the following appropriations to the
 12 27 department of human services:
 12 28    1.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for all
 12 29 noninstitutional providers at the rate paid under the federal
 12 30 Medicare program during FY 2000-2001, and for continuation of
 12 31 the resource-based relative value system, for the fiscal year
 12 32 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002:
 12 33 $11,595,718.
 12 34    2.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for dental services
 12 35 at the usual and customary rate as provided during FY 2000-
 13  1 2001 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
 13  2 June 30, 2002:  $3,814,973.
 13  3    3.  To maintain the cost-of-living adjustment for
 13  4 rehabilitative treatment services providers as provided during
 13  5 FY 2000-2001, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
 13  6 ending June 30, 2002:  $3,243,026.
 13  7    4.  To maintain the cost-of-living adjustment for adoption,
 13  8 independent living, shelter care, and home studies services
 13  9 providers as provided during FY 2000-2001, for the fiscal year
 13 10 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002:  $468,967.
 13 11    5.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for hospitals as
 13 12 provided during FY 2000-2001, for the fiscal year beginning
 13 13 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002:  $3,035,278.
 13 14    6.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for home health
 13 15 agencies at the rate provided to such agencies as provided
 13 16 during FY 2000-2001, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 13 17 2001, and ending June 30, 2002:  $2,108,279.
 13 18    7.  To maintain the reimbursement rate for critical access
 13 19 hospitals at the rate provided such hospitals under the
 13 20 federal Medicare program during FY 2000-2001, for the fiscal
 13 21 year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002:
 13 22 $250,000.
 13 23    8.  To maintain the expansion of home health care services
 13 24 and habilitative day care services under the medical
 13 25 assistance program for children with special needs:
 13 26 $1,975,496.
 13 27    9.  To maintain the expansion of respite care services
 13 28 provided through home and community-based waiver services
 13 29 under the medical assistance program:  $1,137,309.
 13 30    10.  To maintain the reimbursement rate as provided during
 13 31 FY 2000-2001 for service providers under the purview of the
 13 32 department of human services:  $545,630.
 13 33    The bill provides $200,000 for supplementation of the
 13 34 appropriation for the children's health insurance program.
 13 35    The bill provides $4,000,000 for supplementation of the
 14  1 medical assistance appropriation.
 14  2    The bill appropriates $250,000 to the department of human
 14  3 services to provide coverage under the medical assistance
 14  4 program to certain women who require treatment for breast or
 14  5 cervical cancer.  The bill also codifies language to include
 14  6 this optional category of coverage under the medical
 14  7 assistance program.
 14  8    The bill appropriates $9,345,394 to the Iowa department of
 14  9 public health for the tobacco use prevention and control
 14 10 program and $11,900,000 for additional substance abuse
 14 11 treatment.  Under this appropriation, the department is
 14 12 directed to enhance the quality of and to expand capacity to
 14 13 provide 24-hour substance abuse treatment programs for
 14 14 children; to expand the length of individual client substance
 14 15 abuse treatment plans, as necessary to reduce recidivism; to
 14 16 share research-based best practices for treatment with
 14 17 substance abuse treatment facilities; to develop a results-
 14 18 based funding approach for substance abuse treatment services;
 14 19 and to develop a program to encourage individuals who are
 14 20 successfully managing their substance abuse problems to serve
 14 21 as role models.
 14 22    The bill appropriates $2,550,000 to the Iowa department of
 14 23 public health for development of a healthy Iowans 2010 plan
 14 24 including the use of up to the following amounts for the
 14 25 following purposes:  $1,250,000 for core public health
 14 26 functions including home health care and public health nursing
 14 27 services contracted through a formula by local boards of
 14 28 health, to enhance disease and injury prevention services;
 14 29 $400,000 for the implementation and support of a coordinated
 14 30 system of delivery of trauma and emergency medical services;
 14 31 $437,000 for the poison control center; $300,000 for
 14 32 development of scientific and medical expertise in
 14 33 environmental epidemiology; $81,500 for prevention strategies
 14 34 to address the leading causes of deaths of Iowans; and $81,500
 14 35 for the childhood lead poisoning prevention program.
 15  1    The bill appropriates $610,000 to the department of
 15  2 corrections for day programming and the drug court program.
 15  3    The bill appropriates $146,750 to the property tax relief
 15  4 fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending
 15  5 June 30, 2002, for assistance to counties with limited county
 15  6 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
 15  7 disabilities services fund balances to pay reimbursement
 15  8 increases in the same amount as provided in the fiscal year
 15  9 beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001.
 15 10    The bill appropriates $1,153,250 from the savings account
 15 11 for healthy Iowans created within the tobacco settlement
 15 12 endowment fund created in section 12.65, Code 2001, to the
 15 13 Iowa empowerment fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
 15 14 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, for deposit in the school
 15 15 ready children grants account and provides for distributing
 15 16 the moneys.
 15 17    The bill appropriates $2,000,000 from the savings account
 15 18 for healthy Iowans created within the tobacco settlement
 15 19 endowment fund created in section 12.65, Code 2001, to the
 15 20 Iowa department of public health for the fiscal year beginning
 15 21 July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, for establishing and
 15 22 operating a substance abuse treatment facility and providing
 15 23 staffing for the facility to be used to provide substance
 15 24 abuse treatment for persons on probation and under the
 15 25 supervision of a judicial district department of correctional
 15 26 services.
 15 27    The bill provides that any moneys remaining at the end of
 15 28 the fiscal year from the appropriation for the fiscal year
 15 29 beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001, for
 15 30 assistance to counties with limited county mental health,
 15 31 mental retardation, and developmental disabilities services
 15 32 fund balances to pay reimbursement increases, is to not
 15 33 revert, but is to be deposited in the healthy Iowans tobacco
 15 34 trust to be used for the purposes of the trust.
 15 35    The bill also amends Code section 12.65, the tobacco
 16  1 settlement endowment fund, to rename the fund the healthy
 16  2 Iowans tobacco trust.  The bill also provides that moneys
 16  3 appropriated from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust from the
 16  4 endowment for Iowa's health account of the tobacco settlement
 16  5 trust fund established in Code section 12E.12 and from any
 16  6 other source are to be deposited in the healthy Iowans tobacco
 16  7 trust.  The bill eliminates the savings account for healthy
 16  8 Iowans that was established within the tobacco settlement
 16  9 endowment fund.
 16 10    The bill provides that the department of public health
 16 11 shall establish a substance abuse treatment facility to
 16 12 provide a structured substance abuse treatment program for
 16 13 persons who are on probation and under the supervision of a
 16 14 judicial district department of correctional services.  The
 16 15 bill provides that the department of public health and the
 16 16 department of corrections shall enter into a Code chapter 28E
 16 17 agreement to assist the department in establishing security
 16 18 for the facility.  The bill provides that a judicial district
 16 19 may, with the approval of the department of public health and
 16 20 the department of corrections, place a person who is on
 16 21 probation at the substance abuse treatment facility to assist
 16 22 the person in complying with the terms and conditions of
 16 23 probation.
 16 24    The bill establishes a substance abuse treatment facility
 16 25 advisory council within the Iowa department of public health
 16 26 to advise and make recommendations to the director of public
 16 27 health.  The members of the council shall consist of the
 16 28 directors of the eight judicial district departments of
 16 29 correctional services, and representatives of the judicial
 16 30 branch, the Iowa department of public health, the department
 16 31 of corrections, and the governor's office of drug control
 16 32 policy.
 16 33    The bill provides that moneys appropriated in the bill that
 16 34 are unexpended or unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year
 16 35 beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002, are to
 17  1 revert to the healthy Iowans tobacco trust.
 17  2    The bill provides that references in the bill to the
 17  3 tobacco settlement endowment fund and to the savings account
 17  4 for healthy Iowans are to the fund and the account as created
 17  5 in section 12.65, Code 2001, and that unless otherwise
 17  6 provided, appropriations from the fund and the account are
 17  7 from moneys in the fund and the account on or before June 30,
 17  8 2001, and such moneys are to remain available for
 17  9 appropriation in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and
 17 10 ending June 30, 2002, as provided in the bill.
 17 11    The bill provides that the section of the bill relating to
 17 12 nonreversion of moneys appropriated for purchase of service
 17 13 contract providers takes effect upon enactment.
 17 14    The bill provides that the section in the bill amending
 17 15 section 12.65 takes effect only if 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File
 17 16 532 takes effect and that if 2001 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532
 17 17 is not enacted, the section in the bill amending section 12.65
 17 18 does not take effect and the references to the healthy Iowans
 17 19 tobacco trust are references to the tobacco settlement
 17 20 endowment fund created in section 12.65, Code 2001.  If 2001
 17 21 Iowa Acts, Senate File 532 is not enacted, all moneys paid to
 17 22 the state under the master settlement agreement are to be
 17 23 deposited in the tobacco settlement endowment fund created in
 17 24 section 12.65, Code 2001.  
 17 25 LSB 1155SC 79
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