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1 1 Section 1. DISPUTED BILLINGS.
1 2 1. To the extent allowable under federal law or
1 3 regulation, if the costs of a service are payable in whole or
1 4 in part by a county in accordance with a chapter of the Code
1 5 listed in this section, the service was rendered prior to July
1 6 1, 2002, and the county that would be obligated to pay for the
1 7 costs of the service has not been billed for the service or
1 8 has disputed the billing prior to the effective date of this
1 9 Act, or the state has fully charged off the cost of the
1 10 service to an appropriation made in a prior fiscal year or has
1 11 not provided information to appropriately document the basis
1 12 for the billing, the county shall have no obligation to pay
1 13 for the service.
1 14 2. This section is applicable to service costs that are a
1 15 county obligation under the following chapters of the Code:
1 16 a. Chapter 222.
1 17 b. Chapter 230.
1 18 c. Chapter 249A.
1 19 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
1 20 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
1 21 EXPLANATION
1 22 This bill relates to billings for services provided to
1 23 persons with mental illness, mental retardation, or
1 24 developmental disability involving counties.
1 25 The bill provides that if the costs of a service provided
1 26 before July 1, 2002, at a state resource center (Code chapter
1 27 222) or state mental health institute (Code chapter 230) or
1 28 paid for by the Medicaid program (Code chapter 249A) are
1 29 payable in whole or in part by a county, and the county has
1 30 not been billed or has disputed the billing, or the state has
1 31 fully charged off the billing to an appropriation in a
1 32 previous fiscal year or has not provided information to
1 33 appropriately document the billing, the county has no
1 34 obligation to pay the billing.
1 35 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 1 LSB 6109YH 80
2 2 jp/gg/14
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