House Journal: Page 1521: Wednesday, April 25, 2001
40 secured for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001,
41 and ending June 30, 2002, is appropriated to the
42 department of human services for use as provided in
43 this section. All of the following are applicable to
44 the additional federal financial participation and
45 efforts made to secure the federal financial
46 participation:
47 a. The department may pursue federal approval of a
48 state plan amendment to use medical assistance funding
49 for child protection targeted case management
50 services. The population to be served through
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1 targeted case management services is children who are
2 at risk of maltreatment or who are in need of
3 protective services. The funding shall be based on
4 the federal and state moneys available under the
5 medical assistance program. For the additional
6 federal financial participation received under the
7 reimbursement methodology established for the
8 services, a distribution plan shall attribute revenue
9 to the cost sources upon which the reimbursement rates
10 are based. In addition, of the additional federal
11 funds received, a 5 percent set-aside shall be used
12 for funding the revenue enhancement activities and for
13 service delivery and results improvement efforts.
14 b. The director may use part or all of the
15 additional federal financial participation in excess
16 of $3,000,000 received from medical assistance claims
17 for child protection staff for not more than 93.00
18 full-time equivalent state child protection staff
19 positions, including child abuse assessment positions,
20 social workers, and support positions performing
21 related functions. Positions added in accordance with
22 this paragraph "b" are in addition to those authorized
23 in the appropriation made in this Act for field
24 operations.
25 c. The director may also use up to $200,000 of the
26 additional federal financial participation in excess
27 of $3,000,000 received from medical assistance claims
28 for child protection staff for providing grants to
29 communities to support the community partnership
30 approach to child protection. Potential grantees may
31 include child welfare funding decategorization
32 projects, community empowerment area boards, or other
33 community-based entities who, in partnership with the
34 local departmental administrators, agree to implement
35 the four community partnership components.
36 5. It is the intent of the general assembly to
37 consider additional proposals for providing other
38 forms of targeted case management services and Title
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