House Journal: Page 1589: Thursday, April 26, 2001
15 for which each county will be billed for services
16 provided to patients chargeable to the county during
17 the fiscal year beginning the following July 1. The
18 department shall certify the amount of the charges to
19 the director of revenue and finance and notify the
20 counties of the billing charges.
21 Sec. . Section 222.73, subsection 2, unnumbered
22 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
23 The superintendent shall certify to the director of
24 revenue and finance department the billings to each
25 county for services provided to patients chargeable to
26 the county during the preceding calendar quarter. The
27 county billings shall be based on the average daily
28 patient charge and outpatient treatment charges
29 computed pursuant to subsection 1, and the number of
30 inpatient days and outpatient treatment service units
31 chargeable to the county. The billings to a county of
32 legal settlement are subject to adjustment for all of
33 the following circumstances:
34 Sec. . Section 222.73, subsection 4, Code 2001,
35 is amended to read as follows:
36 4. The department shall certify to the director of
37 revenue and finance and the counties by February 1 the
38 actual per-patient-per-day costs, as computed pursuant
39 to subsection 3, and the actual costs owed by each
40 county for the immediately preceding calendar year for
41 patients chargeable to the county. If the actual
42 costs owed by the county are greater than the charges
43 billed to the county pursuant to subsection 2, the
44 director of revenue and finance department shall bill
45 the county for the difference with the billing for the
46 quarter ending June 30. If the actual costs owed by
47 the county are less than the charges billed to the
48 county pursuant to subsection 2, the director of
49 revenue and finance department shall credit the county
50 for the difference starting with the billing for the
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1 quarter ending June 30.
2 Sec. . Section 222.74, Code 2001, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 222.74 DUPLICATE TO COUNTY.
5 When certifying to the director of revenue and
6 finance department amounts to be charged against each
7 county as provided in section 222.73, the
8 superintendent shall send to the county auditor of
9 each county against which the superintendent has so
10 certified any amount, a duplicate of the certificate
11 certification statement. The county auditor upon
12 receipt of the duplicate certificate certification
13 statement shall enter it to the credit of the state in
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