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House Amendment 8304

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-8258, to House File 2473, as
  1  2 follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, line 7, by inserting before the word
  1  4 "Notwithstanding" the following:  "1."
  1  5    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
  1  6 following:
  1  7    "2.  The county single entry point process
  1  8 administrator shall develop a plan for addressing
  1  9 emergency examinations and placements made under this
  1 10 chapter.  The plan shall be developed in consultation
  1 11 with representatives of the community mental health
  1 12 centers and hospitals providing emergency services in
  1 13 that county.  The plan shall include but is not
  1 14 limited to a process for the administrator or the
  1 15 administrator's designee to provide the court with a
  1 16 placement recommendation as required by this chapter.
  1 17    3.  A person who receives confidential information
  1 18 under this chapter due to the person's
  1 19 responsibilities relating to the single entry point
  1 20 process is subject to the requirements of chapter 228,
  1 21 the federal Health Insurance Portability and
  1 22 Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-191, and
  1 23 other applicable requirements intended to protect the
  1 24 confidentiality of information pertaining to a
  1 25 respondent or person subject to a commitment order
  1 26 under this chapter."
  1 27    #3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 26 the
  1 28 following:
  1 29    "#   .  Page 1, by striking line 5 and inserting
  1 30 the following:  "advocate of".
  1 31    #   .  Page 1, line 8, by inserting after the
  1 32 figure "3." the following:  "If an order is issued,
  1 33 the clerk shall also provide a copy of the order to
  1 34 the single entry point process administrator of the
  1 35 respondent's county of legal settlement.""
  1 36    #4.  Page 2, by inserting after line 39 the
  1 37 following:
  1 38    "#   .  Page 3, by inserting before line 22 the
  1 39 following:
  1 40    "Sec.    .  Section 331.424A, Code Supplement 2003,
  1 41 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1 42    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  a.  Notwithstanding contrary
  1 43 provisions of this section, a county may request
  1 44 approval of a waiver by the department of management
  1 45 to create a special program fund to receive moneys and
  1 46 to pay the direct and indirect costs of special
  1 47 program services provided to persons eligible for
  1 48 services payable from the services fund.  In
  1 49 requesting the waiver, the county shall provide
  1 50 information detailing how the special fund will be
  2  1 used, the basis upon which moneys will be credited and
  2  2 expended from the special fund, and other information
  2  3 specified by the department of management in order for
  2  4 the department to determine whether the special fund
  2  5 will be used in a manner that is appropriate to
  2  6 distinguish those uses from the uses of the services
  2  7 fund.  The department of management may authorize a
  2  8 waiver for a specific term or an indefinite term and a
  2  9 waiver is subject to other conditions that the
  2 10 department may apply to ensure that the special fund
  2 11 is operated solely for the purposes for which the
  2 12 special fund is authorized.  The department's approval
  2 13 of a waiver shall be based upon the department's
  2 14 determination that the special fund will be only be
  2 15 used for managing money for special program services
  2 16 provided to persons eligible for services paid from
  2 17 the services fund and are appropriate to distinguish
  2 18 those uses from the uses of the services fund.
  2 19    b.  The special program services may be provided to
  2 20 persons whose service costs are attributable to the
  2 21 county that created the special program fund or to
  2 22 other counties.  In addition to receipts from the
  2 23 services fund of the county that created the special
  2 24 program fund, receipts from federal, state, and other
  2 25 county and governments, and any other revenues
  2 26 associated with the provision of special program
  2 27 services shall be credited to the special program
  2 28 fund.  The levy limitation established pursuant to
  2 29 subsection 4 is not subject to increase as a result of
  2 30 the creation or administration of the special program
  2 31 fund.  The management plans approved pursuant to
  2 32 section 331.439 for the counties purchasing services
  2 33 from the special program fund shall address the
  2 34 services payable from the special program fund and the
  2 35 administration of the special program fund.""
  2 36    #5.  Page 2, by inserting after line 42 the
  2 37 following:
  2 38    "#   .  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3
  2 39 and inserting the following:  "An Act relating to
  2 40 mental health, mental retardation, and developmental
  2 41 disabilities services by revising involuntary
  2 42 hospitalization procedures involving the county single
  2 43 entry point process and patient advocates and
  2 44 authorizing counties to create a special program fund
  2 45 for these services.""
  2 46    #6.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 47 
  2 48 
  2 49                               
  2 50 CARROLL of Poweshiek
  3  1 
  3  2 
  3  3                               
  3  4 SMITH of Marshall
  3  5 
  3  6 
  3  7                               
  3  8 COHOON of Des Moines
  3  9 HF 2473.702 80
  3 10 jp/gg
     

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